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Glastonbury map tool shows festival size against Powys towns
A viral map shows the size of the Glastonbury festival compared to Powys towns – and it dwarfs them all.
Social media users have been sharing screenshots of the online Glastonbury Map Overlay tool showing the scale of the iconic music festival in comparison to towns and cities across the UK.
The map allows you to move a red patch shaped like Worthy Farm anywhere on the map, and when you put it over your hometown can give non-festival-goers a taste of just how expansive the event is.
When overlaid on Welshpool, it shows how the festival's site, estimated to be between 900 and 1,100 acres, dwarfs the town.
The same can be said for Newtown, which would cross the bypass, while Builth Wells is swamped by the map, with the site stretching into neighbouring Llanwrtyd Wells.
Social media users have been sharing screenshots of how the map looks where they live
The festival opened on Wednesday and continues this weekend.
More than 200,000 people are expected to descend on the fields of Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset with ticket-holders advised to prepare for mainly warm weather.
Headliners this year include British rock/pop band The 1975, veteran singer Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo.
Performing in the coveted Sunday tea-time legends slot this year is Sir Rod Stewart, who previously said he will be joined by his former Faces band member Ronnie Wood, as well as some other guests.
Other performers include Irish singer CMAT, Prada singer Raye, US musician Brandi Carlile, Nile Rodgers and Chic, hip-hop star Loyle Carner, US pop star Gracie Abrams, indie outfit Wet Leg, Mercury Prize-winning jazz quintet Ezra Collective, US rapper Denzel Curry, and rising star Lola Young.
The line-up also features a number of acts listed as TBA, as well as a mysterious act called Patchwork, who will take to the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.
