Take a look at the most colourful corner in Nottingham - and it's truly stunning

The landlord of Nottingham's most characterful pub has pulled it out the bag again with a stunning array of colourful hanging baskets decorating the property.

More than 100 baskets, packed with petunias, lobelia, helichrysum, fuchsias and cordyline, cover the Bath Inn in Sneinton and extend to the premises of AW Lymn, the funeral service next door. A further 30 have been donated to Irish pub Raglan Road in Derby Road.

Parrots, butterflies and geckos have been added to the walls of the Bath Inn in Handel Street — although a couple of the birds have taken flight, landing in the branches of a tree opposite.

Landlord Piers Baker said: "We try and improve it every year. I've not counted them but there will be around 100 baskets. We've gone everywhere, covering the whole block, trying to make it as beautiful as possible.

"This is without question the most colourful corner in Nottingham. I do it for the area, for the people who frequent the pub and for the people who walk by. There's an array of colours, hot pink and dark blues, a lovely combination.

"I notice year after year the pleasure it gives people and people come in and say so even though they are not customers. It's hilarious watching the children, who cross the road coming back from swimming [at the nearby Victoria Leisure Centre].

"We've got parrots and butterflies up here and I watch the kids count them and they're squealing with joy and the parents are happy because the kids are happy.

"I'm just trying to make the area joyous."

Explaining why he donated the leftover baskets to Raglan Road, Mr Baker said:" They're old friends of mine and I used to drink there. We want to make their area look better."

Mr Baker is currently suffering for his art, having fractured his right wrist while trying to hang the highest row of baskets.

"Each basket is exactly the same. We do them ourselves so that it's all in order. It's done with a lot of love and care."

Piers, a former professional rose grower, gets hand-on when it comes to making up the baskets, with the help of his friend Will Woodward, owner of Hillside Hanging Baskets at Risley. The blooms are kept fresh by a built-in watering system.

French tourist Marie Helene Le Helley, who is touring the UK from Brittany, stopped to take a photo of the pub in all its glory. She said: "It's a lot of flowers. They're very beautiful."

Emma Collins, from AW Lymn, said: "As a family business, we have been part of this community for nearly 120 years. We take great pride in the area where we have been based for so long, and the hanging baskets are a small way of giving something back to the local families we serve. We hope they brighten the street and bring a few smiles to people's faces."

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