With the February half term now over, its time to start thinking about Easter Holidays and if there are any Easter Egg Hunts Near Me
We always have an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday morning in the garden, but there are also lots of them taking place throughout East Anglia, so if you are wondering is there are any Easter Egg Hunts Near me, then read on….
The National Trust has some amazing properties and outdoor spaces to explore, and they have some great Easter Egg Hunts.
Looking for Easter events further afield, check out Easter Days Out in Devon
They will be taking place over the Easter bank holiday weekend, further details should be available shortly, don’t forget to check back, but in the meantime, why not check out Snowdrop walks
There are quite a few Easter Egg Hunts in East Anglia for you to choose from. Please also note that the Easter trails will last for as long as stocks last, so book early to avoid disappointment.
Easter Egg Hunts Near Me East Anglia 2024
Easter Egg Hunts in Essex
Bourne Mill
Address: Bourne Road, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8RT
Easter adventure in nature trail, 7 – 10 April
Make your way along the trail to find fun and adventurous activities for the whole family. The trail takes place from Friday 7 to Monday 10 April 2023, 11:00-3:30 (last entry at 3:00).
So come along and explore the beautiful grounds of Bourne Mill. Entry to the mill and grounds is free. The price of the egg hunt is £3 per child and includes a trail guide, pencil and a delicious chocolate egg reward.
There will also be story telling for children, historical talks, second hand bookshop, and refreshments.
You can find out more about Bourne Mill Easter Trail HERE
Easter Egg Hunts in Norfolk
Blickling Estate
Address: Blickling Estate, Aylsham, Norfolk, NR11 6NF
- Easter adventure trail: Saturday 1 – Monday 17 April
Blickling’s breathtaking Jacobean mansion and ancient yew hedges sit at the heart of a magnificent garden and historic park in the beautiful Bure meadows. Treat your little ones and celebrate Easter with an adventure at Blickling Estate this spring. Make your way along the trail, finding activities for the whole family. Explore the garden with its beautiful displays of daffodils and notice the bluebells coming to life across the estate. Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a tasty chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg.
- Bee for Blickling: 1 April – 4 June
A multi-sensory exhibition in the Long Gallery highlighting flowers and nature within the collection and the important role bees play. Two children’s trails around the house will encourage them to explore their surroundings – spotting bees and to look for the shapes of flowers in carpets, paintings and furniture.
You can find out more about Blickling Estate Easter Egg hunt HERE
Felbrigg Hall
Address: Felbrigg, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 8PP
Easter adventure trail: Saturday 1 – Monday 17 April
The daffodils will be carpeting Felbrigg yellow this April and the lambs will be gambolling in the fields, which means a visit to Felbrigg this Easter will certainly put a spring in your step.
This year the trail takes you on an adventure around the whole outside of the Hall through different gardens and habitats as you try your hand at seed planting, building giant bird nests, hunting for bugs and trying a human agility course.
Standard parking charges apply plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg. Make the most of your day and explore the inside Felbrigg Hall, one of the most elegant country houses in East Anglia.
Can you spot the golden eggs in each room? The Hall is open daily over the Easter holiday between 12-4pm, with last entry at 3.30pm.
You can find out more about Felbrigg Hall Easter Egg hunt HERE
Horsey Windpump
Address: Horsey, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 4EF
Easter adventure trail: Saturday 1 – Monday 17 April
There’s plenty of Easter fun to be had at Horsey Windpump this spring. Discover our family-friendly trail with 10 nature-inspired activities for you to do along the way.
Build a bird nest, find your bird wingspan and forage through the willow tunnel are three of the fun challenges to try.
Parking charges apply, £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg. The iconic windpump will be open daily between 10am – 4pm throughout the Easter holiday.
You can find out more about Horsey Windpump Easter Egg hunt HERE
Morston Quay
Address : Morston Quay, Quay Lane, Holt NR25 7BH
Easter adventure trail: Friday 7 April – Monday 10 April
Head up to the north Norfolk coast over the long weekend for an Easter adventure in nature trail at Morston Quay.
Take in the big wide skies, muddy creeks, and pristine salt marsh as you complete the 10 fun activities on the trail. You might even catch a glimpse of a marsh harrier, avocet or little egret!
Parking charges apply, £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg.
You can find out more about Morston Quay HERE
Oxburgh Hall
Address: Oxborough, near Swaffham, Norfolk, PE33 9PS
Easter adventure trail, 1-16 April
Natural play area
It’s hard not to fall in love with Oxburgh, when you catch your first glimpse of the imposing brick manor house reflected in the tranquil moat.
In the gardens and wilderness, drifts of snowdrops and aconites are returning to the soil and daffodils are arriving to herald the start of spring. The orchard and kitchen garden are filling with delicate pink and white blossom from a variety of heritage fruit trees, whilst wild versions brighten up the woods.
As well as the Easter trail, families will find plenty of adventure at the Home Covert natural play area. Created from a 17th century wood and 18th century pasture and fenland, Home Covert is a great place for a family walk, to build a den or spot wildlife.
Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate or vegan and free from Rainforest Alliance Easter egg.
You can find out more about Oxburgh Hall Easter Egg hunt HERE
Sheringham Park
Address:Upper Sheringham, Norfolk, NR26 8TL
Easter Adventures: 1 April – 17 April
Wander through Sheringham Park and you’ll discover why it became the personal favourite of its 19th century designer, Humphry Repton.
The undulating Easter trail will take you into the wilder areas of Sheringham Park. Explore the Park and look for the sights, sounds and smells of Spring. Each trail station will encourage you to connect with nature using your senses at this special time of the year.
Standard parking charges apply plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg
You can find out more about Sheringham Park Easter Egg hunt HERE
Easter Egg Hunts in Suffolk
Dunwich Heath
Address : Coastguard Cottages, Minsmere Rd, Dunwich, Saxmundham IP17 3DJ
Easter adventure, 7–10 April
Adventure play area
Tucked away on the Suffolk coast, Dunwich Heath offers you peace and quiet and a true sense of being at one with nature.
During spring the heath bursts to life with bright yellow gorse and the summer migrant birds start to arrive. Look out for sand martins, hobbies and stone curlews. You may also spot little lambs in the grassland who help manged the land.
Enjoy a walk along the beach or enjoy the sea views from the comfort of the tearoom as the kids let of steam on the playground. This Easter families can get closer to some of these species on the nature inspired Easter trail.
Car park admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg
You can find out more information about Dunwich Heath Easter Adventure HERE
Flatford
Address: Flatford, East Bergholt, Suffolk, CO7 6UL
Easter adventure in nature trail, 1 – 16 April
At the heart of the tranquil Dedham Vales, the historic hamlet of Flatford was the inspiration for some of artist John Constable’s moved loved paintings. Enchanting paths twist and turn along quiet lanes running alongside the River Stour as it gently winds through the peaceful countryside.
Don’t forget to bring your camera and look out for kingfishers and swans on the river, barn owls in the meadow and butterflies dancing in the grass.
Follow the Easter trail and step into spring with lots of fun activities along the way.
Car park admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg.
You can find out more about Flatford Easter Adventure HERE
Ickworth
Address: The Rotunda, Horringer, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP29 5QE
- Easter adventure trail, 1-16 April
- Bike hire and multi-use trails
- Adventure play area
Ickworth Estate is home to an Italianate Palace in the heart of an ancient deer park. Formal gardens, pleasure grounds, rolling Suffolk landscape and woodlands invite gentle strolls or long walks, runs, bike rides and picnics.
The Italianate Garden with its magnolias mirrors the architecture of the house, whilst also encasing a magical Victorian stumpery, home to a secret dragon. This spring enjoy 10 different creative activities helping you to get inspired by the ancient woodlands and home of great art.
From wheelbarrow races and giant jigsaw puzzles, to creating your own wild art, there’s plenty to entertain all ages.
Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate or vegan and free from Rainforest Alliance Easter egg
You can find out more about Ickworth Easter Adventure Trail HERE
Melford Hall
Address: Long Melford, Sudbury, Suffolk, CO10 9AA
Easter adventure in nature trail, 1 – 10 April
With stories of naval exploits and connections to Beatrix Potter this eclectic home set in picturesque gardens surrounded by beautiful Suffolk countryside has seen it’s share of trials and tribulations.
From medieval monks to the Hyde Parker family who still live here, everything tells and story and everyone has left their mark.
Enjoy the tranquil gardens as spring emerges and new blooms bring a welcome burst of colour, or discover what makes the house much more than just bricks and mortar.
Choose to follow the Easter trail around the garden or park to find the clues and earn your chocolate prize.
Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg.
You can find out more about Melford Hall Easter Egg hunt HERE
Orford Ness
Address : Orford Quay, Orford, Woodbridge IP12 2NU
Easter adventure in nature trail, 7 – 10 April (pre booking to visit Orford Ness required)
Orford Ness is an internationally important coastal nature reserve, with a fascinating 20th-century military history. A short boat trip takes you to this wild and remote shingle spit, the largest in Europe.
Once there, discover an internationally important nature reserve strewn with debris and unusual, often forbidding, buildings from a sometimes-disturbing past.
Orford Ness National Nature Reserve is the finest example of a vegetated shingle spit in Europe.
Steeped in history, the site was used from 1913 until the mid-1980s as a secret military test site and today, you can walk amongst some of the unusual and intriguing test sites and buildings and uncover some of the sites secret past.
Join us for an Easter adventure with a difference that begins before you even board the boat.
Once you’ve crossed the river follow the trail through rare coastal grazing marshes and onto the lunar landscape of vegetated shingle to discover the wonderful wildlife that call Orford Ness home.
You don’t need to book your Easter trail, but you will need to book your visit to Orford Ness in advance.
Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate Rainforest Alliance Easter egg.
You can find out more about Orford Ness Easter Adventure HERE
Sutton Hoo
Address: Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3DJ
- Easter adventure trail, 1-16 April
- Play area
This hauntingly beautiful 255-acre estate, with far-reaching views over the River Deben, is home to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time.
Walk around the Royal Burial Ground and enjoy vistas from the 17-metre viewing tower to discover the history of the ship burial of an Anglo-Saxon king and his treasured possessions.
Find out about the archaeological work that took place here when you step inside Tranmer House, the former home of Edith Pretty, and visit the High Hall exhibition to see replica and original objects.
Family activities including trails, dressing up and colouring are available in both buildings. Enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of spring on Sutton Hoo’s Easter trail.
Look out for lambs frolicking, spot carpets of daffodils and listen out for birdsong as you tackle the adventure in nature trail with opportunities to play and get creative across the landscape.
Normal admission plus £3 per trail, includes a chocolate or vegan and free from Rainforest Alliance Easter egg
You can find out more about Sutton Hoo Easter Trail HERE
Will you be visiting any of the National Trust Easter Egg Hunts this year ?
Do you know of any other Easter Egg hunts Near me in East Anglia ?