LOVERS of art flocked to Wilmslow last weekend for the town’s third annual art trail.

Shops, bars and cafés across the town centre were transformed from Friday, October 14 to Sunday, October 16, as local artists presented their finest creations to hundreds of visitors.

A total of 34 talented artists were on hand to show off their work to as many as xyz visitors over the weekend.

Helen Eriksen, events manager at Wilmslow Business Group who organised the event, told the Guardian that this year’s art trail was the biggest yet.

“Overall the visitor numbers were good in comparison to previous years,” she said.

“The feedback received so far from both the artists and the venues has been positive and a number of artists have reported very good sales.”

Richard Weston, of Weston Digital Imaging, took part in the event with his exhibition, The Edge of the World.

The exhibition featured photographs of the Outer Hebrides and took place across many different parts of the art trail, while visitors could scan QR codes to find out more about the images.

“It was a great event, and with the artisan market taking place on Saturday too Wilmslow was absolutely brimming with people,” he said.

“A large amount of people came to see my exhibition, which I called The Edge of the World because the Outer Hebrides literally is – there are so few people there.

“It was good to branch out from just the one venue for the first time, and the QR codes gave people the chance to find out more background information.”

Wilmslow Business Group is already preparing for next year’s art trail, with a change of date on the cards.

“We will be doing it again next year for the fourth trail, but we want to move it to May, which will give us more time to plan the event,” Helen said.

“At the moment it’s too soon after the Wilmslow Motor Show, and we want the art trail to continue to grow.”

A provisional schedule of Thursday, May 18 to Sunday, May 21 has been scheduled for next year.