Shrewsbury's Christmas market is a record-breaker
Thousands of people packed into Shrewsbury's Square as the town's annual Christmas market attracted a record-breaking crowd.
The event, which is run with the support of the Shropshire Star's sister paper The Shrewsbury Chronicle, took place on Saturday.
Christmas shoppers were out in force for the market, with organisers predicting before the event that around 7,000 people would visit.
But Stuart Jones, from Asterley Events, said the turnout was far higher than anticipated, with an estimated 15,000 people visiting the market over the course of the day.
"It was unbelievable," he said. "The Square was so busy all day and I have never seen known the whole town centre so busy in my life.
"By 10am, it was going great guns and it was packed right through until it rained at about 4.30pm or 5pm. There were about 400 people in The Square at any time. It could have been 15,000 people over the day comfortably.
"Without a shadow of a doubt, it was the busiest it has ever been."
More than 50 stallholders were selling goods after all the trading spaces were snapped up within a week after being made available in the summer. Visitors had the chance to pick up some unique last-minute Christmas gifts.
