GIN lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy a selection of gins from the UK and overseas during a 17-day festival at The Golden Cross Hotel.

The pub in High Street, Bromsgrove, will be serving up to 14 gins from England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Italy.

The festival will run from Friday, February 14 to Sunday, March 1 inclusive.

There will be flavoured gins, gin-based liqueurs and a distilled non-alcoholic.

The flavours include ginger and cinnamon, fresh strawberry, grapefruit, rhubarb, marmalade, watermelon, berries and orange blossom.

The pub will offer a range of mixers for customers to drink with their gins, including three flavoured tonics, Valencian Orange, elderflower and pink grapefruit.

The gins are also being paired with a range of drinks, including apple juice, bitter lemon, fizzy rhubarb, ginger ale and lemonade.

The Golden Cross Hotel manager, Cassie Harwood, said; "We have sourced an excellent range of gins, a number of which have not previously been available in the pub.

"We are confident that our customers will enjoy the different gins which each have their own unique appeal."