ZOMBIES will be on the prowl in the New Forest next month. But don’t panic as it’s all for fun.

The Zombie Escape Adventure Run comes to Avon Tyrell activity centre in Bransgore on Sunday, September 23.

Brave participants will have to make their way around a 2k, 5k or 10k course while being chased by the undead, with runners encouraged to raise money for Dorset Mind.

The 2k run will be a family fun run with ‘friendlier’ zombies so not to scare young runners.

All runners will start with three lives and the aim of the event is to have one life intact at the end of the course.

For anyone that needs a boost there will be hidden first aid kits hidden around the course.

The event follows on from the Zombie Escape 5k which was held in King’s Park last November.

This year organisers say there will be more mud, more challenges and more frights.