Custom
Wellow Maypole
A queen for the year.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Tall striped maypole on the green
- Legend from
- Wellow
- Tone
- Gentle
Ribbons round the pole.
Wellow keeps a permanent 17-metre maypole, painted red, white and blue, on its village green. On spring bank holiday Monday, children dance with ribbons and a May Queen is crowned. Rose Baugh was crowned in 2026. The custom is said to be centuries old.