A LIFE-SIZED lego woman will visit Herefordshire this spring.

LEGO group built the 5’9” tall suffragette statue, named Hope, with support from the UK Parliament in 2018.

This was 100 years after the first woman gained the right to vote.

It took three people 171 hours to build her using 32, 327 bricks.

The Courtyard is the first venue in Herefordshire that Hope is visiting during her tour of the country – she will be in the foyer from May 9 to 23.

Her visit is a part of the suffrage campaign and people are invited to take a photo with her to post on social media with the hashtag #StandWithHope.

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A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.

Suffragettes would put on poster parades which were demonstrations where people held ballads and signs to fight for women's right to vote.

In March women marched through the streets of Hereford bearing brightly coloured placards and dressed as suffragettes in the movement's colours of green and violet to mark International Women’s Day.

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Activists Clare Wichbold and Lin Mathias held the parade to raise awareness around equality and keep the message going.

Ms Wichbold wrote the first book devoted to exploring the story of the women’s suffrage campaign in Herefordshire called Hard Work – But Glorious.

The parade began at the Cathedral and made its way through High Town via Maylord Street, Widemarsh Street, through the Old Market, across Edgar Street and finished at The Courtyard.

Multiple influential women of Herefordshire also gave short speeches, including Jo Anderson, chief executive of West Mercia Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC).