Christmas decorations have brought some much-needed light to the dark winter nights this festive season.
While the lights in the West End of London celebrated the nation’s coronavirus heroes, such as NHS volunteer responder Anis Ali, creative types elsewhere were busy lifting spirits with illuminated marmots and dinosaurs.
Here are some of the highlights.
Wollaton Hall in Nottingham was transformed into a festive outdoor light installation (Mike Egerton/PA)
Lights cascade from a heritage tree during Christmas At Kew at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London (Andrew Matthews/PA)
Visitors to Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling were treated to a trail dotted with life-sized dinosaurs (Andrew Milligan/PA)
The capital’s Carnaby Christmas installation for 2020 featured words of hope and empowerment (David Parry/PA)
In Soham, Cambridgeshire, Helen and John Attlesey spread a little cheer decorating their home with hundreds of Christmas lights (Joe Giddens/PA)
And David Pratt said he had adorned his property in York with more than 35,000 outdoor lights for his festive display (Danny Lawson/PA)
While festive decorations lit up a quieter than usual Albert Dock in Liverpool during the recent four-week national lockdown in England (Peter Byrne/PA)
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