Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue said the towels served a variety of purposes, such as cheap beds.

Is the type of music we hear at festivals changing, and is it harder for bands to get top billing?

Volunteer Elisa Miles says it will take around 60 volunteers several days to clear the site.

Volunteers collect discarded equipment as the clean-up gets under way at Bramham Park.

The city council says only charities which will not give tents to rough sleepers can collect them.

Nick Lane Fox, who owns Bramham Park, says he has restored old buildings with income from festival.

For the first time ever, the long-running music festival has a stage dedicated to all things Gen Z.

About 90,000 people have descended on Reading for the annual festival.