Decorating their gnome town

Volunteers dressed as garden gnomes have been brightening up a town's high street by delivering flower planters to shopfronts.

Operation Gnome, as it is called, is part of work to attract more business and tourism to their "gnome-town" of Whitchurch in Shropshire.

The project is led by the Heart of Whitchurch voluntary group.

The project is part of the town's preparations for the Heart of England in Bloom competition, and has been funded by local sponsors.

In 2025, Whitchurch took home a silver award in the gardening contest.