visitor centre

Rosemary Stow, who runs craft gallery Quillies, said most tourists do not make it past the visitor centre in the nearby Elan Valley.

The size of the star has been reduced slightly in the revised plans and the project - costing about £10m - will also include a visitor centre for the artwork which hopes to attract up to 250,000 people a year.

As well as Trevor Basin, the Unesco World Heritage Site, its visitor centre and towpath were closed to visitors.

Moat Brae, where JM Barrie played as a child, was forced to close in August - about five years after its opening as a visitor centre.

The piece is now the star-attraction in a new exhibition at The Sill visitor centre near Hexham, in Northumberland, which celebrates the life of the tree.