Family with Cadbury Easter trail sheet ©National Trust Images

Enjoy a wild time in and around Hampshire this Easter with the National Trust and Cadbury

Children with Cadbury Easter bunnies, ©National Trust Images
Children with Cadbury Easter bunnies, ©National Trust Images

The National Trust has teamed up with Cadbury to offer families in and around Hampshire the ultimate Easter experience, with their ever-popular Easter Egg Hunts.

 

This year, the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt (14 – 17 April*) will be inviting families to unleash their inner explorers on egg hunts through muddy woodlands, New Forest heathland, along nature trails and through spring gardens blooming with life.

There are no less then six Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts to choose from in and around Hampshire, guaranteeing a fun-filled Easter for everyone. You’ll also find seasonal baking days and spring bird walks,

 

Every time you take part in a Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt, you’ll help the National Trust fund vital conservation work to protect our special places across the South East.

 

To discover a Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at a National Trust property near you, visit:

www.cadbury.co.uk/easter

 

Here are our favourite Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts across Hampshire:

 

Winchester City Mill

Cadbury Easter egg hunt

14 – 17 April, 10am – 4pm, normal admission charge, plus £2 per trail sheet.

You’ll find lots of delicious chocolate fun at the Mill over the Easter weekend. Pick up a map and follow the clues around this ancient building to locate the Easter Bunny’s stash and collect your Cadbury prize.

 

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Winchester City Mill – Easter baking demonstrations and holiday trail challenge

8 – 23 April, normal admission

Kids can have a go at completing the Mill’s Easter holiday trail challenge, in return for a special prize.

On Good Friday (14 April), the Mill will be filled with the delicious aroma of warm spices on as our volunteer bakers host our hot cross bun demonstration. They’ll also be baking Easter treats on Easter Sunday (16 April), followed by a chocolate indulgence demonstration on 23 April. Find out how to make all these delights, and take away a laminated recipe card, so you can get cracking on some baking fun at home.

 

The Vyne

Cadbury’s Easter egg Hunt

8 – 23 April 10am – 4pm, normal admission charge plus £3 per hunt.

If you’re a clever as the Easter Bunny then you might just be the folks we need to uncover hidden clues dotted across The Vyne on our Cadbury Easter egg hunt. Look out for lots of spring wildlife and wildflower characters on this nature-themed trail. Bring your wellies and a coat and collect your £3 hunt map from Visitor Reception.

 

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The Vyne

Tag-a-Tile

Daily from 18 Feb, 11am – 4pm, suggested donation £5

Be a part of history by personalising one of our 71,000 handmade clay roof tiles with a message or drawing. Your tile will end up on our new roof, for people to discover in future decades.

 

Hinton Ampner

Cadbury Egg Hunt

8 Apr – 23 April, 10am-  5pm, normal admission charge plus £3 per trail sheet.

The Easter bunny needs your help. Follow our Cadbury Easter hunt trail around these pretty spring gardens, performing various bunny activities along the way, and you’ll be rewarded with your own chocolate bunny to take home.

 

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Mottisfont

Cadbury Egg Hunt 

8 – 23 April, 10am – 5pm, normal admission charge plus suggested donation of £2

Spring has sprung at Mottisfont and all kinds of animals are stirring in the gardens. Pick up an Easter hunt sheet and follow the trail to discover the creatures that trot, scamper, crawl and wiggle around the grounds. Complete the nature-themed activities with your family and earn yourself a delicious Cadbury chocolate bunny.

 

New Forest

Cadbury Egg Hunt

16 – 17 April, £4, booking essential on 01794 344020

You’ll be getting out into the ‘wilds’ of the New Forest with this Cadbury Easter hunt across our restored heathland site at Foxbury. Each egg hunt explorer will be rewarded with a chocolate bunny reward.

Discover early signs of spring with our rangers and learn all about the birds that live in the Forest, from where they nest to the creepy crawlies they like to eat. There’ll be local visiting animals to make friends, plus den building, bushcraft, chainsaw carving and tractors. Round the day off with toasted marshmallows by the fire and a BBQ.

 

Directions: Foxbury can be accessed via Half Moon car park on Blackhill Road. Follow the sign posts up from the car park, through the tree line to the Foxbury gate. The trail takes in about 1.2 miles of wide gravel track, so stout footwear, outdoor clothing and off-road buggies are advisable.

 

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New Forest

Spring bird walk

23 April & 7 May, 8 – 11am, £5, booking essential on 01794 344020

April and May in the New Forest is full of bird song and activity, as birds start to migrate, nest and call. Join our rangers and a local bird spotting expert on a walk through the Foxbury landscapes to identify some of the key species and learn how our conservation work here is supporting population growth.

 

Directions: Foxbury can be accessed via Half Moon car park on Blackhill Road. Follow the sign posts up from the car park, through the tree line to the Foxbury gate. The trail takes in about 1.2 miles of wide gravel track, so stout footwear, outdoor clothing and off-road buggies are advisable.

Main Photo: Family with Cadbury Easter trail sheet ©National Trust Images


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