Easter adventures with the National Trust’s Easter egg trails
Easter will be celebrated at a number of National Trust properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with many offering Easter egg trails for children and their families during the school holidays.
Children can don bunny ears and explore mazes and meadows, kitchen gardens and orchards, parkland and woodland. Every trail has a different theme, with challenges to complete – successful participants will be rewarded with a chocolate egg (vegan option available). Trails cost £3 per child, on top of normal admission prices.
There are lots of National Trust venues close to Club campsites. Here are just a few examples that you might like to visit.
Hidcote, Gloucestershire
Hidcote ©National Trust Images/James Dobson
Join The Secret Garden’s Mary Lennox and friends as you make your way along the trail and find nature-inspired activities for the whole family. Trail available 23 March-7 April 2024.
Stay at Broadway Club Campsite
Mottisfont, Hampshire
Experience all the fun of a spring fête with this energetic Easter trail – take part in welly-wanging, bowling, hoopla and a craft activity to make and take home. Trail available 23 March-14 April 2024.
Stay at Winchester or Salisbury Hillside Club campsites
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
Nature-themed activities will be dotted around the award-winning gardens as well as Home Farm, Pleasure Ground Wood and medieval Adam Tower. Trail available 25 March-7 April 2024.
Stay at Lady Margaret’s Park Club Campsite
Bateman's, East Sussex
At Bateman’s, the former home of Rudyard Kipling, you’ll joined be joined on the trail by beloved characters from The Jungle Book. Trail available 23 March-14 April.
Stay at Broomfield Farm or Battle Normanhurst Court Club campsites
Wray, Cumbria
Follow the Easter trail through the woods, parkland and lake shore, finding nature-inspired activities along the way. Trail available 23 March-7 April 2024.
Stay at Coniston Park Coppice Club Campsite
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
An action-packed trail in the grounds of the historic abbey ruins and gardens. Can you weave your way through the rope web? How many sticks, twigs and feathers will you gather to help build a giant egg nest? Trail available 23 March−7 April 2024.
Stay at Knaresborough Club Campsite
For a list of all participating National Trust properties, visit nationaltrust.org.uk. (For similar Easter events in Scotland, please see the National Trust for Scotland’s website nts.org.uk.)