A TOWN landmark is set to be returned to Evesham after a three-month makeover.

The massive Whalebones is being reinstated in Workman Gardens.

The bones, actually the mandibles of a Bowhead Greenland whale, were first erected in the gardens 100 years ago. They have now been treated with special resin by a conservation archaeologist.

The jawbones have been given a body too, outlined in Welsh slate, embedded into the ground, giving the bones a representative true-to-size form.

Wychavon parks officer Lynn Stevens said: "The work should mean the mammoth jaws will last for another 100 years at least."

The work took place after Evesham Market Town Partnership, working with Wychavon District Council, won a £4,000 national award for its Riverside Regeneration Programme.

This has seen the transformation of Evesham's riverside, parks and gardens.

There is also a new commemorative information cabinet that traces the history and ecology of the whale, its capture and arrival in Evesham 200 years ago, before it found its way into Workman Gardens in 1906.

The official unveiling today was expected to be carried out by district council chairman Cllr Pam Davey and Cllr David Noyes.