BBC News, West of England
Thousands of tired music fans are going home because the Glastonbury Festival ends for another year.
It comes for hours after our pop star Olivia Rodrigo headline pyramid stage And closed the festival at Worth Farm at Samarset.
A team of volunteers has started the major cleaning of the site to prepare the land for one. Pallia year in 2026Revellers was urged to take all their belongings with them and clean their campsites.
People were encouraged to leave the site between 00:00 and 06:00 BST to overtake the queue and avoid heat, as the temperature is expected to reach 31C (88F).
Those starting their journey were advised to cover with light, ventilated clothes, carry water and apply sunscreen regularly.
According to the traffic monitoring site Inrich, due to the number of vehicles coming from the Worth Farm, AIIMSBry near Stonhenge delays “severe” at A303 Eastbound.
The travel time is about 65 minutes.
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The clean-up volunteers of the festival are doing their work through thousands of rejected items left on the site, including paper cups and food containers.
They are emptying the overflowing compartment and removing large accessories left behind, such as camping chairs, inflatable mattresses, slippers, flip-flops and shopping bags.
In the scene – Tamsin Korno, BBC West
It is a hot and magge in the morning on the site.
At this time there is a huge cloud cover and it seems that many people have noticed the festival advice to avoid fierce heat this afternoon.
The main pedestrian towards the bus station is a tender stream of people exiting the gate, where additional water taps have been installed to ensure that everyone can get cold drinks.
And of course they exit the site, this is what they leave behind.
Recycling and nonsense piles are growing – so far many air beds and a suitcase have been left!
The darset is one of the garbage pickers working to clean the site from the pole.
He has been working voluntarily on the festival for 15 years.
Raising the garbage first, Mr. Jones found a pair of silver sparkly shorts, which they placed on their jeans.
“I did not want to ruin them, so thought ‘Let’s get on them’,” he said.
He is not only one dressing for the occasion.
Duck Gang – Wearing clothes in a matching duck shirt – SOS is voluntarily working to support Africa.
The team consists of Angela Saxbe and Sarah Parker from, Summerset, Alastair Kulene, Hampshire’s Winchester and Bristol from Bristol.
Ms. Parker said: “People keep walking on us because they walk in the past and I think ‘what are they about?”
“I forgot what I wore.”
Ms. Saxby said that she was feeling “worried” about the weather, seeing many Amber Heat Health Alerts of the region and England.
Earlier, UK Health Protection Agency Alert increased to 9:00 BST on Wednesday.
Kirstine Carr from Davis in Wiltshire is voluntarily voluntarily selecting a garbage for the fifth year.
She has been participating in the festival since 2008.
This year, she is donating a cap decorated by her fellow volunteers.
The team is aiming to finish as soon as possible so that everyone can leave safely before the temperature can reach its peak.
“We know a lot about hot weather and safety advice,” Ms. Kar said.
The Glastonbury Festival is set to return to 2027.
Organizer Emily Evis told the on-site newspaper, Glastonbury Free Press, “had a” huge list of things “to improve before then.
“We are always looking to improve it. Extension is important. Even a small touch – such as inserting a new hedge – can create a real difference.
He said, “And this is the fallow year: you laying the ground to relax and you are strong back,” he said.