Sightseers who drove more than 160 miles across Britain to visit Lands End during lockdown have been fined by police.

The team at Penzance Police have revealed that they caught the trio at the most south-westerly tip of Cornwall, after they drove down from Bridgwater in Somerset.

It is a three-hour journey that covers more than 160 miles of the UK – including the whole length of Cornwall.

To make matters worse, not only did all three get slapped with fines when they arrived, but it is doubtful they would even have been able to see much as they were greeted by typical Cornish weather of thick fog and rain.

All non-essential travel is currently banned under the third lockdown restrictions, with people not allowed to leave home without a reasonable excuse.

Writing about the fines on Facebook, Penzance Police said: "We issued Covid-19 fines recently to three people who drove from Bridgwater to Lands End to see the cliffs in wet and foggy weather conditions.

"Please stay at home, exercise locally and only make essential journeys to protect the NHS and reduce the risk of collisions."

Current lockdown restrictions state you must not leave, or be outside of your home except where necessary.

Acceptable reasons to leave home include shopping for necessities, going to work if you cannot work from home, exercising once a day within your local area and seeking medical assistance.

They state that if you do leave home for a permitted reason, you should always stay in your local area, unless it is legally necessary to go further, for example to go to work.