A collection of family friendly events will take place over the summer holidays at Freeport Braintree.
Throughout August the shopping centre is running prize giveaways, arts and craft sessions and even a pop-up mini beach.
A series of special themed days will also be held on Wednesdays until the end of the month.
Josef O'Sullivan, centre manager at Freeport Braintree said: “We’re really excited to be able to offer shoppers such an exciting calendar of free activities this summer.
“Since the event began last week we’ve had hundreds of families through the doors and it’s great to see so many people having fun in the sun."
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