A RECORD-breaking number of people have flocked to the city's cathedral to see its Christmas tree display.
Worcester's biggest-ever Christmas Tree Festival has been attracting large crowds from across Worcestershire after it was revealed the event has already hit a record number of visitors.
In the festival's first few days, it received more visitors than it usually receives in a week and the exhibition still has just under a month before it closes.
Because of the high level of interest, this year's trees decorate not only the cloisters but also the Chapter House.
The interim Dean of Worcester Cathedral, Canon Stephen Edwards, said: "We've had an amazing response and record numbers compared to previous years.
"The first two or three days, we had far more visitors than we had in a week in previous years.
"It is not small in one sense, but we usually only have one tree in our homes, and there are 137 trees in cloisters and the Chapter House.
"Each tree is also done creatively and artistically, and people have interpreted the Christmas Tree in all sorts of ways.
"We have very traditional Christmas trees, to trees which make you think about the environment or justice.
Schools, communities, charities, businesses and organisations came together to create the trees representing them.
Some trees take a more abstract approach to the Christmas tree, and some take human shapes, look like clothing or turn into a teepee.
Other Christmas trees hold sentimental messages and one by Busy Bees Nursery is in memory of Matthew Mills, 'a dear friend and colleague of Busy Bees Bromsgrove'.
The festival will be open until Sunday, January 14 (excluding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day), during normal visiting hours - 10am-5pm Monday to Saturday (last entry 4.30pm) and 1pm to 3pm on Sundays (last entry 2.30pm).
Booking is not required this year.
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