There are some colourfully decorated homes around this Christmas, but few as stunning as this one on the corner of Milton Street and Charlton Street in Maidstone.

It is the creation of Jip Mctavish and his wife Jayne who used 24,550 lights in their tableau - fortunately all LEDs to save energy.

Mr Mctavish said: "This is only our second Christmas in our new home. We thought we'd like to cheer up our local community and also to raise some money for Making a Difference to Maidstone.

"They support the homeless and have a new charity shop in Maidstone town centre and do such good work."

Passers-by are asked to put into a donations box, or there is a JustGiving page where so far £253 has been contributed. Visit here.

*Have you gone to extraordinary lengths to decorate your house this year? Send your photographs and contact details to messengernews@thekmgroup.co.uk