A Lego-loving couple have spent almost two months recreating Harry Potter's Hogsmeade village out of 200,000 bricks in their living room.

Mike Addis, 67, and Catherine Weightman, 62, have been enjoying their retirement making the stunning brick creation based on the Harry Potter village.

This is the 31st year the couple have worked on a 4-metres long Christmas model - with the tallest building standing at 1.6m to the chimney.

The Harry Potter series, particularly the films, are associated with Christmas due to a festive scene in almost every instalment.

Hogsmeade is the fictional all-wizarding village in the Scottish Highlands near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Mike, from Huntingdon, Cambs, said: "We've enjoyed all of it. It's much more fun doing buildings rather than people."

"We do have characters in Hogsmeade and it can be difficult getting their obvious features in due to the size of the Lego."

"Harry Potter and Snape have not come out too well but you can always work out the Weasleys with their orange hair."

Mike and Catherine will keep design in their living room until the festive period is over.

They began working on the piece at the beginning of October and finished on November 27.

Mike and Catherine had set out to create a castle but were struggling to pick one which would have the right dimensions for the room.

They then thought about Hogwarts castle itself, before agreeing on the village instead.

Mike, a retired economics teacher, explained: "The houses are fun. They're not all square and you have to think about the half-timbered effect. "

"In Lego terminology, you can use a 'SNOT' which means 'studs not on top'. The studs are sticking out in different directions."

The grandparents started creating giant creations out of the toy bricks in their living room for their children more than 30 years ago.

However they soon branched into elaborate designs including a 21ft replica of the old London Bridge, a fireplace and a life-size polar bear.

It will take several months to be taken down so they invite groups of friends to break up the pieces of the toy bricks.

Mike added: "We've had friends come over to help us build and we'll keep adding little bits going forward."

"Our grandchild Nora, who's two and three-quarters, hindered more than helped. She fell and broke a house!"

He said they were not sure what to create next year as the idea they decide on always gets changed before building commences.