Easter Egg Hunts and Easter Egg Rolls are a great tradition in the UK. The wavy lawn of a manor house is an irresistible temptation for Easter egg rollers. The elaborate gardens, forests and deer parks are perfect places to hide Easter eggs and chocolate treats. These are some of the best places for Easter weekend family fun in the UK.
Blenheim palace
What: The pleasure gardens of this impressive palace will be transformed into an Easter wonderland. There’s an Easter Bunny Walkabout, fairy stilt walkers, a bouncy castle, and springboards. Try your hand at archery, watch a puppet show, plus a Punch and Judy show, of course. And face painting, a costume shop, tongue twisters and more.
- When: 4-day Easter weekend, April 19-22, 2019
- Where: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1PX, England
- Telephone: +44 (0) 8700 60 20 80
- Entrance : normal entrance fees and parking fees. A small additional charge for some activities.
Burton Agnes Hall
What: Thousands of Easter eggs will be hidden in the wooded gardens of this grand Elizabethan house in East Yorkshire. On Easter Sunday and Monday April 21 and 22, kids can join the Easter Bunny to find some. And, during the Easter School holidays, from April 6 to 22 there will also be an Easter trail with Easter sweets to solve all the clues. Throughout the month, look for the giant golden egg that the Easter bunny has hidden somewhere on the grounds. Sorry, no dogs are allowed in Woodland Gardens during the Easter Egg Hunt.
- When: In 2019, the events will take place during the Easter School holidays, April 6-22. The special hunt with the Easter Bunny occurs on Easter Sunday and Monday, April 21 and 22. All events are between 11 am and 5 pm
- Where: Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 4NB, UK.
- Telephone: +44 (0) 1262 490324
- Entrance : normal price of entrance to the enclosure.
Chatsworth House
What: Easter events, throughout the magnificent Chatsworth estate, house and corral include several Easter egg hunts per day over the four-day Easter weekend, in addition to handicraft activities in the farmyard. If time permits, take a ride on the Easter Eggspress to locate the Easter Bunny. There are events and activities planned throughout the Easter school vacation period with the full schedule posted in mid-March on the Chatsworth website.
- When: from March 30 to April 28, 2019
- Where: Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1PP, England
- Phone: +44 (0) 1246 565300
- Entrance : Free with normal entrance. There is usually a small fee for the Easter Eggspress.
Traquair
What: Traquair, Scotland’s oldest inhabited house, opens its gardens on Easter Sunday for Easter Eggstravaganza, including Easter egg hunts and family activities. Easter Monday is not a Scottish holiday, so there’s plenty of fun in this one-day event – the biggest Easter egg hunt in the Scottish Borders in a house with the biggest and funnest border maze. They have been doing it for 19 years and there are at least 6,000 eggs hidden in the gardens. The Easter Egg Hunt is limited to children under the age of 10. Children under 5 years old participate in an Easter Egg Scramble in the Walled Garden. And there are many games and competitions that are much more than chocolate.
- When: Easter Sunday, April 21 from noon to 5 pm in 2019. The grounds open at 11 am
- Where: Traquair House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire EH44 6PW
- Telephone: +44 (0) 1896 830 323
- Admission : Gardens and gardens entrance fees £ 5 per child. Adults £ 6. Children under 5 years free. There is an additional entrance to visit the house.
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Hardwick Hall
What: Cadbury Chocolate Easter Egg Hunt on a trail designed by families for families. The theme is nature. Follow the paths in the garden or Lady Spencer’s Walk, both wheelchair accessible in dry weather, with a chocolate reward at the end.
- When: Easter weekend, 11 am to 4 pm from April 19 to April 22.
- Where: Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S44 5QJ, England
- Phone: +44 (0) 1246 850430
- Admission : In addition to the normal admission charges, purchase your trail map from the stable stable. The Easter Egg Hunt map costs £ 3 for all ages.
Oxwich castle
What : More Tudor courtyard house than castle, Oxwich, near Swansea on the Gower Peninsula in Wales, is a great destination for fans of heritage or great beaches. They are planning an Easter trail on Easter Sunday. Complete the tour and all the tracks to get a sweet reward at the end.
- When: Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Where: Oxwich Castle, Swansea SA3 1ND
- Telephone: +44 (0) 1792 390 359
- Admission : adults £ 4.20, children under 16 £ 2.50, seniors £ 3.40 and family tickets available.
Knole
What: During the Easter school holiday period, kids can follow the Bird Trail through Knole’s medieval parks, courtyards and orange groves. Find the wooden bird boxes, open them to count the eggs inside and win a Cadbury egg. The event is open to all ages, but is best suited for children ages 3-11. And wear your wellies because the trail is sure to be muddy.
- When: The Cadbury’s Easter Egg Trail is operational April 6-22, 2019. The trail is open from 11 am to 3 pm rain or shine.
- Where: Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP, England
- Phone: +44 (0) 1732 450608
- Admission : The Easter Egg Hunt costs £ 3 per child in addition to normal admission.
Castle room
What – Do you think they had decorated eggs in the Game of Thrones Kingdom of Westeros? You could find out during the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt event in Castle Ward. The historic 18th and 19th century Georgian mansion farm overlooking Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland was Winterfell in Game of Thrones. The Whispering Wood is also somewhere on the estate. If you can’t find it, you can at least look for a lot of Easter clues with a chocolate prize if you solve the clues.
- When: Noon to 4 pm, April 19-23, 2019
- Where: Castle Ward, Strangford, Co Down, BT30 7BA
- Phone: +44 (0) 28 4488 1204
- Admission : The Easter Egg Hunt costs £ 1.50 in addition to normal admission prices.
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Mount Stewart
What : At Mount Stewart, near Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland, the Easter bunny will need help finding clues on the terraces around the lake. Collect all the clues, find the magic word, and a chocolate reward of yours in this remarkable manor house. It has one of the most exotic and unusual gardens in Britain. His Italian garden has an “ark” of exotic animals. And you might find some clues around the Dodo Terrace.
- When: 11 am to 4 pm Good Friday through Easter Tuesday, April 19-23, 2019. The house and grounds are open from 10 am to 5 pm
- Where Portaferry Road, Newtownards, County Down, BT22 2AD
- Phone: +44 (0) 28 4278 8387
- Admission : Normal admission charges apply and there is a £ 1.50 charge for the Easter Egg Hunt trail.
The National Trust y NTS Easter Egg Trails
For several years, the National Trust and the National Trust of Scotland (NTS) have run Easter Egg Trails with Cadbury’s support on hundreds of National Trust properties across the UK. In 2019, hundreds of trails are combined with property-specific activities, including face painting and games, during the Easter bank holiday. There are, of course, chocolate prizes, provided by Cadbury, at the end of the trails.
Please visit the Easter Egg Trail website after February 25, 2019 and search by zip code, the name of a National Trust property, or a city to find your closest Easter Egg Trail. You can also visit the National Trust home page, find an attraction near you, and then check out their “events” page.
