The National Trust at Glastonbury

Take a tour of the Outside Inn (National Trust tent at Glastonbury Festival) from National Trust on Vimeo.
An amateur video with a brief overview of elements in the dome. Real footage by resident film maker to follow.









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For five beautiful summer days this June, the Outside Inn opened its doors and invited Glastonbury Festival attendees to kick off their shoes, relax and escape the hustle and bustle of the Festival's 40th Birthday. Manned by an ever enthusiasic team of volunteers from The National Trust and positioned on the busy route from the Bandstand to the Pyramid Stage (via the Cider Bus), we couldn't have asked for a more central position.The only thing we would have liked to have stopped was the growth of the surrounding trees which obscured our view of the Tor. The Tor was lit beautifully throughout the festival, making festival goers aware of the strong links between the festival site and the mount.

To read about the experience we designed and delivered please read our pre-festival walk through

To keep this short and sweet we have created a list of highlights below:
- Sir Peter Blake telling us that he loves the way we have used recycled materials to create this captivating installation.
- A note left in someone's shoe, proof that the experience was successful. See photo below.

- "Oh, it is the National Trust", a large number of visitors were pleasantly surprised.
- A book full of amazing comments by the hundreds of people who visited our experience
- A number of people cried after finishing the experience, which was beautiful and perfect (they were happy).
- Cocky lads who looked unimpressed at first, grunting "wots tis then?!" and who were transformed after  the experience.
- Queues outside the dome.
- Visitors who kept coming back.
- The enthusiasm of the NT volunteers manning the dome.
- Sheer competition at the Tor marble run game.
- The fact that every piece in the dome was a conversation starter in real life too (it was intended).

Read the National Trust post-festival write up