Have an Egg-cellent Easter NEWS
There are countless Easter events and activities taking place over Easter weekend 2011 and with Easter dates falling so late this year, the spring season will be in full bloom. Easter egg trails and visits with the Easter bunny are set to take place throughout England, and include fun Easter activities for the whole family.
There are countless Easter events and activities taking place over Easter weekend 2011 and with Easter dates falling so late this year, the spring season will be in full bloom. Easter egg trails and visits with the Easter bunny are set to take place throughout England, and include fun Easter activities for the whole family.
Both chocoholics and foodies can enjoy food and drink festivals during Easter weekend, and several walking festivals begin between Good Friday 22 April and Monday 25 April 2011 to work off all the sweets. With so much going on, it can be easy to lose sight of historical Easter facts and traditions and several churches and historical homes will events and exhibitions which look at the true meaning of the Easter holiday.
11 days for the Price of 3
How to make the most of your Double Bank Holiday Weekend
This extra-festive spring means up to eleven days free with Easter, the Royal Wedding and the May Bank Holiday weekend. Make the most of the freedom by celebrating Easter with the family or the Royal Wedding with friends, heading to one of England's famous spring food and drink festivals, getting outside in the fresh air or getting far, far away from it all.
Easter Egg Hunts Galore
Egg-cellent Easter events for the whole family are on England-wide. Head down to Devils Dyke on the south coast for one of the three Easter Egg Hunts (23-25 April), or join in the Egg Rolling competition on Tuesday 25 April, and get your egg down the hill furthest and fastest for a prize. The chocolate-y holiday is the perfect time to visit Birmingham's Cadbury World to discover chocolate's origins and how it's made, or spend the day on a Cadbury Easter trail at Northumberland's Cragside Estate.
Jump down the rabbit hole to Tatton Park's three-day Alice in Wonderland Easter Festival, and follow a trail through the State Rooms to the Mad Hatter's Tea Party in the Gardens, the Queen of Hearts story time at the farm or follow the Cheshire Cat trail. Those who fancy staying in can get creative and make an Easter Bonnet for this year's Lyme Regis Easter Bonnet parade on Sunday 25 April 2011.
http://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/CadburyWorld/Pages/CadburyWorld.aspx
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cragside
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events/w-events-find_event.htm?c=1
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-events/w-events-find_event.htm?c=1
www.westdorset.com/site/whats-on/easter-bonnet-parade
www.tattonpark.org.uk
Traditional Easter Activities
Take the kids back in time and watch traditional maypole dancing and experience traditional Victorian Easter customs at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Ironbridge, a1939 wartime school day, complete air raid practice and gas masks at RAF Cosford in Shropshire, or a jousting tournament at Blenheim Palace from 30 April to 2 May 2011. Kids young and old can join in an Easter Treasure Hunt at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, check out a special Easter locomotive line-up at Loughborough's Great Central Railway or hop on the Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, which opens for the summer on Friday 22 April.
www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c298
www.gcrailway.co.uk
www.rafmuseum.org.uk
www.ironbridge.org.uk
http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
Royal Wedding Mania
For the Royal Wedding fans, attend a sparkling three-course Royal Wedding Lunch party at Chewton Glen on the big day, or spend the weekend at the Hampshire estate exploring the beautiful property and spa facilities. Shugborough Historic Estate in Stafford will host four days of festivities celebrating the Royal Wedding, including dress displays, royal wedding photos plus kids craft activities, or take an hour tour Windsor by horse-drawn carriage (from 24 April through autumn).
http://www.visitstoke.co.uk
http://www.chewtonglen.com/whats-on/royal-wedding-celebration-lunch.aspx
http://www.chewtonglen.com/
http://www.orchardpoyle.co.uk/
More Easter Ideas for the family
For an ideal family getaway in the Capital, the Colonnade Hotel is running a Monkey around London Zoo package over Easter. The two-night package includes four fast track tickets to the zoo, bed and breakfast - plus kids stay free.
Head to one of England's islands for an eleven-day double Bank Holiday escape. The Isle of Wight, for example, has loads of events lined up for Easter and the Bank Holiday. Plus, you never know who you might bump into, considering the speculation that William and Kate might choose it for their honeymoon, following in Queen Victoria's footsteps, who often holidayed here with Prince Albert. For sub-tropical temperatures, white sand, crystal clear azure waters and plenty of accommodation, the Isles of Scilly lay just 25 miles off the Cornish coast,
www.islandbreaks.co.uk
http://www.theetoncollection.co.uk/colonnade
http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/
The Great Outdoors
Another option is to simply get outdoors and enjoy the spring weather. Bedgebury National Pinetum & Forest near Hastings has space for cycling, picnic spots and a Go Ape facility for adventure seekers, or detect bats using ultrasound detectors on a Bat Walk at Watermead Country Park in Leicestershire on 29 April or at Kielder Forest on 30 April. For multi-generational family outings, take part in a spring walking festival.
The Haltwhistle festival from April 30 - May 7 explores Northumberland with views across Hadrian's Wall, while the largest ever Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival from 29 April to 2 May includes walks with four levels of difficulty. A ten-day walking festival in Exmoor has trails through the region's Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
http://www.leics.gov.uk/watermead
www.visitkielder.comwww.haltwhistlewalkingfestival.org
www.visitironbridge.co.uk
www.exmoorwalkingfestival.co.uk
Get Fit at Easter
Better yet, run off all that Easter chocolate during the North Tyneside 10K Road Race on Sunday, or kick off your shoes for the first ever Barefoot Brighton Race in Stanmer Park on 1 May 2011 and choose between the 1K and 5K race.
http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk
http://www.visitbrighton.com/site/whats-on/barefoot-brighton-race-p375191
And there's more...
From north to south, England has fabulous foodie festivals this spring, from the Jazz, Blues and Music Festival which transforms Nantwich with an atmosphere of beer and blues from 21- 25 April, to the mouthwatering Chester Food, Drink & Lifestyle Festival from 23 - 25 April and Hove Foodies Festival from 30 April to 2 May which are deliciously family-friendly. Attend an ode to ale, at the second annual Gateshead Beer Festival from 29 April to 1 May or the Real Ale Festival at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway from 30 April to 2 May.
www.gatesheadbeerfestival.co.uk
www.chesterfoodanddrink.com
www.nantwichjazz.com
www.foodiesfestival.com
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