Other than being recognised as a historic market town, Bradford on Avon can now pride itself on having one of the UK’s most depressing Christmas trees.
The ratings social media site Buzzfeed has put out a list of The 13 Worst Christmas Trees In Britain and Bradford's was ranked as number nine.
Decorations were first put up on the tree in Westbury Gardens by Pavilion cafe owner Andrew Allen, at the request of mayor John Potter, and were criticised as ‘gaudy’.
The furore even reached the national press until Mr Potter stepped in to tone the tree down before the lights switch-on.
Other trees which were featured on the online list included Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, Streatham and Stockton-on-Tees.
Members of the Bradford on Avon Lions Club announced earlier in December that they will be decorating Bradford on Avon’s Christmas tree next year and said that, despite the backlash, it was good publicity for the town and they hope to make next year’s tree more traditional.
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