Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp has been spotted travelling on a Eurostar train from Paris to Ashford.

Wearing sunglasses and checked shirt, the A-lister posed for photographs last night and signed a champagne box for star-struck passengers.

Depp - who got off the train at Ashford International - had travelled to Paris over the Christmas period to visit children at the Curie Institute Hospital and research centre.

Dressed as his famous character Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, the 55-year-old paid a surprise visit to children who spent Christmas in hospital on Thursday.

Depp is good friends with Kent cartoonist Ralph Steadman, who lives in Loose near Maidstone.

The pair became friends after Steadman illustrated the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas novel, which Depp later starred in.

The actor was due to attend Mr Steadman's 80th birthday in 2016, but had to send his apologies at the last moment.

Depp was photographed yesterday wearing a red and blue checked shirt and scarf.