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Glastonbury
Allowed items
Glastonbury runs on a Leave No Trace policy: bring only what you're willing to carry back out, including the tent. The 2025 edition's official packing guidance banned disposable vapes, body glitter (even biodegradable glitter needs industrial heat to break down), anything made of glass, and nitrous oxide canisters, and asked campers to swap disposable wipes for a washcloth and bar of soap. Gazebos are discouraged rather than banned outright, since they eat up scarce camping space. Alcohol is fine in personal-use quantities.
Use the official policy
Entry, bag, camping, and vehicle policies can be updated before an edition. Open the official source close to departure and make your own packing decision from that current policy.
Do not plan around loopholes
We do not publish prohibited-item workarounds. When an item is unclear, leave it out or contact the event directly.
What Glastonbury itself publishes
Transcribed from Glastonbury Festival Info — Advice & Facilities ↗, loaded 2026-08-31. This is the festival’s own wording, not ours — and it is the version that counts at the gate.
Glastonbury is taking a fallow year in 2026; this list is the published guidance for the next Festival, 23–27 June 2027.
What to bring
- Festival ticket
- Travel tickets if coming by coach or train
- Personal ID — original documents, not photocopies
- Money / cards
- Mobile phone and battery pack
- Ear plugs
- A reusable water bottle, to fill up from the free taps on site
- Tent (lines, poles, groundsheet, pegs)
- Sleeping mat / sleeping bag / duvet / pillow
- Wellies or sturdy boots
- Waterproof coat and over trousers
- Change of weather appropriate clothing, including a cosy sweater
- Toiletries including towel and soap
- Medication if required
- Next of kin notification
- Medical info (allergies etc.)
- Toilet roll
- Sun cream and hat
- Contraceptives
- Spectacles / contacts and solution
- Torch, batteries, spare bulbs
- Bin bags for dirty clothing and footwear
- Mark valuables with house name and postcode so they can be posted back to you
What not to bring
- More than you need — you have to carry it all home again
- Disposable vapes
- Gazebos — they take up valuable tent space
- Anything made of glass, including perfume and mirrors — all glass will be confiscated
- Knives
- Excess packaging — remove it at home before you arrive
- Body glitter, including biodegradable glitter
- Disposable wipes, including biodegradable wipes
- Portable laser equipment or laser pens
- Animals, except registered guide dogs
- Sound systems or drums
- Generators
- Sky lanterns, kites, fireworks, flares or wax candles of any type
- Nitrous oxide
- Unauthorised tape recorders, professional film or video equipment — cameras for personal use are welcome
- Drones — flying or filming with UAVs is not allowed and is prohibited by law
Official source
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