Christmas light trail in forest delights visitors
Bedgebury National PinetumA Christmas light show in Kent is celebrating its eighth year of welcoming visitors for the festive season.
Some 12,000 trees at the Twixmas event at Bedgebury National Pinetum, in Goudhurst, are lit up every year.
The pinetum itself is celebrating 100 years of conservation, and the trees have been decorated with millions of lights and various pieces of artwork for Christmas.
Organisers say Twixmas is "the perfect time" for people to reconnect with nature "in a setting designed to delight all ages".
Bedgebury National PinetumThe organisers say the trail provides a chance for people to "enjoy the spectacle in more reflective moment between Christmas and New Year".
Bedgebury welcomes more than 500,000 visitors each year and grows more than 2,000 trees and shrubs from seedlings annually to be planted on the estate or sent to other botanic gardens in the UK and Europe.
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