Nene Park looks to donate hundreds of Easter eggs after vandalism

The trail had to close on its final three days due to vandalism

A park trust wants to donate an "abundance" of leftover Easter eggs after it was forced to shut its annual trail because of vandalism.

An Easter Adventure Trail was held during the school holidays at Nene Park, in Peterborough.

The vandalism - discovered on Friday morning - meant the park was forced to close the event three days early.

"It's a shame that the activity which was running so successfully was ruined this way," a spokesperson said.

Steph Peachey, head of visitor engagement at Nene Park, said the trust was now looking for deserving organisations to be nominated.

She said: "We have 1,800 eggs.

"The trail was amazingly popular and about 3,000 chocolate eggs were collected as part of the trial on the Easter weekend.

"It was really unfortunate that it had to close over the last three days and that is why we have these eggs left.

"It was a beautiful weekend when we had to close so I think if we had been open, they all would have gone as part of the trail."

About 3,000 chocolate eggs were collected over the Easter weekend

A spokesperson from the trust said they were on a mission to "spread smiles" by donating them to local children's centres or charities.

"We try and do something nice and put in a lot of effort but then incidents like these are so disappointing," they said.

They added that the vandalism had not only disappointed visitors, but resulted "in a big loss of income to our charitable trust".

It was discovered by a park ranger at 08:30 BST on Friday morning, the trust said.

Cambridgeshire Police has been notified, it added.