A prehistoric animal display in a major Romford shopping centre has appeared.

The Liberty Shopping Centre has become the unlikely host of animals including a mammoth, a moose and a sabre-tooth tiger, among other prehistoric models.

Patricia Farrell, who provided a video of the display, visited The Liberty on Tuesday (August 6) and announced there had been a "prehistoric takeover", adding that children were "loving" it.

A woolly mammoth spotted in The LibertyA woolly mammoth spotted in The Liberty (Image: Patricia Farrell)

The display has come in good time with children on their summer holidays, able to enjoy prehistoric creatures from the Ice Age replicated in Romford.

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Mind the teeth! (Image: Patricia Farrell)

The Liberty also has planned works to transform the shopping centre's exterior as part of a multi-year £7 million improvement budget from operating company Redical, announced last month.

(Image: Patricia Farrell)

(Image: Patricia Farrell) (Image: Patricia Farrell)

In the meantime, families have been able to enjoy the animal display before children return to school in September.