Avalon


In real life where is the island that they used for Avalon?

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I've just moved to Wiltshire and it freaks me out every time I see Avalon (ie Glastonbury) signposted.

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It's in Wales, near a village called Portmerion (where they filmed the original series of The Prisoner, I believe). The village faces onto an estuary on one side, and the island is in the middle.

The island does have a name, I THINK it's called Ynys Giftan, but I could be wrong.

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What is now known as Glastonbury was, in ancient times, called the Isle of Avalon. It is virtually an island, for it is completely surrounded by marshlands. In Welsh it is called Ynys Afallach, which means the Island of Apples and this fruit once grew in great abundance. After the Battle of Camlann, a noblewoman called Morgan, later the ruler and patroness of these parts as well as being a close blood-relation of King Arthur, carried him off to the island, now known as Glastonbury, so that his wounds could be cared for. Years ago the district had also been called Ynys Gutrin in Welsh, that is the Island of Glass, and from these words the invading Saxons later coined the place-name 'Glastingebury'

Glastonbury is a small town in Somerset, England, situated 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol.

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I think the OP was asking about where they shot the movie, i.e what location they used for Avalon, not "where is the real Avalon?"

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