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Activities for your little bunnies run at the park in Deal until Easter Monday. There is an Easter trail between 9.30am and 4.30pm, until Easter Monday, costing £1.50 per trail sheet. The egg hunt runs from Good Friday to Easter Sunday. Coloured gems will be scattered throughout the 250-acre park to hunt for. Intrepid hunters get to claim a chocolate egg at the end. The hunt costs £4, with pre-booking recommended. Visit betteshanger-park.co.uk
The Bewl Belle will be offering trips around the reservoir with drop-off and pick-up points around the shore, until Easter Monday. The festivities culminate in an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday. There’s also bike hire and a children’s adventure playground. For details visit bewlwater.co.uk
BLUEWATER
There will be an Easter egg trail until Easter Monday, as the Lindy Gold Bunny hops back in to welcome shoppers. Children can count gold bunny figures, crawl through a grass-covered warren and enjoy delicious treats from Lindt. Head to the Lower Guildhall for the free fun and or stop off for a photo with the giant Easter eggs, located by the Entertainer. Details at Bluewater.co.uk
BROGDALE
The Faversham site has hatching baby chicks, bouncing baby lambs, an Easter egg trail and a family selfie competition. Visitors can pop in to the Easter Barn to get up close to the baby animals and have a chance to bottle feed lambs, as well as see the Hatching House to see newly hatched chicks. The egg trail takes visitors through the orchards with a chocolate prize at the end. There’s also falconry displays, crafts to make bunny masks and ears and the Faversham Miniature Railway to take a ride on. The best family selfie will win a free professional family portrait session with Blushing Bride Photography. Post your snap with #BrogdaleFamilyEaster to enter. For details go to brogdalecollections.org or call 01795 536250.
The city centre attraction opens its Medieval Story Garden, with themed activities from storytelling to medieval medicine lessons and a Knight’s School quest to Maypole dancing until Good Friday, between 11am to 3pm daily. For details visit canterburytales.org.uk
CHARTWELL
Help bunny find the missing members of the Churchill family around the home of Sir Winston and along the way, discover their nicknames before tucking into a chocolatey prize. The trail runs until Easter Monday, between 11am and 4pm. Normal admission applies, £2 per trail. Cadbury egg hunts across National Trust sites in Kent.
DARTFORD ROUND TABLE
A big egg hunt comes to Dartford’s Central Park for the third year on Saturday, April 15. Young explorers can spend a fun morning collecting special egg tokens in a challenge against the clock, with a chocolate treat at the end for all. The hunt starts at 10am, with sessions running through the morning up to 1pm. To take part, it costs £3 for one child or £5 for two children, with each hunt lasting around half an hour. There will be other activities and stalls on the day, with the event organised by Dartford Round Table.
DIGGERLAND
Digger lovers both young and old will be able to indulge their passion at the Strood site, which is open from 10am to 5pm throughout the school holidays. There is free parking and a gift shop on site. For details go to diggerland.com
Take a journey back in time where medieval knights and princesses roam with a Medieval Weekend including knights’ training and etiquette, the story of George and the Dragon, archery and storytelling. Events run from Good Friday to Easter Monday between 10am and 5pm daily. More details at english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/dover
The Lubbock lamb has escaped from his pen and gone on the run across the garden – follow the trail and find out where he has escaped to, between Saturday, April 1 to Easter Monday, between 11am and 4pm. Normal admission applies, £2 per trail. You can also see the bluebells in bloom.
FLIP OUT
The Chatham trampolining centre has a packed schedule of activities, running until Easter Monday. New mascot Bear Skillz will be showing off some awesome tricks at every session and there will be games and competitions through the holidays, plus visitors who come in Easter themed fancy dress may get a treat for being the best dressed. There is also an Easter egg hunt. Visit flipout.co.uk/chatham for details.
FORUM, SITTINGBOURNE
The Easter Bunny will be bouncing in to the shopping centre on Saturday, April 15. Between 11am and 4pm he will be hopping around, posing for photos and handing out free chocolate gifts to shoppers. There will also be an egg hunt over the weekend so look out for themed posters in the windows of selected shops and go inside to receive a chocolate treat. A golden egg will also be hidden somewhere in the centre – if you find it, take a selfie with it and post it on The Forum’s Facebook page.
GO APE
Hatch a plan for Easter with the forest adventure site Go Ape, which has two places in Kent, at Leeds Castle and Bedgebury Pinetum, Goudhurst. Children from age six can try the Tree Top Junior and ages 10 and over can try the Tree Top Adventure. Book at goape.co.uk
GODINTON HOUSE & GARDENS
Spring Week at the gardens near Ashford includes family Easter fun until Good Friday, between 1pm and 4pm. For details go to godintonhouse.co.uk
GROOMBRIDGE PLACE
Alice’s Circus Adventures are at Groombridge Place near Tunbridge Wells until Easter Monday, between 10am and 5pm daily. The family can meet all the familiar characters including the Mad Hatter, Alice and the Cheshire Cat. Organised with Acting Moon, there will be a circus themed twist as characters perform circus tricks high up in the forest, plus there will be a photo booth and birds of prey displays. Go to groombridgeplace.com
Meet Easter bunnies and a host of feathered and furry friends at the Happy Endings Rescue fun day on Saturday, April 15 at Well Lane, Faversham from 12.30pm. There will be a bouncy castle, tea room and tombola and raffle. Free parking and entry is £4 with kids going free. All money raised goes to the care of the animals. For details cal 01795 or visit happyendingsrescue.org.
HEMPSTEAD VALLEY
The Gillingham shopping centre has an Easter gift fair running until Saturday, April 15. The mall will be filled with specialist stalls selling a range of handmade crafts and gifts from handmade chocolates and decorated goose eggs to gardening equipment and plants. For details go to hempsteadvalley.com
HEVER CASTLE
Get on the trail of the Lindt Gold Bunny to win a chocolate treat at the castle until Easter Monday. Children can also make and decorate an Easter bonnet at daily craft workshops, and there will be an Easter bonnet parade in front of the castle each day. Normal entry costs apply with small additional costs for extra activities. For details go to hevercastle.co.uk or call 01732 865224.
HISTORIC DOCKYARD
Easter activities at the Chatham site run until Easter Monday. Join Doc.Yard’s assistant Bunsen for an electrifying session and an Easter egg hunt to find giant colourful rope eggs hidden around the site with clues from the Captain’s Cat. Find all four and crack the code to win a treat. For details go to thedockyard.co.uk/whats-on
HOP FARM
Easter holiday activities run at the farm near Paddock Wood every day until Easter Monday from 10am. An entry fee of £1 allows access to indoor soft play, outdoor adventure play and crazy golf plus games and animals including lambs and chicks. Details at thehopfarm.co.uk
HOWLETTS
Spot some new animal arrivals at the wild animal park near Canterbury until Easter Monday when there will be fact-packed talks every day , activities, competitions and crafts, as well as fun trails to follow. For details visit aspinallfoundation.org/howletts
IGHTHAM MOTE
Find some creepy crawlies around the Mote throughout the school holidays with a Spring Bug Trail, which runs until Easter Monday, between 10am and 5pm each day. For details call 01732 810378 or go to nationaltrust.org.uk/ightham-mote
Every day until Easter Monday you can see flying demonstrations by Kent Owl Academy, enjoy traditional donkey rides, water zorbing and farm rides as well as meet all the animals, including the recent arrivals. Big Top events include Punch and Judy, Flip the Clown and Mr Moo at the Circus. Book by calling 01622 763936 or at kentlife.org.uk
LEEDS CASTLE
Take the Easter quest until Easter Monday, when young visitors can seek out clues hidden around the castle grounds for a chocolatey reward. Trail cards cost £1, with normal admission fees applying. Over the Easter weekend, join Robin Hoodie, Maid Marion and a merry band of naughty outlaws for silliness and giggles as Walking Theatre calls on Merry Men and Merry Maids to help save the day. Robin Hoodie has lost Maid Marion – and she has found the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. But who really needs rescuing? The theatre show will be on the Pavilion Lawn from Good Friday to Easter Monday, three times a day. For tickets and details visit leeds-castle.com
The castle and its World Garden have reopened for the season and besides checking out the garden with its 8,000 plant species, there’s an Easter egg quiz and trail on Saturday, April 15, to Easter Monday. For details go to lullingstonecastle.co.uk
PENSHURST PLACE
A garden trail to decode the Easter Bunny’s clues in time for Easter will be running from 10.30am to 6pm until Easter Sunday and there will be crafts from noon to 4pm. The hunt involves finding carrots with hidden secret messages left around the garden. Details at penshurstplace.com
PORT LYMPNE RESERVE
Step back in time to the dinosaurs’ days with the Hythe site’s Dinosaur Forest, including new arrival the Spinosaurus, who measures in at 18m long and 1.6m tall. Dinosaur rangers will be on hand throughout the holidays to give talks, free crafts, games and an Easter egg trail with prizes at the end. For details go to aspinallfoundation.org/port-lympne
