SOPHIE Beard led the Bulwark and Thornwell carnival procession as Carnival Queen with help from princesses Poppy Scanlon and Teya Andrews and the Chepstow and District Lions.

The Mayor of Chepstow, Cllr Paul Pavia (pictured right) and his deputy Cllr Marc le Peltier – and the Lions mascot – hopped on board the queen’s carriage before it left Thornwell football club on its journey around Bulwark.

Its final destination was Chepstow rugby club where a fete was held.

The theme of the parade was monsters to mark the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s classic novel Frankenstein.