Looking for a local Easter egg hunt for your children? Or an Easter parade, Easter brunch or breakfast or other Easter events in Northeast England (Durham and Northumberland)? Scroll down this page and you will see all of those in Northeast England (Durham and Northumberland), sorted by county. ALWAYS either see their website or call before you go to confirm the info, there are often last minute changes which they do not report to us! If you have missed the Easter egg hunts in your area (or they were canceled), see this page about how to easily have your own backyard or local park Easter egg hunt.
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Updates for May 2023
It looks like SOME egg hunts will be returning in 2022! It's a bit early to know for sure, as many are waiting until the last minute to make announcements. ALWAYS,
ALWAYS confirm directly with the sponsor
(we provide links to their websites, email and phone numbers) to ensure they are still holding the event, as the situation too fluid, and it is impossible to
confirm yet; most of the dates provided are speculative, based on 2019 dates.
When we CONFIRM an event for 2022, the date will be highlighted in pink, like this
passage to make them easy to find as you scroll down the page. Easter Sunday will be 17 April 2022. Most Easter egg hunts
are being held on the Saturday a week before Easter,
or the day before Easter Sunday. ALWAYS click the links to check date and time with the event's own website, as there are often last minute cancellations,
postponements or changes to locations due to weather, COVID or logistical problems, just click on the link to the event's website and (in most cases), you want to click on the "events" link or "calendar" link on their website.
Or use their site search for "Easter". Do let them know you found them here, so
they will update us next year. Since many egg hunts do not publish the
current year's dates until the very last minute, or simply never respond to
email, we may not get their
current information, which is why we have links to their websites, Facebook
pages and calendars. Besides egg hunts, there are also Easter breakfasts and brunches and
Easter parades to watch!
If you need to
add your egg hunt or
update your existing information, click on these links.
Easter Egg Hunt, Parade and Event Listings
Click on Resources above, if you need a county map
Cumbria
- Lowther Castle Easter Frolics - Easter egg hunt
Lowther Castle, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 2HH. Phone: 01931 712192. Email: info@lowthercastle.org. Event date and time: UPDATE for 2023, status unknown for 2023, see their website; in past years they had multiple dates; see their websiteSaturday through Sunday. Dragons & Chocolate. This year, our egg-hunt, an annual favourite for miles around, is based once again around the theme of Dragons & Chocolate. The hunt is free with paid admission. There are holiday workshops, like Sword & Mallet-Making on some days and on the Easter weekend, there will be street food, face-painting, bug-hunting and the opportunity to learn how to make and take home your very own dragon egg. - The World of Beatrix Potter Easter Egg Hunt - Easter egg hunt
The Old Laundry, Crag Brow, Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3BX. Phone: 0844 504 1233. Email: stacey@hop-skip-jump.com. Event date and time: See their website for this year's date,. Come and join the annual Easter Egg fun with Peter Rabbit and take part in one of the UK’s largest Easter Egg Hunts for a chance to win one of ten top prizes. This year 110 ceramic eggs have been specially designed and hand-crafted to celebrate Peter Rabbit’s 110th birthday and the centenary year of ‘The Tale of Mr Tod’. The distinctive eggs will be hidden across Cumbria with clues to help you in your search, but it is up to you to get out into the Lake District countryside and enjoy the challenge of finding these special Easter eggs! They could be hidden in villages, gardens, by lakes or on the top of hills, but wherever they are hidden you won't have to pay a penny to find them. This is a great event for everyone to enjoy. But be quick, because once the eggs have all been found the great Peter Rabbit Easter Egg Hunt is over! Each ceramic egg is a fantastic prize and allows its winner free entry in to The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction along with a special edition Beatrix Potter book published by F Warne & Co. But in addition, there are ten top prizes to be won. Once all the eggs have been found, the winners can claim their prizes. (One prize per family). The Great Peter Rabbit Easter Egg Hunt is launched live on our website with a map and clues.
Durham
- Down at the Farm
- Easter egg roll
Stoney gate Lane, Houghton Le Spring, Durham DH5 8JG. Phone: 0191 584 1873. Email: bookings@downatthefarm.co.uk. Event date and time: See their website for this year's this year's date. Egg throwing and rolling and an Easter panto, feed the newborn lambs, cuddle up with baby chicks or even wash the pigs.
Northumberland
- Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens - Easter trail
Belsay, Nr Morpeth, Northumberland NE20 0DX. Email: customers@english-heritage.org.uk. Event date and time: Last year's date was Multiple dates in 2022, see their website. Directions: Follow route to Blacksmith's Cafe. Join us for a cracking adventure quest this Easter holiday. Explore the site to hunt for clues and challenges, and discover traditional Easter games like egg rolling and the egg and spoon race. Track down the Easter eggs and you’ll be rewarded with a chocolate treat and an adventurer’s certificate. The quest costs just £1.50 (2022 price), which you can pay when you arrive at the site. This is in addition to the normal ticket price. You can take on the quest every day of the school holidays. With eggs, chocolate and old-fashioned fun, it’s the perfect way to get out and about in history this Easter. Book online and save! (ADDED: 25 March 2022 JBS)
Tyne and Wear
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Easter Egg Hunt, Parade and Event Listings