What's on Guide to Easter in Cheshire & Beyond
- Jennifer Kozyra
- Mar 9, 2025
- 29 min read
Updated: 3 hours ago
Looking for exciting ways to keep the kids entertained this Easter holiday? Whether you're after a fun-filled family day out, an adventurous Easter egg hunt, or a magical theatre experience, we've got you covered!
From enchanting Easter trails and hands-on workshops to fascinating museums, spectacular shows, and thrilling zoo visits, there's something for everyone to enjoy.
So, grab your baskets, wrap up warm, and embrace the adventure with our top picks for egg-citing family-friendly activities in Cheshire and beyond!
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28th March - 12th April 2026
Please check on the attractions main website to make sure event is running and if tickets need to be pre booked. All info correct at the time of writing. Contains affiliated links :)
Featured Days Out
⭐Castaway's EGGstravaganza & Play 2026
📅 28th March - 6th April
📅 Easter SEN Session is on the 18th of April
“Meet the Dino’s & Spring Lambs this Easter” an amazing Easter 'mash up' day out with UNLIMITED access to the famous award winning adventure Play Centre 🏴☠️
🦕 Get ready for a prehistoric adventure, as your favourite dinosaurs take over Castaway Play!!!!
· On arrival, each Child will receive an Easter Passport.
· Get up close with Tom the T-Rex, Blue the Raptor & Trixy the Triceratops
· New for 2026 - Meet our Baby Lambs!!
· Join us for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with Alice and the Hatter!
· New for 2026 – Family Spring Trail – learn about our native wildlife, fascinating facts about their homes, habits and diets! See how many birds you can spot!
· New for 2026 – Paint Your Own Bird Nesting Box to take home & let nature in!
· Meet & Greet’s Peter Rabbit & Lily Bob Tail
· Watch a Magical Spring Themed Animal Handling Show from 'Creature Feature Experience'
· Hopping fun for all the family in our Easter Themed Globe
Book your tickets now:
🌞3 Weeks of Easter Fun at Eureka Science and Discovery
📅 28th March - 19th April 2026
3 weeks of Easter fun exploring the wild, wonderful world of weather at Eureka! with brand new shows, workshops and hands on activities.
More info coming soon
📅Open every day during Easter
The Crocky Trail has a mile long adventure trail around a massive field. It is filled with multiple things to stop and play on including swings, slides, balance beams, mazes, basket ball plus loads more.
⭐ Use this link to get 10% off
🔭 Easter at Jodrell Bank
📅 28th March - 12th April
Put a spring in your step this Easter with a fun day out to Jodrell Bank, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to the UK’s largest radio telescope!
Embark on a stamp-collecting mission with their brand-new site trail, get hands-on with cosmic crafts and bring science to life with explosive live demonstrations in our Telescope Talk.
For aspiring astronauts, reach for the stars with their interactive exhibitions and planetarium Dome Shows, including the return of 'Ted's Space Adventure', their popular introduction to the Solar System for children aged 2-5.
Book online and save 10%, plus return for FREE for 12 months!
Easter Hunts & Trails 2026
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt at Kenyon Hall Farm
📅 21st Mar - 19th Apr
Grab a basket and follow the clues to find the eggs hidden around the farm with a small prize at the end. The ‘egg stations’ are fun and interactive making it a fun and very affordable activity for families.
🐇 Knutsford Bunny Hop 2026
📅 Sat 4th April 12pm-4pm.
Families can find bunnies hidden around the town centre which will each have a letter attached to them. You note down the letter on your entry forms and completed entry forms can then be posted into dedicated post boxes to enter a prize draw!
The theme for 2026 is Peter Rabbit & Friends. Feel free to dress up too.
Plenty of local businesses take part during the event so look out for their ‘Bunny Hop Friendly’ posters in their windows for special promotions and giveaways!
🐣 Wilmslow Easter Trail 2026
📅 27th Mar - 12th Apr
Follow the FREE trail around town this Easter and enjoy a fun, family friendly way to explore Wilmslow.
🐣 Easter Hunt in Macclesfield 2026
📅Sat 4th Apr 11am - 3pm
Hunt for the bunnies in our Town Centre trail, get crafting with ArtSpace and enjoy the walkabout acts.
🐣 Blakemere Village Easter Bunny Trail
📅 3rd–19th April
Follow the Bunny Trail, solve clues along the way, and discover hidden surprises as you explore.
Tickets £5 per person
🐣 Easter Hunt at Tegg’s Nose Country Park, Macclesfield
📅 📅Sat 28th Mar - Sun 12th Apr
Ranger Martin’s Easter Eggs have been stolen!
Purchase a map from The Nose Coffee inside the Tegg's Nose Visitor Centre, for 50p, and get searching around the top of the park. Once you've completed the trail come back to The Nose Coffee for 50p off your order.
🐣Scavenger Hunt at The Ice Cream Farm
📅 27th Mar - 19th Apr
The Scavenger Hunts weaves together riddles, exciting challenges, and a dash of magic to unlock a passcode that will lead you to one of two delightful spring characters.
27th Mar - 6th April Unlock the Passcode to Meet the Easter Bunny
7th - 19th Apr Unlock the Passcode to Meet the Friendly Scarecrow
Both hunts include a sweet chocolate treat for the little ones, a handcrafted sweet treat for the grown-ups, and all-day, anytime Entry to The Ice Cream Farm for extra fun!
🌟 Diggle Scarecrow Trail
📅 Sat 28th Mar - Sun 12th Apr
This year's theme is 'Disney' which is sure to be a hit with the kids!
🐣 Easter Quest at Beeston Castle 2026
📅 Sat 28 Mar - Sun 19 Apr 10am - 5pm
Follow the Easter trail, hunt for eggs and answer questions along the way to earn a delicious chocolate reward.
The quest runs every day throughout the school holidays and is just £2 per child
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt & Afternoon Tea at Mobberley Ice Cream Farm
📅 Sat 4th April 2.45 - 4.45pm
£19.95 pp
☆Easter inspired Afternoon Tea
☆Meet the Easter Bunny
☆Games & Easter Egg Hunt
☆Complimentary Basket for each booking
☆Find the Golden Egg
🐣 Easter Hunt at Brereton Heath Nature Reserve, Congleton
📅Sat 28th Mar - Sun 12th Apr
RRanger Mark’s Easter Eggs have been stolen! Can you help him find the wildlife that has taken them and collect their names? Pick up a map from near the visitor centre.
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt at the Farm at Chatsworth
📅 3 - 5 & 6 April
£3 per child
Hunt for hidden chocolate eggs around the Farmyard.
🐣 Easter at Dragon Miniature Railway
📅 Good Friday 3rd April
Easter bunny hunt & Easter egg decoration competition.
Train rides £1.50 and under 2’s free of charge.
Bunny’s will be hidden around the track. If the children can find them all, they win a small chocolate egg. Down in the play area they have a craft activity where the children can decorate their own Easter egg. The winner will receive a full size Easter egg. The play area is full of toys swings slides etc and you can bring a picnic
📍At Dobbies Garden Centre, Otterspool Rd, Romiley, Stockport SK6 7HE
🐇 Meet the Easter Bunny at Magical Malpas PYO Farm 2026
🗓️ Fri 3rd, Sun 5th & Mon 6th April. 2 sessions per day to book - 10am & 2pm.
🧸 A 1 hour, 15 minute session in the indoor Easter enhanced Role Play Village featuring a series of eggcelent activities! In the barn, there will also be an opportunity for everyone to meet the Easter Bunny and to take a photo.
🍳 Easter egg hunt! Locate all the colourful eggs and a collect a prize from the Easter Bunny.
🦖 Finally, watch the mini dinosaur show and meet the famous T Rex, Dilys!
🐐 There will also be a chance for you to meet all of our animals, including our donkeys, goats, sheep, rabbits, cats and Guinea pigs!
Children £10/ Adults £5/ Non walking babies under 1 - free
🐣 The Big Egg Hunt at Heaton Park
📅 3rd - 6th April 10am - 3pm
Track down the Easter Bunny and his eggs
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt at Winstanley Park
📅 3rd - 5th April
Kick off the day with creative sand art crafting before heading off on a brand-new woodland Easter Egg Trail.
Follow the clues along the way to collect all 10 Easter items for your basket, then exchange it at the finish for a delicious chocolate treat! You might even come face-to-face with a special Easter character joining us this year!
Museums, Science & Space
⭐️ Horrible Science: Cosmic Chaos at The Science and Industry Museum
📅13th Feb 2026 - 3rd Jan 2027
Get ready to launch into the Solar System where mystery, intrigue and rocket-loads of silly and surprising science await!
👩🚀 Take more giant leaps for humankind and walk in the shoes of astronauts
☀️Explore the life-giving energy of the Sun
🌑 Marvel at mysterious moon
🌠 Discover far-off weird worlds
👽 Search the dark depths of space for extra-terrestrial life
Join familiar faces from CBBC's new hit show, Horrible Science, on this epic space adventure and decide whether to use your new science skills to make sense of the Solar System or cause cosmic chaos by joining forces with a supervillain! Tickets are available to book now bit.ly/43BZ5fV
👻The Phantoms at Norton Priory Museum & Gardens
📅 28th Jan - 31st Mar
This installation has been created especially for Norton Priory by the talented team behind York’s ‘Ghosts in the Gardens’. It’s a perfect opportunity to capture ghosts on film and come face to face with some of the characters from our past. They’re here until the end of March 2026!
Included in your normal entry ticket
Inside Easter Fun 2026
🎢 Liverpool Indoor Funfair 2026
📅 28 Mar - 12 Apr
Packed with exciting rides and classic funfair attractions for all ages. From little ones to big kids and thrill-seekers, there’s something for everyone under one roof. 🙌
Quiet Sessions Sat 29th March 10am, Sat 4th March 10am & Wed 8th April 6pm
🐇 Peter Rabbit™ at the Bury Transport Museum
📅 3rd & 4th April
Come and see Peter Rabbit at intervals throughout the day. There will be even more family fun with three theme park rides suitable for toddlers, face painters and craft activities.
Complete your day out with a ride aboard one of our heritage steam or diesel trains through Irwell Valley. Ticket price includes a ride on any train services on the day of your visit.
🚗 Build the Thrill at Legoland Discovery Manchester
📅 28th Mar - 26th Apr
Get hands on with LEGO® bricks to create a Minifigure driver and build a race car, before putting them through their paces.
🍫 Freddo’s Egg-Cellent Easter Show at Cadburys World
📅 28th March - 12th April
Help Freddo complete three fun-filled Easter missions in an interactive live stage show bursting with energy and surprises. Along the way, families can enjoy toe-tapping songs, dazzling magic, and plenty of giggles as Freddo hops into action.
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🐇 Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at Churnet Valley 2026
📅 2nd - 11th April
Step aboard a real steam train for the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party!
Meet Alice, the Queen of Hearts, and the delightfully curious Hatter himself as Wonderland comes to life around your family. From pre-show photos and face painting to a whimsical tea party served onboard, every moment is sprinkled with magic. All aboard for an hour of laughter, surprises and Wonderland wonder!
⭐Tree Top Adventure Golf Manchester
Have a game of 18 hole inside adventure golf.
🗓️Open daily. No need to book, just turn up!
Little explorers (and grown-ups too!) can get into the spirit with free face painting at the weekends)
🐣 Tiny Tots Easter Party at Bents Garden Centre
📅 Tue 31st March & Wed 1st April 9.30am-10.30am
Designed especially for toddlers aged 1-4 years, our Tiny Tots Easter Party features:
Easter-themed craft activities
Musical instruments and dancing
An interactive Easter performance
A food plate for every child including a slice of white toast, a yoghurt & a milk carton (dairy free alternatives available)
🫧Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience in Manchester
📅 Opens 7th Feb
This quirky new attraction is all about big, magical bubbles ... - soap bubbles, air bubbles, even virtual reality bubbles that let your imagination run free. It’s a place to explore, play, and just have fun, no matter your age. Every corner is full of surprises and wonder
Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience in Manchester - Tickets | Fever
🐇 Alice in Wonderland at Z-Arts
📅 Running daily
An enchanting play experience which invites children and families to explore Wonderland, using imagination to create their own fantastical adventure.
Follow the White Rabbit into scenes from the beloved book – splash into the pool of tears, make friends with the Cheshire Cat, have tea as the Mad Hatter, play croquet with flamingos, get lost in a card maze, and wake up back on the riverbank, just in time for tea.
⭐Waterworld Resort
🏊♀️Have fun in the water and on the slides at Waterworld aqua park.
With over 30 different rides and attractions including Thunderbolt, the UK’s first trap door drop waterslide!
Book Here https://www.waterworld.co.uk/
🏪 Play and explore inside Adventure Mini Village
This immersive, unique role play village will awaken the imaginations of all those who have a desire to explore and play. Whether it’s fishing on our very own Staffordshire Barge to performing at The Old Vic Theatre
Book Here https://adventureminivillage.co.uk/
⛳Play a game of 18 hole Adventure Mini Golf
This inside attraction offers two 18-hole, tiki-themed mini golf courses for the whole family to enjoy!
Book Here https://www.waterworld.co.uk/mini-golf/
Art & Craft 2026
🎨 Celebrate Knutsford Bunny Hop at Knutcraft
📅Sat 4th April
Kids can paint a chick or a bunny and have an Easter hot chocolate for £10 - book a table to ensure a spot!
🎨🦉 Gauntlet Birds of Prey & Pottery Painting with Knutcraft
📅 Thursday 2nd April
Evening walk among the birds after closing then pottery painting in their cafe.
🎨 Half Term Crafts at Weaver Hall Museum
📅 6th - 10th Apr
Free - drop in sessions
🎨 Little Artists at The Nose - Easter Special
📅 28th Mar, 4th & 11th Apr
A relaxed and creative kids art workshop at The Nose Coffee at Teggs Nose Macclesfield. This guided session gives children the chance to explore art, colour and making in a calm, friendly environment, while grown-ups enjoy a coffee nearby.
🎨 Kids Crafts with Vicky
📅 Sat 14th Mar (from 10:15am): spring crafts at Mobberley Ice Cream co. (£15 each includes scoop of ice-cream!)
📅 Wed 1st Apr (from 11am): Easter crafts at Goostrey Scout Hut (£12 each)
📅 Good Friday 3rd Apr (from 1pm): Easter crafts at The Wizard Tea Room, Alderley Edge (£12 each)
📅 Wed 8th Apr (from 1:30pm: spring crafts at Mobberley Ice Cream co. (£15 each includes scoop of ice-cream!)
Suitable for 3yrs+ with crafts & colouring for the whole family to enjoy!
(Keen crafting 2yr olds welcome, with adult support. Pre-booking required. Sessions last approx 45mins-1hr).
Email vicky.kidsactivities@gmail.com to book
⭐️FREE Crafty Weekends at Storyhouse Chester
📅Every Saturdays & Sundays, 12pm - 4pm
There will be a different theme each week and all materials will be provided. Join us in The Den in the children’s library to make your creation.
Outside Activities
🐣 Easter Adventure at BeWILDerwood Cheshire
📅 28th Mar - 19th Apr
Cedric the Easter Bunny is tying to run the greatest Easter celebration ever... but the Pesky Bunnies keep causing mayhem - and we need YOUR help! Choose your team, join the story, and help decide how Easter unfolds in the woods.
Activities:
🥚 The Great Egg Hunt
🐰 Meet Cedric the Easter Bunny
🎨 Easter crafts and games
🐇 Interactive stage show
🕺 A mini disco
🌸 A full day of magical outdoor play
🐰 The Great Easter Adventure at Cholmondeley Castle Gardens
📅 Easter Sunday 5th April 10 - 5pm
✨ Egg-citing Easter Trail £1 a map: Explore, solve riddles & crack clues to win an egg-stra special prize!
✨ Cuddly Animals Galore: Meet hedgehogs, meerkats, owls, and more in our interactive petting zoo
✨ Little ones can also meet the adorable ponies! 🐴
✨ Beat the Bunny Sports Day: Challenge your family to classic games like egg-and-spoon races & bunny hop sack races - perfect for burning off that chocolate energy
The Snoopy Trentham Trail at Trentham Gardens
📅 27th March - 4th May
Explore the gardens and discover 12 supersized Snoopy sculptures, each perched on his iconic doghouse and uniquely designed by talented artists. 🎨🐶
Pick up your FREE Snoopy explorer activity pack from the Visitor Centre, follow the trail, and uncover Snoopy in surprise locations. Collect stamps along the way, graduate as an explorer, and you could even be in with a chance to win a giant plush Snoopy!
This fun-filled family experience is brought to Trentham in partnership with Wild in Art and 'Peanuts™, the iconic comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz' - and it’s all included with standard gardens admission (free for members).
🎟️ Book early online and save 15% on tickets 👉 trentham.co.uk/events/snoopy-trail
🌼 Spring Bulb Festival at Trentham Gardens
📅 15th Mar- 17th May
April is when the main bulb displays truly shine, with the Italian Gardens coming alive with fragrant tulips and buzzing with bees seeking an early source of spring nectar. Lining the banks of the Italian Gardens, the long borders – where 20,000 tulips were planted last autumn – burst into vibrant bloom.
🌳 Discover Tree Climbing at Capesthorne Hall, Macclesfield
📅 Sun 12 Apr
Have a go at climbing one of the biggest trees on the estate using a belay climbing technique ages 6+.
🌼 Springland at Partridge Lakes in Warrington
📅 28th March - 12th April
Springland is a brand-new, fully immersive springtime experience set across the beautiful lakes. Expect fairytale vibes, magical moments, and a world bursting into bloom 🌷🦋
Follow the map as you embark on a mesmerising journey during which you will meet a whole host of whimsical creatures and have the chance to take part in a series of captivating challenges.
Train to be a knight at Araya’s castle and feed alpacas at Twinklehorn Farm, make a springtime wish with a friendly rabbit at the wishing well deep in the enchanted forest and sing with the mermaids at Bloomtide Bay.
Follow the 1km trail through Springland at your own pace, and dont forget to pick up a prize at the end.
🍎 Applejacks Adventure Farm is open for Easter
📅 3rd - 19th April
🐰Easter Egg Hunt at Tittlesworth Reservoir
📅 Sat 28th March - Sun 12th April
Follow the trail to find all the eggs and answer the questions to collect a prize!
💷 £4 per trail sheet, every completed sheet gets a prize*
No pre booking required, pick up your trail sheet from reception.
👣 Gozzle Trail at WWT Martin Mere 🐣
📅 20th Mar – 31 May
This spring, Martin Mere are teaming up with Macmillan Children’s Books to bring Gozzle, the brand-new picture book by Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie, to life across our wetlands.
Families can enjoy:
✨ Outdoor Gozzle adventure trail
🩺 Interactive Vet Check stations
📖 Special Gozzle storytelling sessions
🌿 And lots of wetland exploring
More details: https://ow.ly/XXyH50Yc7sn
🌸 Cherry Blossom Celebration at Cholmondeley Castle
📅 Sun 29th March
Follow the Cherry Blossom trail, learn more about these beautiful trees and wander through natures own confetti.
🐣 Easter Sunday Family Fun Day at Cholmondely Castle
📅Sunday 5th April
🐣 Easter Adventure at Otterspool Adventure
📅28th March - 12th April
🎟️ Your ticket includes a full day of adventure from 10am to 6pm
✨ A lively Easter Show
🎶 A colourful Easter Parade you can join in with
🥚 An egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt
🌱 Our Potting Shed where little hands can get stuck into spring planting
🐥 Spring Farm with the cutest baby animals to meet and cuddle
And if that was not enough…
🐰 Make it extra magical with a special Easter Bunny Visit
Available for a limited time only from 2nd–5th April, this is the perfect add-on for an unforgettable Easter treat.
🐣The Easter Detectives: Who Framed the Easter Bunny at RHS Bridgewater
📅27th March - 19th April
The Easter Detectives trail invites visitors to step into a world of clues, suspects and seasonal fun.
Just as the Easter Bunny was ready to deliver chocolate across the country, disaster struck – every basket was found completely empty, with only a single carrot left behind. While whispers spread suggesting the Easter Bunny is to blame, evidence points to a far more mischievous plot. The carrot appears deliberately placed, and eight curious characters were spotted near the scene of the crime.
The Easter Detectives trail challenges families to uncover the truth, follow the clues hidden throughout the garden, and solve the mystery of who framed the Easter Bunny.
£3 activity pack
🌼 Tuplip Fest at Lower Drayton Farm
📅 Late April & May
Included in your ticket:
🌷 Stunning tulip displays
💐 Over 250,000 bulbs planted!
📸 Perfect for spring photos
🐶 Bring the dog
☕ Tea & treats at Blossom & Bloom tearoom
Tickets £12pp
🐑 FREE Find the Flock: Shaun the Sheep Trail in Bury
📅 28th Feb - 30th April
Discover 12 Shaun the Sheep sculptures hiding across venues in the town centre. Each Shaun has been uniquely designed, giving you plenty of reasons to explore, take photos and enjoy a day out in Bury.
🌳 Discover Tree Climbing at Capesthorne Hall
📅 Sunday 12th April 2026
Tree climbing allows children to develop physical and mental skills, gain in confidence, develop their team building skills, all at the same time as having fun. We can provide events for schools and youth
🛶Make A Splash at Alderford Lake
Enjoy the spring time weather and get on the water with canoe, kayak, and paddleboard hire! Bringing your own equipment? Take advantage of the self-launch option and glide across the water at your own pace. It’s a fantastic way to add a little adventure to your Easter break while enjoying the great outdoors.
New Escape Islands at Alderford Lake
📅 Open from 14th Feb
Three new escape rooms
☆ Frozen in Time- An island where winter has never ended and everything is protected by an ancient, frozen heart...and its watchful Polar Bear Guardians. But the heart has now shattered, and the polar bears can't hold the winter spell on their own. Follow the clues, complete child-friendly challenges and uncover the hidden heart pieces. (Designed for children aged 7-13)
☆ The Final Flare- An Escape Island where your only mission is to get off the island. A rescue boat is due to pass the island in an hour- but only once- and if you miss the window, you're stuck waiting who knows how long for the next chance.
☆ The Wardrobe to Winter- A Narnia-inspired Escape Island experience for adults. The White Witch's curse has returned- and the island is beginning to fall under an endless winter.
You can book and find out more here: https://alderford.com/escape-islands/
🧙♀️ Room on a Broom Trail at Delamere Forest
📅 From 27 January
Along the way, children can help the Witch find her lost hat, bow and wand, and collect magical ingredients to complete her spell. The trail is free to do or you can buy a trail packs for £4 from the visitors centre.
🐣 Easter at Chatsworth Farm & Gardens 2026
📅 28th Mar –12 April
💧 Wonderful Water: Cascade Crafts -selected dates
Join us for a drop-in water-based art session inspired by the Cascade, with crafts including paint marbling and paint blowing.
🛶 Freshwater Explorers - selected dates
Get involved with a range of hands-on activities, including leaf boat building and racing, exploring the trout stream barefoot (or wearing wellies!), constructing dams and bridges, or wildlife spotting.
🎨 Oak Barn Crafts at the farm -daily
Get creative in a self-guided drop-in crafting session.
🐣 Easter Egg Hunt at the Farm £3 per child
Hunt for hidden chocolate eggs around the Farmyard.
📅 3 - 5 & 6 April
🏰 Easter at Warwick Castle
📅 Open daily
This Easter, spring into action with an unforgettable adventure at Warwick Castle, packed with over 15 live shows and attractions for all the family to enjoy!
•The Falconer’s Quest: The UK’s largest bird of prey display returns with over 60 stunning birds
•Zog: Enjoy the Zog Playland, Zog Live Show, and Zog and the Quest for the Gold Star Interactive Trail
•The Trebuchet: Witness Britain’s largest siege machine up close in person
•Princess Tower: Immersive, magical storytelling for young knights and princesses
•Horrible Histories Maze: Get lost in time with history’s best (and worst!) moments
•Heritage & History: Explore stunning interiors and royal stories and learn Warwick’s rich history from expert Historians
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🐐 Wheelock Farm
📅 Open every day
Indoor soft play, outdoor Adventure playground, bouncing pillow, cafe and farm shop.
Easter Fun at National Trust Sites
🐇 Miffy's Spring Garden Scavenger Hunt at Tatton Park Gardens
📅 28th Mar - 19th Apr
Head outdoors and search for springtime surprises. Play family garden games and look out for colourful Miffy adventures as you enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the new season.
(*Chocolate rewards 3 - 6 Apr only)
🎶 Musical Storytelling in Tatton Park Gardens
📅 3rd - 6th April
Step into miffy’s world and enjoy classic stories, performed by interactive storytellers Connection with Wonder in the gardens. Free drop in sessions throughout the day.
Miffy's Springtime Picnic at Tatton Park Farm
📅 28th Mar - 19 Apr
Celebrate the joys and new arrivals of spring with miffy. With cheeping chicks and leaping lambs…collect everything you need for a scrumptious picnic with miffy... and her special farmyard friends!
(*Chocolate rewards 3 - 6 Apr only)
Miffy's Mansion Treasure at Tatton Park
📅 28th Mar - 19 Apr
Follow miffy into the mansion where cosy corners and sparkling treasures await! Spot miffy and her colourful easter eggs from the state rooms to the servants’ quarters.
(*Chocolate rewards 3 - 6 Apr only)
🛍 Pop-Up Easter Market at Tatton Park
📅 3rd - 6th April
Discover artisan food producers, local artwork, and beautiful homeware.
🎡 Ride the Giant Wheel at Tatton Park
📅 28th March - 4th May
Reach for the skies and enjoy stunning panoramic parkland and garden views from the 35meter high giant observation wheel.
🐣 Easter at Speke Hall NT
📅 28th Mar - 12th April
Follow the trail, visit the Bunny's Burrow and enjoy a bit of Easter magic along the way.
🐣 Easter adventures at Quarry Bank NT
📅 28th Mar - 12th April
Little ones can bounce, jump and hop around ten trail points and have heaps of Easter fun!
Trail sheets £3.50 each, available from Visitor Reception. A trail sheet is required for each child we wishes to receive a chocolate egg or a vegan 'Free-From' chocolate egg.
🐣 Easter Trail at Lyme Park NT
📅 21st Mar – 12th April
Follow the brand new Easter trail with exciting games and activities to complete along the way. Trail packs are £3.50 each including a chocolate egg, or a vegan 'Free-From' chocolate egg
🐣 Easter Trail at Hare Hill NT
📅 28th March - 12th April
Collect a trail pack from the welcome building for £3.50. Complete the 10 activities to claim your chocolate prize.
(Easter trail runs Weds - Sun over the school holidays with the addition of Easter Monday 6 April).
🐣 Easter Trail at Little Moreton Hall NT
📅 28th March - 12th April
Collect a trail pack from the welcome building for £3.50.
Complete the 10 activities to claim your chocolate prize.
🐣 Easter Trail at Rufford Old Hall NT
📅 28th March - 12th April
Collect your trail pack and bunny ears from the book shop for £3.50. Complete the 10 activities to claim your chocolate prize.
🐣 Easter Trail at Dunham Massey NT
📅 26th March - 12th April
Collect a trail pack from the welcome building for £3.50. Complete the 10 activities to claim your chocolate prize.
Farms & Zoos
🐣 Easter Egg-Venture at Lower Drayton Farm
📅 28th Mar - 12th Apr
Use Code "DOMO10" to get 10% off tickets
Meet the Eenie Beanie Bunny, join in the Easter Egg Hunt and get stuck into springtime surprises dotted around the farm – including snapping photos in our NEW mini Tulip Paddock!
Your Easter PLAY@ ticket includes:
Meet & greet with Eenie Beanie Bunny
Easter Egg Hunt around the farm
Access to our NEW Mini Tulip Paddock (included during Easter)
Daily animal talks and interaction sessions
Farm trailer ride around the farm (weather permitting)
Full access to all PLAY@ indoor & outdoor play areas
🐑Springtime at Bidlea Dairy
Step into the world of farming and create memories with all your aspiring young farmers. Featuring demonstrations, animal handling, and lots of fun with hands on role play activities and crafts.
🐑 With 3 sessions a day at 10.30am, 12.30pm, and 2.30pm on the following dates:
📅 Dates:
8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 18th &19th April
📅 There will also be a SEN friendly session on Friday 17th at 10.30am.
Please follow the link below for full details and to book 😁
🚗 Mini Off Rovers at Bidlea Dairy
This event is on at the same days as Springtime at Bidlea but each need to be pre booked separately.
The 15 minute Track Experience is located within a dedicated paddock area at Bidlea.
Pre-book your driving session around the Track Experience designed for young drivers aged 4-8 years old (although children are welcome to drive up until the age of 10). Passengers 2–4 years are also welcome to ride free of charge.
You do not have to be booked onto the ‘Springtime’ event to book a 15-minute Mini Land Rover drive - you can just come along for a drive and an ice cream.
📅 Dates:
8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 18th &19th April
😃📅Friday 17th April Bidlea is hosting a SEN session. Any child is welcome to drive with us that day whether booked onto the SEN session or not.
Bidlea Dairy, Orchards Farm, CW4 8DS
🐑 Lambing Live at Pye Ash Farm
📆 4th, 5th, 11th & 12th April
See the magic & learn about what we get up to during our busiest season!
⏰ 90 minute sessions
📍 Macclesfield SK11 0PN
Tickets include:
💥 Real life lambing (if you’re lucky!)
🍼 Meet the lambs & bottle feeding
🌱 Education about spring time on the farm
🐣 Meet Farmer Jim & our arrivals on the farm
🐶 Meet our newest sheepdogs - Angie & Marley
🚜 Ride on tractors
Tickets available here: pyeashfarm.co.uk/lambing-live/
🐑 Lambing Week at Tatton Park Farm
📅 28th Mar- 5th April (Closed on Monday)
Farm staff share their expertise with visitors, giving informative talks at the lambing shed. Learn how they spot the signs of lambing and how they look after sheep and care for lambs during this extra special time.
Daily talks will be at 12pm & 2pm.
🐑 Lambing Live at Trentham Gardens
📅 30th Mar - 12th Apr
This Easter, experience the magic of new life as our rare breed sheep arrive in the gardens under the care of Trentham’s farmer.
Get up close with our adorable newborn lambs as they bond with their mothers and learn all about their journey from our expert team.
🐣 Easter at the Walton Gardens Zoo
📅 6th April
Join us for a special hour-long tour of the Children’s Zoo, where you can meet our adorable animals and learn fascinating facts about them. £10 per child
🐑 Meet the Lambs at Brook House Farm near Wilmslow
📅 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th March
You will learn about the lambing season including care of the ewes and the lambing process. You will then be able to hold the lambs and learn about their development. You will even have the opportunity to bottle feed the lambs. We do have heavily pregnant ewes in the lambing shed so if you are lucky you may see a live lambing!
We cap our 45 minute sessions to small numbers to ensure everyone gets the best out of the experience. We encourage everyone to ask questions and take lots of photos for you and your family.
🐣 Easter Fun at Cockfields Farm
📅 28th Mar - 12th April
Easter Egg Hunt, where children can search the farm to win a delicious chocolatey prize.
In addition to our Easter activities, your entry includes access to all our popular attractions:
🐾 Big Animal Barn 🐰 Cuddle Corner 🎠 Carousel ☁️ Bouncy Pillow 🛝 Play Park🐍 New Reptile Room 🚜 Tractor Rides 🌈 Sensory Room 🏖️ Sand Pit
🐣 Easter At Reddish Vale Farm Stockport
📅 12th - 21st April | 10am-4pm
🐰 Meet the Easter Bunny
🥚 Egg Trail
🪴 Sow a Seed in the Potting Shed
🎨 Easter Arts & Crafts
All usual farm activities to take place
🐰Visit the Small Animal barn 🐴Pony Grooming 🐐Meet the Baby Animals- Lambs, Chicks, Ducklings, Calves 🥕Feed all the Outdoor Animals 👦 Large Indoor Play Barn 👨👩👧👦 Indoor Sandpit 👨👩👧👦 Outdoor Adventure Play including Zip wires 🌈 Giant Air Bouncing Pillows (WEATHER DEPENDANT) 🚜 Take a ride on our ride on tractors
🐣The Great Easter EGGsperience at Manorafon Farm Park
📅28th March - 6th April 2026
Hop into egg-stra special Easter farm fun: egg hunts, bunny cuddles, choccy treats, planting carrots and springtime smiles!
Theatre & Shows 2026
Kpop Dragon Gandeys Circus at The Trafford Centre
📅 3rd - 19th April
Tickets from only £9.99!
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🎭 Peppa Pig's Big Family Show at Crewe Lyceum
📅 27th & 28th March
With a new arrival on the way the whole family are busy getting ready. With building and decorating work to be done, it’s an oinktastic makeover and Peppa Pig, Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig & George all need your help to get everything ready before the arrival of baby Evie!
🎭 Robin Hood - The Greatest Easter Pantomime Adventure at Crewe Lyceum
📅 Wed 8th April 2pm
Packed with toe-tapping tunes, dazzling dance routines, side-splitting comedy and audience participation galore, Robin Hood is a feel-good family treat
🎭 Rude Science at Crewe Lyceum
📅 Tue 7th April 11.30 & 3pm
Age 6 plus
The naughtiest, funniest, most revolting science show in the world. On the surface it’s a riot of disgusting experiments built to delight young audiences but under the bonnet it’s a brilliantly-constructed curriculum-driven adventure designed to inspire Britain’s kids with a lasting fascination for science.
🎭 The Natural History Museum presents Dinosaurs Live! At The Lowry
📅 28th & 29th March Age 3+
We’ll go on a pre-historic journey together to the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and watch the life-like dinosaurs come alive right on stage!
Not only that, but we’ll also find out more about fossils, time scales and how our planet has changed over hundreds of millions of years.
🎭Nick Cope's Family Show at Storyhouse Chester
📅 Mon 6th April 2pm
Nick has been writing and recording his beautiful and totally unique songs for children and their families for over 10 years, he performs with his guitar and stunning animations to sell-out crowds all over the country.
🎭Counting Sheeps – a sensory family theatre adventure at Z-Arts Manchester
📅 28th & 29th Mar
Snuggle up and join two sheep on a journey through the joys and frustrations of everything bedtime. A touching, musical adventure filled with sensory play, for 0-3 year olds and their (very tired) grown ups.
Running time – 30 minutes (plus 30 minutes stay and play)
🎭There’s A Monster In Your Show at Z-Arts Manchester
📅 2nd - 4th April
Tom Fletcher’s interactive adventures for big imaginations are leaping from page to stage, as the beloved ‘Who’s in Your Book?’ series tours the UK in a brand-new musical show.
🎭Six Live at Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
📅 Wed 25th - Sat 28th Mar
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.
🎭Mean Girls Live at Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
📅 Mon 30 Mar - Sat 4 Apr
Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and killer songs. Grab your friends, this is going to be fetch!
Theme Parks 2026
🎢 Alton Towers
📅 Open every day
Alton Towers is home to over 40 iconic rides and attractions, so there's something for everyone, whether you like little thrills or adrenaline-pumping rides! There are plenty of head-spinning, heart-pounding, world-class rollercoasters, such as Spinball Whizzer, Hex, and Wicker Man.
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🎢 The Big Restart at Drayton Manor
📅 27th - 29th Mar 2026
Kick off the season with a bang at Drayton Manor Resort! For The Big Restart, enjoy a slightly reduced ticket price of £24.90 and experience all your favourite rides as we reopen for the new season.
🐻Care Bears at Drayton Manor this Easter! 🌈
📅 28th March – 19th April
With Full Theme Park, Thomas Land & Zoo access
Plus, Care Bears meet & greets, mural painting, stage appearances, and a themed end-of-day lake show!
Tickets from just £27.50
🐣Spring Spectacular at Gullivers World Warrington
📅dates to be announced
Bounce along with the Easter Bunny and Candy Crew for mad-cap antics and eggscellent entertainment this April at Gulliver's. Discover Lollipop Trees, Colossal Candy Canes and take some Sweet Selfies along the way.
🎢 Chessington World of Adventure
📅 28th March - 12th April
Meet Bonnie the Easter Bunny and join the Giant Easter Egg Trail all while enjoying everything the Resort has to offer from thrilling Theme Park rides to amazing animals at the Zoo and incredible underwater discoveries at SEA LIFE.
Af link] book here https://tinyurl.com/DaysOutandMealsOutChessington
🎢 LEGO® NINJAGO® Celebration at Legoland Windsor
📅 28th Mar – 12th April 2026
Join the Elemental Masters to build, train and master your Ninja skills this Easter. Do you have what it takes to accept the challenge and help your favourite LEGO NINJAGO heroes?
The fun doesn’t stop there:
Enjoy iconic LEGOLAND Rides and Attractions including LEGO NINJAGO The Ride, The Dragon & Minifigure Speedway
Meet and greet NINJAGO heroes
LEGO building challenges
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Adult & Older Children Activities 2026
🚗 The Peaky Blinders Exhibition 2026 at Arley Hall
📅 Fri 27th, Sat 28th, Sun 29th & Mon 30th March
Iconic rooms in The Hall, as used in Peaky Blinders series 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be open and dressed in the style they were for filming.
Peaky look-a-likes will be here on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th – why not have your photo taken with Arthur? You will be allowed to take photographs of the rooms as you walk around. Why not come dressed up and take a picture as you stand over Tommy's desk?
The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind: Depot Mayfield Manchester
📅 13th March - 28th June
This daring immersive playground celebrates the rebel spirit, sharp wit, and visual poetry of the world’s most elusive street artist. Let the bold colors, subversive messages, and unexpected twists pull you deeper into his enigmatic world.
🖼️ Wander through around 200 brilliantly recreated pieces that echo Banksy’s unmistakable style and attitude.
🎥 Move between graffiti walls, striking photographs, thought-provoking sculptures, cinematic video installations, and vibrant prints.
📚 Get inspired with an engaging video that traces the pivotal chapters in Banksy’s fascinating, boundary-breaking journey.
Enjoy 20% off food* & drinks at Freight Island between 13.03.26-05.07.26 when showing a valid Banksy ticket
🎨 3D Needle Felting Workshop: Make a Spring Brooch at Tatton Park
📅 Fri 27th March 1-3pm
Led by fibre artist Vicky Pulman of Needlessly Felted, this workshop is ideal for beginners and experienced makers alike. You’ll learn how to sculpt wool into delicate 3D forms using needle felting techniques, creating a small but detailed artwork you can proudly wear.
🌞 Luke Jerram’s Helios comes to Victoria Baths Manchester
📅 17th March - 6th April 2026
A giant glowing sculpture of the Sun will hang in the unfilled Gala Pool, flooding the space with light, sound and reflections.
Whether you're in it for the art, the heritage, or just fancy seeing something totally unexpected, Helios at Victoria Baths will offer you something. It might be a moment of calm, the perfect backdrop for a stunning photo, or simply a refreshing escape from the everyday. This is your chance to step into something uplifting and inspiring.
Looking for a more relaxed way to experience Helios? A visit on an evening Monday to Friday offers the perfect opportunity to slow down and soak it all in.
Beneath Helios, their events programme Everything Under the Sun will bring a series of unique performances and experiences to Victoria Baths. Additional tickets will be required for these events.
🎟 Timed 20-minute entry slots available
📍 Victoria Baths, Manchester
🎨BYOB Night at Knutcraft Pottery Painting Cafe
Byob nights - Adults Only
📅28th March 6.30pm
Sip, paint, relax! £5 per person + price of pottery
🌸 Plant Hunters Fair at Dorothy Clive Garden
📅 Easter Sun 5th & Mon 6th April 10am-5pm
Better than half price
It's a great chance to have a lovely day out at the wonderful and visit a brilliant line up of 25 fabulous nurseries & garden accessories at the same time. It’s just £5.00 to access the plant fair and stunning gardens (gardens usually £14.00)
Free parking. Dogs on leads very welcome. Refreshments available.
Full details at www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk
Music / Food & Drink Festivals 2026
🐣 Oulton Park’s Easter Family Fun Day 2026
📅 Easter Mon 6th April
The Oulton Park Family Fun Day returns and promises a fun-filled day out for all ages 🎟️ Adult ticket are just £10 online and children under 13 go free!
🔗 Click here for more information and to book: https://www.oultonpark.co.uk/news/2026/jan/26/oulton-parks-easter-family-fun-day-tickets-on-sale-for-10-online-kids-go-free
🌸 The KC Artisan Party in the Park in Southport
📅 Sat 11th & Sun 12th April 11am – 5pm
📍 Victoria Park, Southport PR8 8 1RX
• Adults: just £5 per day (or £8 for the full weekend)
• Kids under 12: FREE!
🎤 Sabrina Carpenter, Little Mix, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Jess Glynne, ABBA, Spice Girls & more!
Plus:
🍔 Delicious street food & full bar
🎡 Inflatable village for the kids
🛍️ Loads of artisan stalls with handmade treasures, gifts & treats
🎨 Face painting, princess show, village vibes & SO much more!
It’s not just a market, it’s a proper Party in the Park with live music, laughter, shopping, and sunshine vibes all weekend long. Perfect for families, friends, and anyone who loves a great day out in Southport!
🎶 Nantwich Jazz, Blues & Music Festival 2026
📅 2nd - 6th April
Five days of live music across 17+ venues, featuring hundreds of performances in Nantwich.
🍔 Cheshire and North Wales Food & Drink Festival 2026
📅 3rd - 5th April
Formerly known as the Taste Cheshire Food Festival, this food festival will be over the Easter weekend at Chester Racecourse.
Visitors can still expect a packed programme of chef demos, tastings and family-friendly fun, with even more focus on local flavours from across Cheshire and neighbouring North Wales.
Alongside the food and drink, the weekend will feature live music, fairground rides and hands-on activities.
Here are more ideas for days out in general
⭐Rainy Day Ideas can be found here
⭐There are plenty of Free Days out Here
⭐Ideas for Teenagers and Older Children
⭐Family Friendly Walks are always a great activity with a picnic or cafe
To get 2026 info on
🐣 Dunham Massey Ice Cream Farm Easter Trail
📅 5th - 21st April
Lots of things to find, lots of clues to find and a reward at the end! With photo opportunities & Easter Ice Cream flavours
Only children who want to do the trail and claim a prize need to pay. Adults and babes in arms are FREE!
🐣 Really Wild Egg Trail at Chester Zoo
📅 4th - 27th April
🐣 Bunny Hunt Story Walk at Norton Priory
🐣 Easter Trail at British Iron Works
🐣 Enchanted Easter Egg Hunt at Hawstone Follies
🌸 🐰 Easter Trail at Tittlesworth Water 🐣 🌱
🌸🐑 Easter Fun at The Lambing Shed
EASTER ADVENTURE TRAIL AT MAYFIELD PARK
🐣 Easter at The Dunham Barn, Altrincham
📅 Sat 19-Sun 20 Apr
Delicious food and fun activities for all the family. Lucky dip prize on completion of the trail. No booking required. https://thedunhambarn.co.uk/events/
🐣 Easter in the Park at Queens Park, Crewe
📅 Mon 21 Apr
Join in an Easter egg hunt and fun activities from 1pm.
🐣Easter Half-Term Fun at Hockerhill Playbarn!
🐣 National Memorial Arboretum
📅 14th - 18th April
🐟 Blue Planet Aquarium at Cheshire Oaks
🐣Catalyst Science & Discovery
📅 5th - 21st April
🐣 Dino Falls Adventure Golf!
SEA LIFE Manchester
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https://tinyurl.com/DaysOutandMealsOut-SealifeMan
🐍 Twycross Zoo
🐰 Walton Gardens Zoo
peak wildlife
knowsley
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