Worcester's Quayhead fountain celebrates its fifth birthday on Monday - but few of the thousands of people who have visited it in the last five years will have seen it from the perspective shown in this distinctive photograph.

The award-winning attraction, seen here viewed from the spire of the nearby Glover's Needle, is credited with transforming a previously neglected part of the riverside.

Found next to St Andrew's Gardens, the fountain was specifically designed to cope with flooding, and was put to the test yet again when the Severn flooded last weekend - the eighth time it has been underwater.

The result of a collaboration between Worcester City Council and the Duckworth Worcestershire Trust, it has won four national design awards, including a coveted Civic Trust award, Its 13 water jets are switched on between 8.15am and 11.30pm every day between Easter and Christmas and it has run for 16,800 hours since it was built, powered by three reliable pumps made in Germany.

The founatin's home, near Browns restaurant, was chosen in a bid to draw people to the river, to link the river frontage to the park, to provide space for outdoor eating, entertainment and events and to create an exciting night-time appearance to complement the existing historic floodlit features visible from the site, including Cathedral Tower, Worcester Bridge and St Andrew's Spire.

The paving and street furniture also boasts anti-skateboarding features and its design uses subtle colour, pattern and texture differences.

City council landscape architect Chris Dobbs said: "We wanted to transform an unremarkable small space, which was used by traffic, prone to flooding and was overshadowed by dark conifers, into an attractive location.

"I'm pleased to be able to say the past five years have shown that we were successful, and the space is now a destination and focal point enjoyed by many throughout the year."