HUNDREDS of people gathered in Chirk as the town held its biggest carnival for more than two decades.

The event took place on Chirk Recreation Field on Saturday, May 28 and it was the first time the carnival has been held in more than 20 years, although it has held fun days in recent years.

There were a number of attractions for visitors, including an inflatable obstacle course and medieval jousting.

Sam Harris from carnival organisers Fair Event Management said she was pleased with how the event had gone.

"It has been a fantastic response from the community," she said.

Border Counties Advertizer: Members of the Royal Welsh Corps of Drums Association.

"People have travelled from quite far, we have had people from Telford, Chester, Ellesmere Port. It has put Chirk on the map."

Neil Whitburn and Paul Sunderland were in charge of the inflatable obstacle course.

Neil said the course had been extremely popular with youngsters.

He added: "It has been brilliant, it has been very busy non stop all day.

"We set up at 8am and started at 10am. Kids have been brilliant, well behaved kids.

"This is the first time we have done this one. We will definitely come back again."

Some businesses and charities had set up stores on the site, including Refugee Kindness North Wales which was founded by Rachel Watkin.

Border Counties Advertizer: Inflatable obstacle course.

She said it was lovely to show refugees the "wider" Wrexham.

She added: "It is really lovely, it is nice to feel part of a wider community.

"We support refugees, asylum seekers and people of equivalent need across North Wales, most families we support are based in Wrexham.

"It is really lovely to be able to show them a little bit more of the wider Wrexham."

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She added: "It has worked really well because we are offering authentic food which is from some of the countries the families we support are from.

"That is drawing people in and they are showing an interest and of course that raises our profile.

"We have got a few funding buckets and people tend to come over, have a chat and most of them have been will to drop a few pence or pounds in the bucket."

Border Counties Advertizer: Crowds enjoying the atmosphere at the Chirk Carnival.

Sam said the event will be coming back to Chirk next year.

She added: "We are booked June 3 next year. We will be coming back and it will be bigger and better.

"Definitely a space to watch."