The 'Romford Wonderland' Christmas display in Pettits Lane

The Grange family have decorated their Pettits Lane house extravagantly for Christmas since moving in ten years ago.

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The family is raising money for Lime Academy Ravensbourne (Image: YEDIS DRONE SHOTS) “We started small and have added bits over the years", Ian Grange told the Recorder.

“We just hope it brings a bit of joy to people over Christmas.

“There’s thousands of people who have come out to look at it so far. Kids are buzzing and everyone seems to be so happy and jolly.”

Money donated by visitors is going towards Lime Academy Ravensbourne, an all age special education school in Romford which Ian's daughter attends.

"They’re raising money for a life skills caravan to go on site", said Ian.

The Grange family have decorated their house for the past ten years (Image: YEDIS DRONE SHOTS) “We also raised money for them last year but the year before that we raised money for Mitchell’s Miracles.

“It takes about three or four weekends worth of work and I also have two guys who work for a couple of weeks straight making frame works and putting fake snow down etc.”

Although the majority of social media attention has been positive, with the display being dubbed 'Romford Wonderland', Ian has still had to deal with critics.

"It’s sad though - the first few years I wouldn’t do it for charity because of people’s reactions to it. Even now I get comments from people claiming that I take money out from donations to cover my costs.

The display will be taken down in the New Year (Image: YEDIS DRONE SHOTS) "I can tell you that every single penny goes to that school on top of my own donations.

“I’m lucky to run my own successful business so that’s why I can afford to do this. If you can give a little bit back to the community then it's nice to do that and make people happy.

“If you're doing well, which I am, we should be able to all share it and have a bite of the same apple. If you can make that many people happy then it's fantastic.”