The devilish display outside Chris Dickson’s home in South Road, with hundreds of decorations including animated ghostly characters and pumpkin madness attracted hundreds of visitors over the weekend from as far afield as Preston and Kendal.

Chris’s creation has been a feature on South Road for the last five years and gets bigger each Halloween as he adds to it with creepy contributions from the local community.

This year, Chris asked visitors to make a donation to CancerCare, which provides professional therapy to people affected by cancer and bereavement across Morecambe Bay. Chris used the charity’s services when he was diagnosed with cancer several years ago.

Chris said: “We just love seeing the children’s faces light up when they see it. It's definitely getting busier every year and we had a lot of people return from last year and some people came on both nights.

“We were blown away by the amount raised and we would like to thank all the local people in the bay area for their kind generous donations.”