One of Preston’s biggest annual events returns to mark the tradition of rolling Easter Eggs down the grassy slopes of Avenham Park.

Egg rolling is often blighted by gale-force winds and large puddles at the bottom of the hill.

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But with Easter being in late April there’s more of a risk of the eggs melting during Monday (22 April).

With egg rolls on the hour from 11am to 4pm it’s expected to be a bumper turnout for the Preston tradition.

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Here’s an hour-by hour weather forecast and how the temperatures are expected to be:

10am – As set up takes place, it will be 17 degrees and bright sunshine

11am – The first of the egg rolls takes places and 19 degrees

12noon – Approaching lunchtime and temperatures creep to 21 degrees and there’s a slight breeze of 11mph

1pm – Grabbing some lunch and you’ll be sweltering in bright sunshine

2pm – Reaching the high point of 23 degrees, make sure you’ve got the sun hat and sun cream

3pm – The final set of egg rolls and it’s still 22 degrees

4pm – Definitely an afternoon for chilling in the park, remaining 22 degrees through until 5pm. Watch out for your eggs melting!

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