Tickets for the popular 3foot People Festival are set to go on sale on Wednesday.

Parents hoping to get tickets for the Hylands Park festival, which is specially designed for pre-school children and their families, are encouraged to act fast; last year the festival sold out in just a few days.

About 15,000 people are expected to attend this year's event, which will be held on June 28, 29 and 30.

A village of tents, teepees and domes is set to be created and packed with entertainment and activities including the Imagination Station Puppets, the Little Stars Theatre, the Garlic Theatre, Mad Science, Horse World, Glastonbabies and a giant sandpit.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, April 20, at 9am.

Tickets are £11 for accompanying adults (over 16 years of age) and two to five-year-olds.

Children between one and two-years-old are £5.50 and babies up to one year are £2.

Car parking and return bus tickets are available in advance.

To book visit chelmsford.gov.uk/3foot or the Chelmsford Civic Theatre Box Office from 10am.

Phone sales begin from 10 on Thursday, April 23, call 01245 606505 will only begin from 10am on Thursday 23 April.