Michelle Steele sent in this photo of the egg rolling in action

Despite being the coldest Easter on record nothing could stop a tradition dating back to Victorian times taking place in Avenham Park.

Hundreds of families turned out to roll their Easter Eggs down the slopes of the park towards the Ribble.

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There will also be an Easter bonnet parade and coffee and cake from the Avenham Park pavilion.

We’ve put the best tweets and photos into a Storify below to show what happened on the day.

Easter Egg Rolling in Avenham Park

Hundreds turn out in Avenham Park for the Preston tradition of Easter Egg Rolling. It dates back to Victorian times.

Storified by Blog Preston· Mon, Apr 01 2013 04:08:01

Image credit to Disability North West. Feel free to send us your photos of the event by tweeting them @blogpreston, emailing contactus@blogpreston.co.uk or posting them on the Preston Flickr group.

Did you go to the Egg Rolling? How did you get on? Let us know in the comments below