A pavilion toilet area where the ceiling and back wall has been destroyed by a large tree that has fallen on to the building. Debris is scattered around the toilet.

Members of a cricket club have been left "heartbroken" after their pavilion was damaged when a tree fell during Storm Boelo.

Strong winds caused the tree, believed to be hundreds of years old, to collapse on a building at Woodham Mortimer Cricket Club near Maldon, Essex, on Saturday.

George Verlander, the club's development officer, said the women's toilets had been particularly damaged.

He confirmed that no-one had been hurt and the club was waiting for its insurance company to assess the damage before it made longer-term plans for the clear-up and eventual rebuild.

"I was really upset because we pour so much effort into the club, and it's a club that's been there since 1784, so it's one of the oldest Essex cricket clubs," Verlander explained.

"The amount of effort that goes into running it is phenomenal... you see the damage to these toilets, and it's heart-breaking."

Verlander said longer term plans for the repairs would be announced in the future

The back of a cricket pavilion where the roof and wall have been destroyed by a fallen tree.

Verlander, 32, said in the past week the club had started to work on plans to attract younger players as well as women and girls, but it had been thrown up in the air following the storm.

He said that once the club had heard more from the insurance company about the extent of the damage and cost of the repairs, he would share plans with the wider community for help with clearing the damage and fundraising.

George Verlander is the club's development officer and wants to attract younger players as well as women and girls

A cricket player holds a white shirt on the side of a cricket pitch. He has short dark hair and a thick dark beard. He is wearing a blue long sleeved top.

"We'll probably have to get something done [soon] because the weather's only going to turn worse throughout the winter," Verlander continued.

He added: "I want it all to be completely transparent so people can see what the damage is and what the repair costs are.

"While we're doing it, the whole reason is to not just build our facilities back up, but we need those facilities if we're ever going to attract youth and young women and girls to the club to broaden out the membership base."

Elsewhere in the UK, some parts were left flooded, thousands of homes were left with power and two men were killed - one in London and one in Scotland.

People play cricket on a pitch on a sunny day. They are dressed in cricket whites and are facing the bowling green. There is a white pavilion in the background.

A white building is in the middle of the image and has a white picket-style fence around it. The roof of the building, which is thatched, is on fire and has collapsed into the building.

A man wearing sunglasses and a sun hat at the top of his head while standing on the cricket pitch. He has a beard and he is smiling at the camera.

Essex County Cricket Club players celebrate winning the County Championship in 2017 by punching the air and spraying champagne. They are wearing their whites on the field, although a handful of them are wearing navy.