Roald Dahl has been honoured with a blue plaque - in a town he dubbed a "slightly seedy seaside resort".

The children's author made the comment about Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, where he lived for four years while studying at St Peter's boarding school.

He feigned appendicitis to escape from the hillside school - and later compared it to a "private lunatic asylum".

Dahl also described his "giant" headmaster and the "female ogre" matron in autobiography Boy, which focuses on his childhood.

These characters are thought to have inspired Miss Trunchbull, the scary headmistress in Matilda.

John Crockford-Hawley, a councillor for the town, said: "Though Dahl was only here for four years it was an important period for him.

"He didn't have an enjoyable time at school but these experiences did lead him to write in the manner he did.

"It's rebellious - he is having a go at the system and stems back to his experiences at St Peter's."

St Peter's School was demolished in 1970 and a housing estate sits on the site.

The plaque, organised by Weston Town Council, has been placed on one of the homes.