The Guildhall was lit up in purple to mark World Polio Day.

This was part of a campaign to raise awareness about the disease and the importance of vaccination.

At 8pm, a flash mob of supporters donned purple wigs and gathered outside the building.

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Throughout the day, more than 150 leaflets were distributed in the High Street, informing the public about the paralysing and potentially deadly infectious disease.

Polio mainly affects children under the age of five and spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water.

The UK includes the polio vaccine in the NHS routine childhood vaccination programme.

There is currently no cure for polio, however, the disease can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine.

Rotary, along with its partners, immunises over 2.5 billion children worldwide.

The organisation has been working to eradicate polio for over 35 years and has reduced cases by 99.9 per cent since the first vaccination project in the Philippines in 1979.

Today, polio is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

However, without ongoing eradication efforts, the disease could paralyse up to 200,000 children each year within a decade.

For more information about Polio visit: endpolio.org.