Wellow Maypole Celebrations
Wellow is Nottinghamshire's only permanent maypole village, and each Late Spring Bank Holiday Monday its 17-metre painted maypole becomes the centrepiece for the crowning of a May Queen chosen by secret village ballot, maypole dancing with red, white and blue ribbons, and a free open-air celebration on the village green.
Wellow earns a stop for its rare permanent maypole, a 12th-century Grade II* church, and two honest village pubs on the green, but there is little beyond that to extend a visit.
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