MORE than 1,000 visitors poured into County Mall Shopping Centre at Crawley to meet Peter Rabbit.

Since the film was released in February, the Peter Rabbit craze has run wild with promotional merchandise filling the shelves of most stores.

County Mall made tickets available to see the ‘star’ and children could meet and greet the character throughout the day.

Centre Manager Mark Haynes said: “We were so thrilled with the turnout to see Peter Rabbit.

“Children were in awe of the character and it was a magical experience to see so many happy faces.

“It’s important to us to run great activities during the school holidays to give families the extra excuse they need to check us out.”