15 Eggcellent Easter Egg Hunts in & around Bristol: Easter 2017

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As my children say, the Easter Egg holidays are nearly here! If you or your children fancy doing an Easter Egg Hunt or two, here’s a list of cracking Easter egg hunts for children and families in and around Bristol this Easter.

And don’t forget to check out the Bristol Mum What’s On page for even more fun events taking place over the Easter holidays!

Easter Egg Hunt: Lawrence Weston Community Farm

  • Saturday 15th April, 11am – 3pm
  • 50p per go
  • All ages
  • Lawrence Weston Community Farm, Saltmarsh Dr, BS11 0NJ
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Come and have a look round the farm in Springtime and enjoy the farm’s Easter egg hunt!

A Cracking Easter Egg Hunt: Bristol Cathedral

  • 18th – 22nd April, outside service times
  • FREE
  • All ages
  • Bristol Cathedral, College Green, BS1 5TJ
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Find 12 Easter eggs hidden around the cathedral to reveal a hidden Easter message then you can enter the draw to win a delicious chocolate Easter egg, kindly donated by the cathedral shop.

You can download the free Cracking Egg Hunt here, or pick one up at the entrance to the Cathedral.

Easter Egg Hunt: Ardagh, Horfield Common

  • Saturday 8th April, 10am -12.30pm
  • All ages
  • £2 per person
  • Ardagh Pavillion, Horfield Common, BS7 8RE
  • More details

Come along and find 12 eggs, chicks and rabbits hidden around the grounds of the Ardagh. Once all have been discovered each child can claim a chocolate Easter bunny!

There will also be cakes and refreshments on hand at the Ardagh Pavillion, plus a chance for children to make Easter cards at a small cost.

The Great Grimsbury Farm Easter Egg Hunt

  • 10th – 23rd April
  • All ages
  • £1
  • Grimsbury Farm, Kingswood, BS15 9SE
  • More details

Look on the map for clues and see what animals you can find on your way around the farm! Purchase your map at the farm’s Barn Café.

Easter Egg Hunt & Forest School Session: Oldbury Court

Join Hedgehog and his dedicated group of mini forest explorers for a forest school session and healthy Easter Egg Hunt with Robinson’s Discovery Tree Forest School.

The session will start by children hunting out Hedgehogs friends who are scattered amongst the forest followed by some egg hunting (with a twist – this will be a healthy egg hunt, so no chocolate rewards).

Then there will be a nature based craft activity, free play to allow time to enjoy the swing, digging, bug hunting and more, rounded off with a toasted hot cross bun over the campfire, a snack, drink and song time!

An Eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt: Blaise Castle House Museum

  • Wednesday 12th April, 11am – 3pm
  • Pay what you think
  • Ages: 2 – 12 years
  • Blaise Castle House Museum, Henbury Rd, BS10 7QS
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Search Blaise Castle House Museum and its gardens to find hidden clues and complete the trail. There’s a chocolate prize for every child who complete it!

Big Wild Easter Egg Hunt & Nerf Battles: St Andrew’s Park

One of eight all-weather high energy Easter holiday club sessions for kids with The Outdoors Project. Chocolate, bunnies, Nerf Battles galore and much more!

Session will be run by fully qualified outdoor pursuits instructors who are also DBS and First Aid Checked.

Easter Trail: Windmill Hill City Farm

  • Saturday 15th April
  • Session 1: 10am – 11.30am, Session 2: 12.30pm – 2pm, Session 3: 2.30pm – 4pm
  • Ages: 6+, younger children need to be supervised by accompanying adult
  • £10 per child for one session
  • Windmill Hill, Philip St, BS3 4EA
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An ‘eggstra’ special family Easter event for children with the brilliant Let’s Make Art and How Brave is the Wren.

Children can decorate beautiful woven Easter baskets with handmade paper flowers, chicks and ribbons or create their own colourful Easter egg costume!

There will also be an Easter trail to complete around the farm to collect a chocolate prize.

Family Egg Decorating: St Werburgh’s Community Farm

  • Saturday 15th April, 10am – 12 noon (drop-in)
  • All ages
  • £2 per child
  • St Werburgh’s Community Farm, Watercress Rd, BS2 9YS
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A morning of egg-tastic family fun. Help blow the farm’s chicken eggs, make and eat some delicious eggy bread, and decorate your own egg to take home.

Easter Special Open Day & Easter Egg Hunt: Viaduct Animal Sanctuary

  • Friday 14th April, 11am – 3pm
  • £1.50 entry per person
  • All ages
  • 114A Badminton Rd, Coalpit Heath, BS36 2SZ
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Come along to meet and handle some of the sanctuary’s animals or play in the new play area. There’s an Easter Egg Hunt at 1pm (£1 extra), face painting (£1 extra), sweets and more!

Easter Egg Extravaganza: Kingsgate Park, Yate

Easter egg fun, plus Easter bonnet judging at 11am.

  • Monday 17th April, 10am – 12 noon
  • FREE
  • All ages
  • Kingsgate Park, Sundridge Pk, Yate
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Easter Egg Trail: Leigh Woods

  • Friday 14th & Saturday 15th April, 10am – 3pm
  • £3.50 per child
  • Aimed at children aged 4+
  • Booking essential – book here
  • Leigh Woods, Valley Rd, BS8 3PW
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The Cadbury Bunny has hidden chocolate eggs around Leigh Woods. Follow the bunny’s trail around the woods, learn about the plants and animals that live there and win a Cadbury chocolate prize.

Cadbury Egg Hunt: Tyntesfield

  • 8th – 23rd April, 11am – 4pm (booking not needed)
  • All ages
  • £3 per trail (includes prize) + usual garden admission charge applies
  • Tyntesfield, Wraxall, BS48 1NX
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Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt around the beautiful gardens of Tyntesfield. Complete the trail and claim your prize!

Gloucester Road Easter Egg Hunt

  • 8th – 15th April
  • Gloucester Road, Bs6 & BS7
  • More details

Help is needed to find Gloucester Road’s lost bunnies! They are all hiding in the shops on Gloucester Road – find all 12 and write down their names to claim an egg from Scrumptiously Sweet.

To take part, either print a form from the Gloucester Road Shopping Quarter website
http://gloucesterroadshoppingquarter.co.uk/.

Or, collect one from these shops: Enso, Chattels, 7th Sea, Totally Toys, FloJos, Cartridge Right, Hobgoblin, Café Ronak, Murrays Butchers, Zzzone

City Church Bristol Easter Egg Hunt: St Andrew’s Park

  • Friday 14th April, 10.30am – 12 noon
  • FREE
  • Please sign up via the Facebook event page
  • St Andrew’s Park, BS6

City Church Bristol’s annual Easter egg hunt around the lovely St Andrew’s Park – cracking fun for all the family!