Dog takes a dip in UK's oldest pothole

The 24-year-old crater is just yards away from Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where the Bard was baptised and later buried.

The pothole was first spotted in 2000 after an infected tree was felled and the roots dug out.

Despite repeated appeals to have the hole repaired, it has remained unfilled and is now a whopping 9ft long.