Paganism is the fastest growing religious group in the British Armed Forces, The Telegraph can reveal.
Followers of the pagan faiths, who typically sport beards as a lifestyle choice, numbered 660 at the start of the year across the Armed Forces, up 144 per cent from 270 in April 2020.
In addition to the pagans, there are around 50 self-declared Heathens, Wiccans, Druidists and Odinists, all of which are nature-revering religions associated with paganism.
