Enjoy daily dive shows, touchpool sessions and animal feeds as well as family crafts and an activity trail running throughout the Easter holidays.
Easter Fun running from 24th March – 15th April. Tower Street, Hull, HU1 4DP (Sat Nav HU9 1TU).
If you fancy a day out over the Easter Holiday we have listed our ‘Top Ten’ ideas which are within easy drive of Ryedale. Hopefully, we will see signs of Spring during the Easter break but if the weather doesn’t play ball we have also included indoor activities.
So much to keep the kids entertained this Easter at Stockeld Adventure Park. Join in the Easter Eggsplorer egg hunt and find eggsplorer eggs around the park, all of them are in the form of a famous explorer. Look out for the Easter Bunny in the Enchanted Forest, Roller Rink, Maze and have a go on the Go Karts and Buccaneer Boats. The Stockeld Rangers will also be doing daily Easter craft activities.
Special Events: The Ugly Bug Show (selected dates), Easter Bonnet Parade (31st-2nd) and Chocolate Making, with Chocolate Story York (selected dates)
Open 26th March – 16th April. Stockeld Park, off the A661 Wetherby Road, LS22 4AN.
Take an epic journey back through 150 million years of Yorkshire to discover lost giants and the changing worlds they inhabited in this brand new major exhibition. From the depths of the deepest seas to the ancient coasts and tropical shallows; meet the dinosaurs and sea dragons that once roamed our vast and ever-changing landscapes. Experience each Jurassic world as the colossal creatures and their surroundings are brought to life using the latest research and ground-breaking technology. Inspect the finest details of an ichthyosaur as its flesh and skin are superimposed over its preserved skeleton; serve a sauropod dinosaur its supper as our VR headset reincarnates the oldest sauropod remains ever found in the UK; tremble at a terrifying Megalosaur tooth as you stand amid the carnivore’s hunting habitat, and much more. Rediscover our prehistoric predecessors through the oldest and most fascinating remains in the region as you step into Yorkshire’s Jurassic World.
Yorkshire Museum, Museum Gardens, York, YO1 7FR 01904 687687
Easter Trail 30 March 2018 – 8 April 2018
An Easter trail around the magnificent grounds of the Hall, solving clues while exploring the extensive gardens. Once the conundrum has been solved, every child will receive an Easter treat.
There are puzzles to solve and games to play, while in the craft tent children can get creative with colouring. Excitingly, there is a giant golden egg to find, which the Easter Bunny has been hidden somewhere in the grounds!
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday 1st April and Monday 2nd April, 11am to 5pm
On Easter Sunday and Monday, children are invited to join the Easter Bunny and search for some of the many thousands of chocolate Easter eggs that are hidden in the Hall’s woodland.
The stunning gardens and grounds also offer a magnificent yew tree maze (perfect for letting off steam), giant board games including chess, draughts, quoits, snakes and ladders and hop scotch, while the Children’s Corner is the perfect place to relax and spot butterflies and bees emerging to enjoy the spring flowers.
Adults £7.00, Seniors £6.50, Children (4-15 years) £4.00, Under 4’s FREE
Burton Agnes Hall, Burton Agnes, Driffield, YO25 4NB
Website
With a brand new Easter Adventure for 2018 children get to go on a magical adventure and help fix the Easter Bunny’s egg-cellent egg making machine and make the Easter magic work again! Children will visit the Easter Bunny for a photograph and claim a free chocolate egg from the Easter egg machine. (one egg per paying child)
There will also be the usual farm fun such as tractor trailer rides plus sheep and ferret racing, milking demos, shire horse talks and meerkat feeding sessions. If the weather isn’t great you can always shelter in the soft play centre.
Easter Adventure 24th March – 8th April. Cannon Hall Farm, Bark House Lane, Cawthorne, Barnsley
Fun for all the family awaits at Mother Shipton’s cave this Easter!
Hop skip and jump through Mr McGregor’s Marvellous Easter garden. Follow the Mother Shipton’s Easter trail and meet characters from Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit stories. As you walk through magical woodland props and characters will bring the story of the mischievous bunny to life. Actors will be stationed as characters in the park to interact with children and help families complete a themed adventure quiz sheet.
Peter Rabbit Adventure open: 26th March -15th April. Prophecy Lodge, Knaresborough HG5 8DD
Spring has sprung at Hull’s award-winning aquarium The Deep, and it’s time to learn about new life in the oceans. Hear about the different eggs laid by some of the most popular residents, including sharks, turtles and penguins.
Enjoy daily dive shows, touchpool sessions and animal feeds as well as family crafts and an activity trail running throughout the Easter holidays.
Easter Fun running from 24th March – 15th April. Tower Street, Hull, HU1 4DP (Sat Nav HU9 1TU).
Meet the Steampunk Scientists, who will blow your mind with their theatrical science demonstrations going on throughout the museum daily. There will also be special events and demonstrations happening (check website for more details)
Meet the Steampunk Easter Bunny for some egg-citing science experiments. (Fri 30th March – Mon 2nd April.)
Open 24th March -15th April. Discovery Road, HX1 2NE Halifax.
Huge number of Easter Activities running daily from 24th March to 15th April 2018 with more details listed here.
Sewerby Hall and Gardens, Church Lane, Sewerby, YO15 1EA.
Website
Easter Adventure Quest at Scarborough Castle and Whitby AbbeyFriday 30 March – Monday 2nd April 2018 11am – 5pm
Calling all valiant adventurers this Easter weekend! Join us on the hunt for legendary dragon eggs at Scarborough Castle or Whitby Abbey. Set off with an intrepid character from the past to crack the clues and claim your chocolate reward.
The quest costs £1 per child (Members and Non-Members) in addition to the normal admission price.
Castle Road, Scarborough, YO11 1HY. 01723 372451 Website
Whitby Abbey, Whitby, YO22 4JT. 01947 603568 Website
Great option for if it’s raining…
3rd & 10th April – Fossil Handling
10.30am – 12pm & 1.30pm – 3pm
Explore Prehistoric times and find out about dinosaur footprints in hands-on sessions with our fossil experts.
4th & 11th April – Dinosaur Egg Trail
10am – 5pm
Explore the Rotunda Museum as you look for dinosaur eggs and sneaky clues left by Megan the Megalosaurus along the way!
Collect your chocolatey prize at the end of the trail.
6th April – Bug Lab
10am – 12pm & 1pm – 3pm
Come up close and personal with the bugs, bees and beetles from our museum collections. Discover the facts and mysteries behind the insects, then create some inspired crafts.
13th April – Mesolithic Mysteries
10am – 12pm & 1pm – 3pm
Discover the mysteries of our Stone Age site Star Carr. Why did Mesolithic people wear antlers on their heads and could you survive on a Stone Age diet?
Drop in, no booking required. FREE with an Annual Pass & Under 18s go FREE
The Rotunda Museum
Vernon Road, Cliff Bridge Terrace, Scarborough YO11 2HB
Website
Why don’t you join ourRyedale & The Coast Mumbler chat group where you can share reviews of days out/activities and get ideas from others.
We hope you have a great Easter Holiday.
