CIRENCESTER came second from bottom in a table showing which towns and cities in the county spend the most time watching internet pornography, according to an adult entertainment website.

The data, complied by adult website Pornhub, showed that people in Cirencester logged onto the site 16,154 times over the last 12 months.

On average, viewers in the Cotswolds capital spent an average of nine minutes and 56 seconds on the site before logging off.

Figures also show that users in Cirencester look at an average of 6.87 pages during every session on the Canadian website, which describes itself as the internet’s top adult website.

The figures came to light after Pornhub released data on the private viewing habits and sexual preferences of its users across the UK and around the world.

Neighbouring town Stroud topped the Gloucestershire list with people there visiting the site over 40,000 times last year.

The average time on the site for the whole of the UK is nine minutes and 42 seconds while the global average is eight minutes and 56 seconds.

According to the data, Monday is the most popular day for searching the website while January is said to be its busiest month.