Maypole
Maypole is a dispersed settlement located on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England. It is a tourist and farming area, with the only horse riding school in the islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village on St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Maypole, Isles of Scilly”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Airport and Innisidgen.
St Mary’s Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary's Airport or Isles of Scilly Airport is an airport located 1 nautical mile east of Hugh Town on St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, to the south west of Cornwall, UK.
Innisidgen
Archaeological site
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Innisidgen is the site of two Bronze Age entrance graves on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. The two burial monuments, lie on a steep slope of Innisidgen Hill overlooking Crow Sound with a view towards the Eastern Isles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holy Vale and Pelistry.
Holy Vale
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Vale is a minor valley and small settlement within, on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England. Situated inland, nearby are Maypole and Longstone.
Pelistry
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pelistry is a small settlement, situated east of Maypole and north of Normandy, in the east of the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England.
Longstone
Hamlet
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longstone is small settlement on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly, England. Nearby is Holy Vale and Rocky Hill. Longstone is located inland, at the approximate geographic centre of the island.
Maypole
- Categories: village, human settlement, and locality
- Location: St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.92582° or 49° 55′ 33″ northLongitude
-6.29155° or 6° 17′ 30″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
8CXMWPG5+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 3479342915OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Polish—“Maypole” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեյփոլ”
- Basque: “Maypole (Scilly uharteak)”
- Basque: “Maypole”
- Cornish: “Peul Kala‘ Me”
- Dutch: “Maypole, Isles of Scilly”
- French: “Maypole”
- Polish: “Maypole (Isles of Scilly)”
- Polish: “Maypole”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Maypole”. Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.