Thousands of people of all ages flocked to Chorlton’s Big Green Festival. The annual ‘celebration of sustainable living’ included live music and dance performances, scores of food, drink, fashion, craft and art stalls, a huge ceilidh and story telling for kids.

Local schools - including Chorlton Park Primary, Oswald Road Primary, Chorlton CE Primary, St John’s RC Primary, Chorlton High School, Barlow Hall Primary, Brookburn Primary, the Islamic Girls’ High School and Loreto High School - put on display stalls designed by their pupils.

Run by local environmental group Green Chorlton, the theme of this year’s festival was ‘Bike to the Future’, a celebration of cycling around Manchester.

The day began with the ‘Big Green Bike Ride’ to the festival from the city centre by around 100 cyclists, with a cycle swap, bike fashion show and bike parade taking place at the festival itself.

C-Beebies character Mr Bloom spoke to youngsters about how to how to grow their own vegetables, and there were workshops adults on reducing heating bills.

Richard Frost, from Green Chorlton, said: This year was most successful festival so far. We were delighted with what was a record turnout of about 6,000 people.

"It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves while learning about sustainable ways of living and how to reduce their carbon footprint."

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