A huge town centre painting of a deer covered in roses has been nominated for the Best Mural in the World award.

The impressive painting in Ashford, which also includes a pheasant, is in the running to win the global prize given out by Street Art Cities.

The Kent mural has some stiff competition as 50 other artworks are also in contention for the honour.

The piece was created on the side of Bucksford Law, in Bank Street, by Curtis Hylton as part of the Ashford Unframed Festival last year.

The piece, which is titled the Flamboyant Fawn, attracted fans from across the globe.

Other murals which have been nominated are in countries such as Russia, Mexico, Spain and Argentina.

The Flamboyant Fawn is one of 16 works created in Ashford in a bid to "improve the look of drab walls".

It is described on the Street Art Cities website as “showing a proud young deer he is standing in brush land amidst autumnal ferns”.

Street Art Cities adds: “Curiously watching nearby, a pheasant appears from the scrub. Both creatures painted in Hylton’s signature style which fuses elements of the natural world together.”

You can vote for the Street Art Cities' best mural awards here.

Another mural in St Johns Lane passageway, by the Vicarage Lane car park, shows a kingfisher with a bolt in its beak, alongside a second bird.

Titled Workers of the World, it was created by an artist known as Aspire, who worked on the piece for three and a half days.