Easter egg hunts which have Cadbury's chocolate prizes at the end will be held for the last time at National Trust properties across Kent this school holidays.

The trust, which cares for a number of properties across the county. has confirmed that its partnership with the chocolate giant, which had proved popular for the past 13 years, will be held for the last time this Easter, saying it wanted to make chocolate "less of a focus."

It said:"While this year's Easter with Cadbury will go ahead as planned, we have both agreed this will be our last with the company.

"We have enjoyed 13 years in partnership with Cadbury, which has helped make our Easter trails such a success, and has encouraged hundreds of thousands of families to enjoy the outdoors at our places. However, now is the time for change as we look to increase our emphasis on nature and the outdoors. To reflect that in our Easter activities, from next year we will be making chocolate less of a focus.

“For this reason, it is the right time for us to end a partnership associated so uniquely with chocolate. We'd like to thank Cadbury for its support over the last 13 years."

There are a number of Cadbury Easter egg hunts at the trust's properties you can catch for the final year this Easter school holidays.

At Scotney Castle in Lamberhurst, the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt runs from Thursday, April 2 and Sunday, April 19, between 10am and 4pm daily. This year there are two Easter trails to choose from; one in the garden for younger children from four to nine, and the other out on the wider estate for older kids aged nine and above.

Little ones can hunt around the garden for the signs that nature is waking up for spring, such as the sound of a dormouse snoring. Older children kids can discover a series of large-scale animal homes built by the ranger team out on the estate and pop inside to take a picture to share with friends and family. There's a chocolate prize at the end of the trails which cost £3, with normal admission.

At Chartwell, Westerham, the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt runs from Saturday, March 28 until Monday, April 13 (Easter Monday), from 10am to 4pm daily, when children can become Young Naturalists, following in the footsteps of Sir Winston Churchill who was a wildlife enthusiast as a child.

The trail includes some examples of his favourite books and extracts from the letters he wrote about them at the time. Children can look for signs of different creatures like butterflies, insects, ants, birds and fish all around the gardens. This trail is packed full of activities like using a map and compass, drawing different types of leaves and making a den, and there’s a chocolate prize to collect at the end. The trail costs £3 plus normal admission.

At Ightham Mote near Borough Green the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt runs from Saturday, March 28 until Monday, April 13 (Easter Monday), between 10am and 4pm. Children can look out for the special wooden animal tracks placed around the garden, which might also include other clues to working out which animal they belong to. There's a chocolate prize at the end for completed trails, which cost £3 plus normal admission.

At Emmetts Garden, near Sevenoaks, the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt runs from Saturday, March 28 to Monday, April 13 (Easter Monday), from 10am to 4pm. The interactive trail will get little ones exploring the Edwardian garden using all their senses as they discover the bee-related clues with a chocolatey prize awaits once they’ve completed it, for £3 per trail, with normal admission.

At Quebec House, near Westerham, Henrietta's Horrible Trail will run from Friday, April 10 (Good Friday) to Monday, April 13 (Easter Monday) between 11am and 4pm. All sorts of revolting Georgian homemade remedies were said to cure a wide range of ailments - children can explore the herb garden and discover how horse dung, snails and green earth worms were used to create medicines. The trail costs £2, plus normal admission., with a chocolate treat at the end.

At Smallhythe Place, Tenterden, the hunts will run from Friday, April 10 (Good Friday) to Monday, April 13 (Easter Monday) between 11am and 3pm daily. The trail costs £3 per trail, plus normal admission.

To discover a Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at a National Trust property near you, visit cadbury.co.uk/easter

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