Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival lived up to expectations when an estimated 15,000 visitors headed to town.

Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival lived up to expectations when an estimated 15,000 visitors headed to town.

There were more than 35 stalls selling everything from hot chocolate to chocolate-flavoured doggie treats. The event, in its third year, brings together many of the region’s best food producers along with some of Europe’s leading Fair Trade chocolate manufacturers.

The festival included a two-day chocolate market, chocolate demonstrations, children’s craft activity, workshops and even chocolate beauty products. Lick that!Photography by John Cocks