Drone pictures are giving an impressive bird's eye view of a seaside church's new roof.

Phase two of works at St Mary's Church, in Regent Road, Great Yarmouth to re-roof the nave got underway before Christmas and has just been completed.

Church treasure Brian Lafferty said he was delighted with the results which made it look so much nicer and also protected the building for the future.

To celebrate a drone was launched at 6.30am on Monday ,July 11, before the holiday crowds gathered in the tourism thoroughfare, to record and share what had been achieved.

The work involved stripping back concrete tiles which were installed in the 1960s.

Billed as the perfect material they turned out to be so heavy they were pushing the walls apart and causing leaks.

The new slate tiles looked better and would last, Mr Lafferty said.

The project was funded mainly by the department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) recovery fund through Historic England's capital works programme via two grants.

People were also invited to sponsor a tile with an inscription for posterity - an appeal supported by both Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Mr Lafferty said: "Everyone is so pleased. It does look smarter."

One casualty of the leaky roof, a painting - The Shrine of Our Lady of Arneburgh - still needed to be rescued with restoration costs estimated at upwards of £700,000.

Meanwhile, momentum was building for phase three, Mr Lafferty said, which involved opening up the hall to create a more usable community space.

At present it was divided into separate rooms that could only hold small groups.

The desire was to create a community hall to compensate for the loss of the Drill Hall in York Road, now home to an arts and circus hub.

The building is being formally handed back to the church on Friday, July 15.

A series of events are planned to celebrate the restoration.

On Saturday July 16 a Nigerian band will perform in the church from 7pm. Tickets are £10 for adults and children free.

And on July 24 Bishop Alan Hopes will visit.