A place where the past meets great hospitality
The George & Pilgrims Inn sits at the heart of Glastonbury and offers a stay shaped by heritage and considered hospitality. Its 14 rooms combine medieval character, exposed beams, stone walls with comfortable, unfussy design. The bar is rich in atmosphere, serving local ales, wines, and spirits with ease. In the dining spaces, seasonal menus and the signature Sunday roast are prepared with care. The inn also hosts intimate events, each delivered with quiet confidence in a setting that feels both historic and personal.
Take a walk with us, back in time
Built around 1475 by Abbot John Selwood, the George and Pilgrims was created quite deliberately to welcome the steady stream of pilgrims bound for Glastonbury Abbey. With its sturdy Somerset stone, mullioned windows and deep oak beams, it was designed to impress, reassure and, of course, provide a good meal and a warm bed to the many weary travellers travelling to the Abbey
In the centuries that followed, it watched kings, monks and travellers pass through the town, surviving the Dissolution of the Monasteries when the Abbey fell silent. Renamed simply The George, it adapted from pilgrim inn to coaching stop, and later to hotel and pub. Today, as a Grade I listed building, it remains one of England’s finest medieval inns, a place where history isn’t displayed, but quietly lived in, pint by pint.
Glastonbury and The Mendips
Glastonbury and its surrounds blend ancient myth, sacred landscape and rural Somerset. From the Tor and Abbey ruins and Cheddar Gorge to Levels, lanes and villages, history, legend and countryside meet in a place shaped by pilgrimage, music and mystery and also plays host to one of the worlds largest music festivals at Worthy Farm in Pilton
