this year Glastonbury Festival will provide pre-erected tents

For the first time Glastonbury Festival is offering ticket holders, a range of pre-erected off-site camping facilities in custom-made and pre-erected Festival accommodation. So festival goers can travel to and from the five day festival with nothing but their bags.

The camping site, which looks out over the Festival, for at least 4,000 people is offered in addition to the tipi camping and will be located a short walk from the Festival site (up the hill above the Stone Circle field) The Worthy View car park is in a dedicated field, a short walk from the accommodation.

Glastonbury Festival stepped in at the last minute in 2011 to help Festival goers who had booked two-person living accommodation and tents with Myhab Ltd at Glastonbury Festival after Myhab Ltd revealed they would not be fulfilling its commitment to provide Festival-goers with accommodation at the Festival the day before it was due to start (see news story, here).

The Festival no longer endorses any independent off site camping providers because of repeated problems like this with off-site camping facilities at Glastonbury which were not run by the Festival. Organisers will no longer give out any information about any unofficial off-site accommodation providers. The Festival recommends festivalgoers only use the official accommodation they now provide.

Farmer and organiser Michael Eavis said, "It's really important to me that we offer people the best value accommodation. We don't want Festival-goers paying through the nose, so we've decided to offer some cracking off-site camping ourselves, very close to the main site. With tents for 5 nights available for only £100 per person, and even the hand-crafted yurts for £150 per person, there is no reason to pay more elsewhere."

In order to make an accommodation booking festival goers must already have a valid ticket booking for Glastonbury 2013. Everyone who wishes to stay at Worthy View must have a valid Festival ticket. All prices are for five nights - Wednesday June 26th to Sunday June 30th, inclusive, and do not include Festival tickets.

There are various tent types on offer:

Pre-erected classic scout-style tent - £250 for 5 nights
2 person Cloud House - £300 for 5 nights SOLD OUT
2 person 9ft Yurt - £300 for 5 nights SOLD OUT
4 person Bell Tent - £500 for 5 nights
4 person Tipi Tent - £500 for 5 nights
4 person 12ft Yurt - £600 for 5 nights SOLD OUT
2 person dome tent - £200 for 5 nights
4 person dome tent - £400 for 5 nights
6 person dome tent - £600 for 5 nights
8 person dome tent - £800 for 5 nights

Car park tickets are priced at £25 (the accommodation is a short walk from the dedicated Worthy View carpark)

All prices are inclusive of VAT.

To buy Worthy View Camping, click here.

No acts are confirmed as yet, and the full line-up won't be revealed until mid-April, although the first names are expected be announced sometime before that. As usual eFestivals will bring you the very best-sourced rumours, allowing festival-goers to see who is playing long before the bands are formally announced - keep your eyes on the Glastonbury 2013 rumours, updated as we receive information. Help us to help you - if you hear of a band that's playing, please let us know.

Tickets for Glastonbury have completely sold out, although there is likely to be a resale of returned tickets in the spring, and eFestivals will let ticket buyers know beforehand when the re-sale will be.

Anyone aged 13 or over (when the Festival starts) who wishes to buy a ticket must be registered. To register click here.

Registration does not reserve or guarantee you a ticket in the resale, but if you don't register you will not be able to buy a weekend ticket for Glastonbury Festival 2013.

UK ticket balances of £155 per ticket, will be payable in the first week of April 2013 following the Easter Weekend (from 9am Tuesday 2nd April until 23:59 Monday 8th April, when there will also be options to book everything else needed (tipis, campervan tickets, parking, cancellation protection).

International ticket balance payments will be taken from 9am (GMT) Monday 25th February until 23:59 (GMT) Sunday 3rd March 2013.

Anyone who decides not to pay their balance in 2013 will be refunded their deposit, minus a £10 administration fee. The deadline for ticket refunds is Friday 3rd May 2013.

For more details about registering and ticket information click here.

Glastonbury Festival takes place from Wednesday 26th June until Monday 1st July 2013 across over a 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset and, as ever, includes a free programme. Once again, the Festival will be raising funds for Oxfam, Wateraid, Greenpeace and a host of local charities and causes (in 2011, more than £2m was raised).

Expect something like 2,000 performances at 50 or so venues including music, cabaret, theatre, circus, a fantastic Kidz area, poetry, green crafts and information and loads, loads more ... much more than just the music, so make sure you check it all out!

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