3rd May 2014
There is a maypole in Otley, West Yorkshire, in Manchester Square, where Boroughgate and Walkergate meet.
The current maypole is 75 feet long, with 8 feet below ground. .Painted green with a weather vane on top, it stands in raised stone steps. The notice from Otley Town Council reads: “A maypole has stood on this site for many centuries. Present pole erected 1962”
The maypole has a second white maypole in front of it and it is this which is used for dancing around.
Posted in News by Laura