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Looking for a way to make Easter magical? Whether you are in need of relaxation or seeking a family adventure - read on for tips, treats, places to go and things to see.
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Spring gardens
Nothing says Easter and lifts your spirits like a spring garden – and we have some of the very best. Holehird Garden is worth seeking out this time of year and rewards visitors with stunning spring colour. Crocuses and dwarf irises provide a charming and colourful display of spring bulbs. The grouping near the path at the top of the rock garden is particularly worth seeking out.
Plan your visit to one of our Gardens and Forests
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Easter openings
It not only the gardens that are ‘waking up’ for the season – as the clocks go forward many of our venues open or extend their opening times – and Easter starts the season.
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Teddies Go Free at Muncaster Castle
Free entry for every child with a teddy over the Easter weekend 30 March – 2 April with lots of teddy-based fun for all the family - and don’t miss the famous Muncaster Giant Easter Egg Hunt at 12.30 on Easter Sunday and Monday!
Kirklinton Hall, currently in the process of being restored to its former glory, starts its season on 1 April with an open day for all the family with Easter eggs, a bouncy castle, the faerie and dragon walk and burgers!
Visit Dalemain Mansion, Hutton-in-the-Forest, Holker Hall, Mirehouse and National Trust Steam Yacht Gondola - all open for Easter.
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Calling all chocolate lovers!
For a real Easter adventure join us on the hunt for legendary dragon eggs at Birdoswald Roman Fort 30 March- 2 April. Set off with an intrepid character from the past to crack the clues and claim your chocolate reward.
Dinosaurs may have been extinct for a while but dragons are still laying eggs at Lowther. Castle. Join their hugely popular Easter Dragon egg hunt 24 March - 15 April. If you are successful, enjoy a choccy treat or two as a reward.
The Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt comes to Sizergh and Townend. Follow the clues in and around the gardens, collect all the clues that mischievous Bunny has hidden, show your answers and you will be rewarded with a tasty chocolate treat at the end of the trail.
For a little exercise, venture into Whinlatter forest – for an Easter Bunny Family Fun Run, or jog or walk on 1 April. Follow Rosie Rabbit as she leads you up and down and through the forest with a small chocolate egg upon completion.
Brockhole's Spring Trail and Easter Egg Hunt is running from 24 March - 15 April, taking you around the beautiful gardens before you collect a surprise gift at the end!
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Easter on a plate
If you want your sweet treats on a plate without the hunting then it’s straight to the tearooms or restaurants for you - where you will find a warm welcome and great food in unparalleled settings.
Some of our restaurants take their cuisine so seriously they merit a visit in their own right. Blackwell Tea Room and Brantwood Terrace are firm favourites as much for their magnificent views as their creative lunch menus. The Ilex Bar & Brasserie is a fresh dining experience set in the opulent surroundings of Holker Hall – perfect for Easter Sunday lunch. And then there’s Askham Hall - the winner of Cumbria Tourism’s most recent ‘Taste Cumbria’ which has just launched its newly-restyled restaurant ‘Allium’ – just in time for Easter!
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Competition
If you haven’t already, then enter our Competition to win a World Heritage Signature Experience and travel in style on Steam Yacht Gondola to Brantwood, the former home of John Ruskin.
Read more and enter
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This is just a small selection of ideas for your Easter Weekend – visit the website, or download our new brochure for a comprehensive guide to the best of Lakeland heritage.
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