Firstsite has transformed a space outside the gallery into Colchester-on-Sea.

Open every day throughout the summer holidays, from 10am to 5pm, visitors will have free access to games, including volleyball, table tennis, swingball and Welly-Wanging.

It is also a perfect spot for a picnic with parasols, buckets, spades and art activities.

Jude Merritt, head of learning, said: “The only thing we can’t guarantee is the sun.”