OVER 140 tattoo studios, and 240 tattooists, have been registered in Herefordshire over the last decade, with new figures suggesting growth in the trade has yet to level off in the county.

Herefordshire Council was asked in a Freedom of Information request how many tattoo studios, premises providing tattooing services and individual practitioners were licensed with it in each of the past ten years.

There are three registered tattoo outlets in Ross-on-Wye: Valhalla Ink Tattoo Studio and The Inkpot, both in Gloucester Road and Kindred Ink Tattoo Studio in the Hogh Street.

According to the official response, since 2016 there have been 144 new or varied premises registered and 240 individual practitioners.

The figures do not reveal how many have withdrawn from the industry over the period.