Avon and Somerset police are getting on their bikes to deter any potential criminals at this year's Glastonbury Festival.

There will also be a team of eight officers on bicycles, sponsored by Glastonbury Festivals Ltd.

Superintendent Adrian Coombs, in charge at the Glastonbury Festival, said: "We have been working with the festival organisers to reduce the number of vehicles used around the site yet be able to get around the site quickly when necessary.

"With the arrival of the new pedestrian zone at the festival GFL has kindly sponsored eight police bikes. This will provide us with another way of interacting with festival-goers and keep us fit too."

The police are mainly based in the police compound on the festival site, next door to Worthy Farm.

There is also a small base at the Bath and West Showground.

The police compound has everything from portacabins and marquees to kennels and stables. All police patrols are deployed from the compound and it is also where the response to a major emergency would be co-ordinated from.

A senior officer will be on site at all times, running the whole police operation, 24 hours a day throughout the festival.