It has been confirmed that a Game of Thrones star will be attending a festival in dedicated to the show.

Kristian Nairn, who played Hodor, is confirmed to be attending ThroneFest which is being held at Quex Park in Birchington on Sunday, May 20, 2018.

The announcement was made on the ThroneFest Facebook page yesterday.

The festival is a Game of Thrones inspired event which is suitable for the whole family.

It is set to have a whole range of activities including props from the TV set for people to see, re-enactments of the best battle scenes, a dragon and an Iron Throne to sit on.

Other actors lined up for the event are Miltos Yerolemou (Syrio Forel) with contracts for Tom Wlaschiha (Jaquen Hagar) and Dean Charles-Chapman (Tommen Baratheon).

Tickets for ThroneFest are on sale now.