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Home / Destination / Europe / UK / Elsewhere / Easter family days out in the UK

Easter family days out in the UK

March 31, 2014 by Gretta Schifano 4 Comments

Easter eggs. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Easter eggs. Copyright Gretta Schifano

If you fancy a family day out over the Easter holidays there are lots of things happening in the UK. Here are a few ideas.

Easter egg trails

There are some adventurous Easter egg trails on offer at National Trust and National Trust Scotland properties across the country from 18-21 April. There are hundreds of Cadbury Eggslorers Easter Egg Trails to choose from in beautiful locations including castles, historic houses, woodlands and on the coast. Trails cost £2 and normal entry charges to the properties apply.

Shakespeare’s birthday

Shakespeare’s Globe is hosting a free party to celebrate William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday from noon until 5pm on Easter Monday (21st April). There’ll be entertainment and party games on offer for the whole family, including Pin the Ruff on the Bard, musical statues on the stage, cake decorating and a bouncy castle.

Every year William Shakespeare’s birthday is celebrated in Stratford-upon-Avon with processions, performances and free entertainment throughout the town centre. The celebrations will begin with the Birthday Procession at 11am on Saturday 26th April and continue all day.

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

The venues in London’s newest open space continue to open this Spring. The London Aquatics Centre has been open to the public for a while and the Lee Valley Velo Park launches on March 31st. From April 5th there’ll be even more to do as the area in the south of the park becomes accessible. You’ll be able to go up the UK’s tallest sculpture, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, explore four new interactive trails and enjoy new play areas with everything from climbing walls to sand pits to giant fountains.

Daffodils, Kent. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Daffodils, Kent. Copyright Gretta Schifano

Edinburgh International Science Festival

This annual two-week event is one of Europe’s largest celebrations of science and technology. This year it’s running from 5 -20 April and offers amazing and educational events at venues across the city. There are all sorts of things for kids to get involved with from conducting experiments to building robots to breaking codes.

St George’s Day

St George’s day is on April 23rd and this Easter Monday (21st April) you can celebrate the patron saint of England at a feast in London’s Trafalgar Square from noon until 6pm. There’ll be traditional garden games on offer and a marquee full of family activities. There’ll also be a banqueting area by the famous fountains, an English farmer’s market selling fresh food and drink, English cooking demonstrations by leading chefs and live music.

Do you have any plans or ideas for Easter family days out to add to my list?

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Categories: Elsewhere, London, Seasonal, Wales
Tags: Easter, Edinburgh International Science Festival, family days out, National Trust, Shakespeare's birthday, St George's Day

About Gretta Schifano

I'm a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in family travel with teenagers, trips when parents manage to travel without their kids, and 50+ travel. I also write about vegetarian travel, parenting teenagers, adoption, SEN, ADHD and anxiety. My work's been published by the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet and others. I've lived and worked in Italy and Spain and am now based in rural south-east England with my husband, adoptive and birth kids and our dog. I previously worked as a social action radio producer for the BBC.

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  1. ken Miller says

    July 9, 2019 at 9:23 am

    Would love to explore these places.

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  2. Yet Another Blogging Mummy!!! says

    April 3, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    Think we will check out some of the nearby National Trust properties
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  3. Wendy at Tots says

    April 1, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    Really fancy the science thing in Edinburgh… my 9yo would love that… have you been?

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    • Gretta Schifano says

      April 1, 2014 at 10:09 pm

      I haven’t been, no, but it sounds great. If you go I’d love to here what you think about it.

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