Looking for the best Easter days out in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire this year?
From Easter egg hunts and baby animals to theatre shows, circus acts, museum trails and messy play, here’s a big round-up of family-friendly Easter events happening across Bucks, Berks, Oxon and nearby.
⭐ My Top Picks
- Easter at Blenheim Palace
- Tumblestone Hollow
- Farmer Carters Courtyard at Millets Farm
- Odds Farm Park
- Wellington Country Park
- Spring at the Farm at Cogges
- Go Ape
- Mead Open Farm
- Hobbledown Heath
🐰 Easter Trails & Egg Hunts
Big Easter Bunny Hunt at Waterperry Gardens
Hop around the gardens searching for eggs dropped by the Easter Bunny, match them to your sheet and collect a prize from the Garden Shop at the end.
Eggstraordinary Easter Eggventure Family Trail
Search the museum galleries for hidden eggs and discover amazing animal facts along the way.
Eddie the Egg Woodland Easter Trail at High Lodge Farm
Follow Eddie through the woodland, collect letters to solve the Easter anagram and finish with a chocolate reward. Tickets also include the Play Patch.
Binfield Village Easter Egg Hunt
Pick up a map from Binfield Village Stores or Foxes Den Café and enjoy a fun walk around the village following the egg trail.
Reading Town Centre Bunny Window Hunt
A simple free town-centre hunt and a good lower-cost option for Easter.
Greys Court Easter Trail
A spring trail with activities and puzzles in beautiful grounds.
Cliveden Easter Trail
A popular Easter trail through the gardens with family activities and a seasonal reward.
Basildon Park Easter Trail
Another good National Trust Easter trail option for Berkshire families.
Sheep Trail at Shaw House
Explore the House to find six sheep on this springtime trail! Along the way discover facts about the Elizabethan cloth trade, the business that funded the build of Shaw House. Afterwards, enjoy themed crafts and colouring in our activity room.
Easter Woodland Walk & Biscuit Decorating at Hatfield Park
A woodland Easter walk with hidden letters, a treat at the end and biscuit decorating sessions.
🐑 Farm Parks & Spring Babies
Easter Adventures & Spring Fun at Odds Farm Park
Easter scavenger hunt, Easter Bunny appearances, Marmalade Pig in week two, bottle-feeding goat kids, meet the newborn lambs in the Little Hooves Lamb Nursery, Rabbit Time, farmer talks, live entertainment and all the usual play.
Spring at the Farm at Cogges
Expect chicks hatching, animals to meet, an Easter egg hunt in the straw, an Alice in Wonderland trail, try out the new mini tractors, milk a model cow, Easter crafts and baking.
Easter at Bucklebury Farm
Arts and crafts, Easter cookie decorating, chocolate lolly making, Easter Bunny disco, afternoon tea with the Easter Bunny and egg hunts.
Family Lambing Days at Bishop’s Court Farm
Visit the lambing maternity ward, walk among lambs and new mums, and meet alpacas, goats and pigs. There’s also a treasure hunt, bouncy castle and market stalls.
Easter Circus at Mead Open Farm
Big Top circus performances, Wheel of Death, bottle-feeding lambs, Easter trail and all the usual farm fun.
Foxglove Farm Easter Egg Hunt (Lambing Weekend)
Bottle feed a lamb, baby chicks, pony grooming, carriage rides, easter egg hunts, fire engine, vintage tractor displays and free tractor trailer farm tours
🐐 Animal Encounters
Zoonormous Egg Hunt at Whipsnade Zoo
Follow the egg trail, solve clues and crack the code for a treat, all while exploring the UK’s biggest zoo.
Easter Activities at The Bucks Goat Centre
Bubble fun, scavenger hunts, children’s garden workshop, mini bird watching, visiting parrots, pig feeding and a big Easter egg hunt over Easter weekend.
Wild Hoppy Easter at Beale Wildlife Park
A useful nearby animal day out to add to your Easter options.
🌳 Active Adventures
Egg-venture at Go Ape Wendover
A limited-time Easter adventure combining Go Ape’s high ropes with hidden letters and a puzzle trail.
Easter Trail at Tumblesone Hollow, Stonor Park
Solve riddles through the gardens, enjoy storytelling and face painting, then let the children loose in the brilliant adventure playground.
Adventure Bounce – High Wycombe
A family inflatable session on the Air X Adventure course with wipeout balls, the warped wall and freefall-style challenges.
Egg-venture Fun Day at Youlbury
Queue-and-do egg hunt, crafts, soft tomahawks and aeroball, with optional paid extras like zipwire, climbing and archery.
Family Nature Discovery Day
Field Studies Council, Amersham • 31 March – 1 April • £5 per person
Drop in any time and join our expert learning team as they run a range of exciting nature-inspired activities for families. You could be pond dipping, helping your children discover an underwater world, sweep netting in our meadow or bug hunting at our minibeast hotel.
Children’s Fun Fair
A nice add-on if you’re looking for simple fun fair entertainment. Dinton Pastures also has an indoor climbing wall, nature buggies, adventure golf and a brilliant playground
🎪 Shows & Entertainment
Easter at Blenheim Palace
One of the biggest Easter weekends locally, with circus shows, circus skills workshops, vintage fairground rides, Zoolab’s Egg-citing Encounters, a giant wicker egg trail and Easter Bunny meet and greets in the Walled Garden.
Tweedy’s Massive Circus: The Big Number 2
A family circus show packed with clowning, comedy and mayhem.
Peppa Pig’s Big Family Show
A fun theatre option for younger children featuring Peppa, George and friends.
Adventures in Science
A science show from The Magical Mr West, packed with demonstrations and laughs.
Little Red Riding Hood
A colourful Northern Ballet production for young families.
Tales from Acorn Wood
A gentle, interactive show based on the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler stories.
Teach Rex: Dinosaur Show
A one-hour dinosaur show with a post-show meet and greet for photos with the dinosaurs.
Family Shows at The Kenton Theatre
Including Seussical, Mr Sleepy Bum, Top Secret: The Magic of Science and Sleeping Beauty – The Ballet.
The Dinosaur That Pooped: A Rock Show
A fun theatre outing for dino-loving children.
The Eras Experience: Taylor Swift Tribute
A good shout for tweens and older children.
Utterly Revolting Science Show
A fun science-based family show over the holidays. A pre-show workshop is also available to book.
Flyaway Katie
The show is bursting with colour, movement and surprises, with puppets of varying scales acting the story. The show is aimed at 2-7 year olds and will be 35mins of pure joy followed by 15 mins ‘meet the puppets
The Princess Prom
Prepare for a show stopping concert filled with the most epic, heartwarming, and nostalgic songs from animations including Frozen, Wicked, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Moana, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty & The Beast, Anastasia, Pocahontas, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and more! As well as a few from popstars like Taylor Swift, Coldplay, and Rachel Platte.
Wind in the Willows
A classic story brought to life for families.
🧪 Museums, Workshops & Creative Activities
Adopt a Dragon
Decorate a dragon egg, build a nest, choose a plush dragon to take home and receive an official adoption certificate.
No-Bake Snacks Family Workshop
A low-cost cooking workshop for children making healthy no-bake snacks. This is just one of many workshops running at MOX over the Easter holidays.
Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre – George’s Marvellous Easter
Includes George’s Marvellous Medicine storytelling, Grow Your Own Grandma, Splendiferous Storyboard Trail, Marvellous Medicine Lab, Stir Up Some Stories, Curious Concoctions Clay Rooms, Marvellous Meander and a SEND relaxed day.
Discover Bucks Museum Easter Workshops
Including Saxons Opening Day, Hopping Lambs & Jumping Rabbits, Eggcellent Science, Easter Bunnies, Hatching Eggs, Eggcellent Egg Hunters, Saxon Baskets, Saxon Saucer Brooches, Saxon Carvings, Saxon Clay and the Roald Dahl Children’s Gallery.
Science Oxford Family Day
A good museum/science option to include for curious kids.
Family Cooking & Craft Events at The Cheese Shed
Workshops include Easter cookie decorating, Easter bonnet making, pizza making with Fire and Hop and Dinosaur craft sessions. Don’t miss out on an epic cheese toasty whilst you’re here!
👶 Easter Activities for Toddlers & Younger Children
Piccolo Land Easter Sessions
Piccolo Land is a role play café and is running extra Easter sessions including French Fun, Kids Yoga, Crafts & Disco, Pizza Making and a themed party during selected 11am sessions for older children too.
Easter Egg Hunt at The Full Moon, Little Kingshill
A relaxed local Easter egg hunt where children follow clues and hunt high and low for surprises. Kids’ main meals also come with a free dessert.
Little Acorns Eastertime at Earth Trust
A lovely Easter session with crafts, mud kitchen play, water play, nature exploration and a story around the fire pit.
Little Farmers Messy Play at Peterley Manor Farm
A farm-themed messy play pop-up with sensory play, messy trays, mud kitchens, paint and water play in a lovely farm setting.
Cutteslowe Park Miniature Railway
Always a popular holiday outing for younger children.
🌸 Seasonal Events & Family Festivals
Easter Egg’splorers at Hobbledown Heath
Giant Easter egg trail, Easter Bunny, indoor and outdoor play, bubble fun, entertainment, zoo and farm animals, birds of prey and seasonal activities.
Easter Eggstravaganza at Wellington Country Park
Big Top circus, panto-style shows, storytelling, Junk Jodie crafts, Easter train ride, animal petting and a Mega Egg Hunt.
Farmer Carter’s Courtyard at Millets Farm
Quizzes, go-karts and games in the courtyard, with a SEND-friendly session on 9 April.
4 Kingdoms Adventure Park Easter Eggstravaganza
Storybook Easter fun, character meet and greets, egg hunts, rabbit hole adventures, lambing and kidding season plus all the usual rides and attractions.
Spring into Easter at The Lexicon
A free Easter trail, giant eggs, animal visits and the Lexicon Express train.
Quest Family Fest at Norden Farm
A creative family programme packed with shows, films and workshops.
