RESIDENTS and visitors can look forward to lots of family fun as the annual Bunny Hop returns to Knutsford on Easter Saturday, which this year falls on April 20.

Since its launch in 2013 by the business community, the event has become a firm fixture on Knutsford’s event calendar growing in popularity each year.

As last year, Knutsford Town Council is leading on the event organisation working with sponsorship from Mere Day Nursery, Bella Marketing and Design, Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shop and Little Waitrose.

As in previous years the event will see families scouring across Knutsford to find nine bunnies, which will be hidden among the town centre streets.

Slightly different to previous years, once found, families write the letter the bunny will be ‘holding’ on the entry form.

When they have collected all nine letters, they re-arrange the letters to spell a popular word associated with Easter, before posting the entry into the post box at Knutsford Heritage Centre.

There will also be a draw after Easter with prizes kindly donated by the business community.

A large number of restaurants, cafes, bars and shops will have ‘We are Bunny Hop Friendly’ posters in their windows and joining in the fun by handing out Easter treats and balloons and dressing up.

Mr Simms Olde Sweet Shop has run the event in previous years, and is providing sponsorship this year, with Bella Marketing and Design providing promotional materials.

It is the first time Mere Day Nursery has been involved and Becki Gilhooley, Early Years Teacher, said: “Mere Day Nursery is delighted to co-sponsor Knutsford’s annual Bunny Hop.

It is such a lovely community event, and we can’t wait to work with Knutsford’s retailers and businesses on Easter Saturday. It is going to be a great day.”

Sam Moyse, team manager (Service) of Little Waitrose said: “Waitrose & Partners Knutsford are really excited to co-sponsor Bunny Hop for the second year. Bunny Hop is such a brilliant event which really shows off the community spirit in Knutsford, many of our partners live in the community and have brought up children here so events like this are particularly close to our hearts. We can't wait to see everyone.”