More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery.

Ely Standard: More than 60 rocks, painted by the Ely Rock Eels group as part of a ‘mini Ely fest’, have gone on display in the windows of the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 rocks, painted by the Ely Rock Eels group as part of a ‘mini Ely fest’, have gone on display in the windows of the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Ely Cathedral rockMore than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Ely Cathedral rock (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Filling three windows for passers-by to see while the venue remains closed, the display comes after the Ely Rock Eels group delivered their creations to Visit Ely at Oliver Cromwell’s House in December.

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Bashed bridge rock.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Bashed bridge rock. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

However, due to the lockdown and the historic venue's temporary closure, the rocks needed to go on tour.

Ely Standard: More than 60 rocks, painted by the Ely Rock Eels group as part of a ‘mini Ely fest’, have gone on display in the windows of the Babylon Gallery. The Prince Albert rock.More than 60 rocks, painted by the Ely Rock Eels group as part of a ‘mini Ely fest’, have gone on display in the windows of the Babylon Gallery. The Prince Albert rock. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Fleur Patten, who runs the Ely Rock Eels group, said: "We were so happy when Claire Somerville, of the Babylon Gallery, accepted our offer of the Mini Ely rocks after the beautiful alphabet created by a professional artist was dismantled.

"Due to Covid-19 we need venues where our rocks can be seen but not touched in order to reduce risks of cross-contamination."

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Bashed bridge rock.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Bashed bridge rock. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

She added: “It’s very important to keep the community engaged and together in whatever way we can during these isolating times.

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Ely police station rock.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. Ely police station rock. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

"These windows go some way to doing that.”

Ely Standard: More than 60 rocks, painted by the Ely Rock Eels group as part of a ‘mini Ely fest’, have gone on display in the windows of the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 rocks, painted by the Ely Rock Eels group as part of a ‘mini Ely fest’, have gone on display in the windows of the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)

Ely Standard: More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery.More than 60 hand-painted rocks depicting Ely's well-known landmarks and quirks have gone on display at the Babylon Gallery. (Image: FLEUR PATTEN)