Worcester Cathedral 'hoping to welcome 70,000 visitors' over month-long annual Christmas tree festival
More than 250 trees are on display in the cathedral with it being labelled its biggest one yet
The Christmas tree festival held annually at Worcester Cathedral has got its highest amount of trees that it has ever had on display, according to those in charge.
Organisers have confirmed this year's total of over 250 Christmas trees is a "significant increase" compared to last, with around 100 more than last year.
Worcester Cathedral's director of events and operations Sam Poursain said they started talking about planning this year's one in February, with a member of a team working on it solidly since July.
"It's a real privilege to host these trees," Mr Poursain said.
"These 250 trees represent 250 different organisations, schools, charities, businesses, community interest groups who are all creating this sort of showcase of Worcester and Worcestershire and organisations that are doing some great work."
On the number of people they're expecting over the month-long event, which officially started on the 4 December, he added: "We had around 60 something thousand visitors over the course of the festival last year and we're hoping for 70,000 this year.
"We had our busiest weekend of the year just gone where we welcomed 20,000 people in four days, so the numbers are looking good so far."
As part of the collection this year, a number of real miniature Christmas trees have also been set-up in the cathedral's ancient Chapter House which people can dedicate in memory of a loved one.
The festival runs up until the 6 January.