You can watch 'Up' under the stars in a Hounslow park next weekend, after film fans voted for the heartwarming animated movie in an online poll.

A free open-air screening will take place next Saturday, August 2, at 9pm, in Hounslow's Inwood Park, in Inwood Road, just off Hounslow High Street.

Preceding it will be an afternoon of family fun, starting at 6pm, including the chance to make bird masks, explore an 'Edible Maze' and listen to stories told in Polish and English.

Visitors will also be able to take part in a friendly sports competition, tuck into healthy food and enjoy an opening parade before settling down to watch the film.

The movie itself will follow a series of animated shorts produced by students at Kingsley Academy, just down the road, with the support of arts charity Together We Create.

Inwood Park won the right to host the screening as part of Our Park Presents, a project run by parks contractor Carillion Integrated Services in conjunction with Hounslow Council and Film Hub London.

Members of the public were then invited to choose between four films. They plumped for Disney/Pixar's Up, in which an old man uses thousands of helium balloons to make one last adventure without sacrificing his home comforts, ahead of family favourites including Despicable Me and The Jungle Book.

The Friends of Inwood Park teamed up with Together We Create and the Saturday School of Polish Language Pro Polonia to beat friends groups from four other parks to the rights to host the event.

Jo Murray, chairwoman of the Friends of Inwood Park, said: "We're very pleased the park is hosting this event, as we've always tried to work with local groups to organise activities there. We're hoping lots of people will come to enjoy the film and the entertainment beforehand."

The screening will be held during Love Parks Week, running from July 25 to August 3, which is a national campaign to promote open spaces.

* Our Park Presents will be at Inwood Park, in Inwood Road, Hounslow, on Saturday, August 2, from 6pm. The free screening of Up will begin at 9pm. For more information visit www.hounslow.info/ourparkpresents