May Day mayhem! Morris dancers strut their stuff, revellers hear Oxford's boy ... trends now
From Morris dancing at the crack of dawn to pagans leaping over fire, eccentric revellers from across Britain have been doing their bit to usher in May Day.
The ancient festival dates back almost a thousand years and marks the beginning of summer.
Believed to have been inspired by three older festivals - Beltane fires, Walpurgisnacht and Floralia - the celebrations take place on the first day of May.
And in the UK, it's a chance for thousands of Britons to mark some of the country's more colourful traditions.
At Glastonbury, pagans have been pictured leaping over fires, while in Oxford, hundreds of revellers have packed out the city's streets to hear boy choristers perform.
In Cerne Abbas, Dorset, Morris dancers have been strutting their stuff through the village. While elsewhere, Brits have marked the festival by maypole dancing in or crowning a May Queen.
Check out all the pictures of today's May Day festivities, below.
In Gloucestershire, members of the Stroud Morris dancing group were up at the crack of dawn to kick off their May Day celebrations
Smokin'! In Glastonbury, people marked Beltane celebration in a traditional way - by leaping over a fire. The eccentric tradition is a nod to the ancient Celtic pagan fertility rite of spring
Students and revellers in Oxford dressed to impress as they listened to the Magdalen College Choir singing hymns from the top of the Great Tower
In Leicester, there was a moody feel in the air as members of the Leicester Morris Men performed in the mist and fog by Old John Tower at Bradgate Park
Glastonbury Chalice Well was a sea of colour as people came out to observe a modern interpretation of the Celtic pagan fertility rite (this time without leaping over fire!)
