The ever-popular beach is set to return to Yate this summer.

Yate Shopping Centre will once again host the beach in the main square for the summer months.

Set to open on May 27, children will be able to enjoy the giant sandpit throughout the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the beach will remain in the centre until early September.

The centre is also offering a number of other activities for children to enjoy over the Bank Holiday weekend kicking off with a craft day on Thursday, June 2 and ending with a beach party on Sunday, June 5.

Parents are looking forward to the opening, in a post of Facebook one said: "Hooray, time to let the kids play and the mums shop!"

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