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Glastonbury Over For Another Year - But Clean-Up Job Has Only Just Started

The army of volunteers and workers faced a daunting task on Monday morning

Revellers begin to head home through a sea of rubbish near the Pyramid Stage as Glastonbury Festival comes to an end. (SWNS)
Revellers begin to head home through a sea of rubbish near the Pyramid Stage as Glastonbury Festival comes to an end. (SWNS)


If you thought your Monday morning was bad, spare a thought for those having to clean up Glastonbury.

The UK's biggest music festival is over for another year - but for the Worthy Farm clean-up squad it's only just begun.

The music may have finished, but it's now up to an army of volunteers and workers to clear away the massive mountains of trash left on the Somerset site.

Aftermath: The Pyramid Stage is surrounded by debris. (PA)
Aftermath: The Pyramid Stage is surrounded by debris. (PA)


Debris: The clear-up operation at Glastonbury will take days. (SWNS)
Debris: The clear-up operation at Glastonbury will take days. (SWNS)


On their way home: Music fans finally head for the exit on Monday morning. (SWNS)
On their way home: Music fans finally head for the exit on Monday morning. (SWNS)


Like a bomb site: There's debris as far as the eye can see at the site right now. (SWNS)
Like a bomb site: There's debris as far as the eye can see at the site right now. (SWNS)


What a load of rubbish: Trash and abandoned tents litter the site. (SWNS)
What a load of rubbish: Trash and abandoned tents litter the site. (SWNS)


And if these pictures are anything to go by, they're going to have their work cut out for most of Monday at least.

Fields of rubbish, abandoned tents, chairs, clothes and general debris litter the festival site - and the clean-up job won't have been helped by yesterday's rain.

The festival itself wrapped up on Sunday night with performances from The Who and The Chemical Brothers.

Earlier in the weekend, Kanye West gave an opinion-dividing performance on The Pyramid Stage.

Revellers head home as the clean-up job gets underway. (PA)
Revellers head home as the clean-up job gets underway. (PA)


Piled high: Rubbish bins are full to the brim. (PA)
Piled high: Rubbish bins are full to the brim. (PA)


Time to go: Around 175,000 ticket holders crammed onto the site over the weekend. (SWNS)
Time to go: Around 175,000 ticket holders crammed onto the site over the weekend. (SWNS)


Sea of trash: The night before was a sign of things to come. (SWNS)
Sea of trash: The night before was a sign of things to come. (SWNS)


Party time: Kanye West fans watch the rapper perform on Saturday night. (PA)
Party time: Kanye West fans watch the rapper perform on Saturday night. (PA)


Headliner: Kanye West does his thing on the Pyramid Stage. (PA)
Headliner: Kanye West does his thing on the Pyramid Stage. (PA)


Crowds: Revellers pack in during the weekend. (PA)
Crowds: Revellers pack in during the weekend. (PA)