VE Day 80 in pictures - Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Southampton's beacon was at Holyrood Church, which was destroyed during the Blitz in 1940

VE Day celebrations came to a close across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight on Thursday with beacon lighting ceremonies across the two counties.

Scores of memorial services were held and a two-minute silence at midday marked 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe.

Hundreds of people also turned out for parades, afternoon teas and concerts during the day of festivities.

In Southampton, the lord mayor hosted afternoon tea in the Civic Centre and in Bishop's Waltham, revellers armed with camping chairs and picnics filled the palace ruins for the beacon lighting ceremony.

Hundreds turned out for the beacon lighting ceremony in Cowes

Hundreds gathered in Manor Park, Aldershot, for an evening of music and remembrance

Bembridge Village Hall was decked out in red, white and blue as residents gathered to share a celebratory afternoon tea

Sailors and Royal Marines Portsmouth Naval Base joined the two-minute silence at noon to mark the end of World War Two in Europe

The Lord Mayor of Southampton hosted an afternoon tea in the mayor's reception room in the city's Civic Centre

In Bishop's Waltham, residents brought picnics to the palace ruins for the evening beacon lighting ceremony, where a brass band played wartime music