Locals turned up in their thousands as a Bristol, UK, sandwich store gave away 1,000 Christmas sandwiches for free on December 1.

Footage shows the huge queue as residents awaited their free sarnie from Sandwich Sandwich which came with a pot of dipping gravy.

A sandwich shop in Bristol (Sandwich Sandwich) launched a huge Christmas sandwich, which comes with a pot of dipping gravy - and over 2000 people turned up to get one.

To celebrate the launch they gave away 1000 free Christmas sandwiches on 1st December.

Sandwich Sandwich is a renowned sandwich shop in Bristol that has become famous throughout the city and on Instagram for serving huge sandwiches. The business has been serving their jaw-stretching sandwiches for over 10 years and won the ‘best independent sandwich retailer’ award in 2019 from the coveted ‘The National Sammie Awards’.

The team created 'the wall of 1000 sandwiches' for people to be able to pick whenever they liked, then head to the gravy bar to dunk and soak their sandwiches. Hidden in one sandwich box was a 'black card' that entitled them to free sandwiches every DAY for a year!

Over 2500 turned up in total and brought the street to a stand still.