Wonderland Christmas lights switch on

The organisers raised over £15,000 last year for two charities

A Christmas lights display, with over 150,000 lights, has returned again this year to raise money for charities.

The Winterbourne Wonderland is held in Winterbourne Down, near Bristol, at the home of Ricky and Chrissie Fenning, where a host of Christmas themed displays will be shown, including: animatronic butterflies, forest display and a life size wishing well.

The money raised from fundraising will go to The Grand Appeal, a children's hospital charity in Bristol, and Suicide Prevention UK.

The display has a donation station and coin box, with QR codes also dotted around so visitors can donate to the charities.

Mr Fenning said Suicide Prevention UK was, "a really deserving charity [who] go out of their way to help people that are in crisis."

Rachael Williams from Suicide Prevention UK said being recognised on a local level is great.

She added: "The extra exposure as well as the fundraising really goes a long way, because the more people we can help locally, the better"

The charity had patrol teams that go on the streets to help people in crisis in across the South West.

A host of Christmas themed displays will be shown

Mr Fenning said the display attracted many visitors last year, easily reaching 10,000.

He said: "Christmas Eve was crazy; we gridlocked Winterbourne." The set up takes two months, and is mainly carried out by Mr Fenning.

The display is sponsored by many local charities, and Mr Fenning said, "without [them] we wouldn't be able to do what we're doing".

There are road closures and roadworks in the area, so visitors are urged plan their route ahead of time.

Parking is limited on the surrounding roads but there is additional parking on Hicks Common Road which is only a few minutes walk away.