A photo taken by a drone over a Norfolk cemetery shows a beautiful meadow shaped as a leaf.

The new Dereham Cemetery opened in Norwich Road, next to the football club, in 2018 as the older one, in Cemetery Road, was reaching maximum capacity.

Eastern Daily Press: Dereham Cemetery in Norwich Road.Dereham Cemetery in Norwich Road. (Image: Archant 2018)

It was designed by Jeremy Stacey Architects, based in Beachamwell, and was based on the structure of a leaf.

Dereham resident Rob Smith, 42, captured a stunning aerial shot of the cemetery this week, which he posted on the Dereham Community Notice Board and it got hundreds of likes and comments.

Eastern Daily Press: Dereham Cemetery opened in 2018.Dereham Cemetery opened in 2018. (Image: Archant 2018)

He said: "I had never planned to take that picture. I live by the football club and heard a combine harvester in the back field so took my drone up to take a video, but as it was flying back I noticed the leaf shape over the cemetery.

"From the response on Facebook it seems a lot of people didn't know it was a leaf."