The Somerset farm which hosts the world-famous Glastonbury Festival is quickly transforming in to a small city after opening its gates to campers today.

Many ticket holders began their journey to the festival in the early hours of the morning and by 8am when the festival officially opened huge queues has already formed.

Warm sunshine reaching 22 degrees Celsius was welcomed by the welly-clad campers who carried their tents and bags through the so-far mud-free site.

A sea of tents has washed over the 1,000-acre site, usually home to festival founder Michael Eavis’s prize-winning herd of cows.

Organisers expect about 90 per cent of the 135,000 ticket holders will have set up their tents by the end of the day, in a bid to get the best camping spots.

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