The world largest image of Captain Sir Tom Moore carved into a giant field of maize in Wimblington has been revealed to the national inspiration's family.

Edward Gowler, owner of Skylark Garden Centre, and his team have planted more than a million maize plants before painstakingly cutting out more than 3km of pathways to reveal the intricate depiction of the world-renowned NHS fundraiser.

Captain Tom's daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, along with her children Benji and Georgia, visited the site today (Friday) to give the design their seal of approval, meet the team who worked on the design and experience the maize maze for themselves.

The paths are carefully cut out using GPS technology to plot the image to create a maze for visitors to explore and, when viewed from the air, the iconic image of bespectacled distinguished gentleman with his walking frame and row of medals is instantly recognisable.

The whole field is over 12 acres which is nearly 100 tennis courts.

Says Edward Gowler from Skylark “We thanked the NHS last year and when we learnt Captain Tom had lived just up the road from Skylark and was highly regarded in March as a local businessman, we knew exactly what the design of the maze had to be”

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The world's largest image of Captain Sir Tom Moore at Skylark Garden Centre. Photo: Terry Harris (49041190)

The maize maze and funyard will be open from 10am to 5pm from July 22 to August 31, plus selected weekends in September.

Proceeds from the sale of the maze maps will go to the charity set up in his honour, the Captain Tom Foundation.

For tickets and information, visit www.skylark-events.co.uk