FREE guided tours of Croome Park will be offered by the Friends of Croome during a family activity day on Saturday.

The tours will start every hour from 11am to 4pm and there will be creative activities for children, such as bark rubbing and colouring.

Volunteers will also install benches and sell homemade cakes and hot drinks.

The Friends group was set up to encourage volunteer and community involvement in the National Trust owned park, aiming to encourage an active interest in history and conservation.

Lady Maria Coventry, who lived at Croome Court as a child, is patron of the Friends and the president is Chris Beardshaw, presenter of the BBC's Hidden Gardens programme and who trained at Pershore Horticultural College.

Croome park will be open from 10am to 5.30pm, with activities due to take place between 11am and 4pm.

Normal admission charges will apply with adults priced at £3.70, children £1.80, family tickets £9 and under-fives and National Trust members free.