Platinum Jubilee: beacons light up the sky across West

Cabot Tower on Brandon Hill in Bristol was lit up for the occasion

Beacons, bonfires and buildings lit up the skies across the West Country to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

People gathered across Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire as night fell on Thursday.

The Queen began the ceremony by touching a globe representing the Commonwealth nations, symbolically sending a chain of lights from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace.

More than 3,000 jubilee beacons were lit across the Commonwealth.

A beacon was set up as the sun went down on Cleeve Hill in Cheltenham, which has sweeping views of Gloucestershire

Families gathered at Robinswood Hill beacon in Gloucester on Thursday

Bristol's Cabot Tower was bathed in purple light, and crowds enjoyed lighting ceremonies on Cleeve Hill and Robinswood Hill in Gloucestershire.

Army cadets in Wiltshire entertained visitors to a beacon lighting in Devizes as they performed with drums and bugles.

A beacon was lit at Devizes

Wiltshire's Army Cadet Force performed ahead of the lighting ceremony

People also gathered atop of Brent Knoll in Somerset to enjoy a bonfire.

The date of the celebration has been added to a jubilee bonfire memorial at the site, which displays the dates of jubilee and coronation bonfires dating back to 1887.

A bonfire was lit at Brent Knoll on the Somerset levels

The jubilee bonfire memorial on Brent Knoll in Somerset