Easter What's On Guide
Updated: Mar 14
I have had lots of messages from people looking for Easter events so I have come up with a mega list for you all to come back to.
I will update this post regularly as more and more events are announced
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You can also check out out Easter Egg Hunt Guide HERE
March
25th March-1st May - Dino Roar Lightwater Valley INFO
25th Easter Fayre - Consett Methodist Church INFO
25thMarch-3rd Sep Myth Quest - Great North Museum Hancock INFO
27th Easter Disco Party - Ingleby Barwick Community Hall INFO
29th Easter Crafts - Hauxley Nature Reserve INFO
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April
1st Easter Market - Kayll Road Library INFO
1st Make a Cherry blossom picture - Oriental Museum Durham INFO
1st The Bubble Show - Alnwick Playhouse INFO
1st Easter trail & fayre - Summerhill Country Park Hartlepool INFO
1st Stories of the Sun Storytelling - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens INFO
1st Woodland Family Fun Day - Newby Hall INFO
1st Easter Fair - Berwick Town Hall INFO
1st Easter Consett at St Chads Sunderland INFO
1st-2nd Steam Gala - Beamish Museum INFO
1st-2nd Big Lego Weekend - Paxton House INFO
1st-7th Create your own Gingerbread person - Seven Stories INFO
1st-16th Who lives here trail RSPB Saltholme INFO
1st-16th Spring Bunny Trail Wharton Park INFO
1st-16th Pond Dipping and welly splashing RSPB Saltholme INFO
1st-16th Tynemouth Egguarium INFO
1st-16th Ahoy Pirate Treasure trail - Alnwick Garden INFO
1st-16th Lego Exhibition - Paxton House INFO
1st-16th Easter Eggstravagansa - Whitehouse Farm INFO
1st-16th Easter Trail - Sunderland City Centre INFO
1st-16th Easter family fun at Preston Park INFO
1st-16th Easter trail High Force INFO
1st-16th Egg hunt at Tynemouth Park INFO
1st-16th Spring Bird trail - Discovery Museum INFO
1st-14th Baby Dinosaur Egg Hunt - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens INFO
1st-16th Duck Detectives - WWT Washington INFO
2nd Build an Easter Rabbit or Chick - Community room Tesco Extra Sunderland INFO
2nd - Easter Disco - Bilton Hall Jarrow Community Trust INFO
2nd-9th Easter service - Durham Cathedral INFO
3rd -15th Springtime Glass Painting - National Glass Centre INFO
3rd - Bronze Age Detectives Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens INFO
3rd Easter bunny ball - Longbenton Community Association INFO
3rd Crack Out - The Bowes Museum INFO
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4th Family Den Building - Northumberlandia INFO
4th Glass Painted Homes - National Glass Centre INFO
4th Little biscuits child's art workshop - The Biscuit Factory INFO
4th Design a Beetle Suncatcher at South Shields Museum INFO
5th Easter Fun Day - Pioneering Care Centre INFO
5th Easter Bonnet decorating - The Bowes Museum INFO
5th BAA army Spring crafts - Wharton Park INFO
5th Super sun Pendant crafts - Sunderland Museum & Winter gardens INFO
5th Easter around the world - Watergate Café INFO
5th Easter bunny ball family class - Swalwell INFO
5th Wild Escape - Oriental Museum Durham INFO
5th Eggtastic Easter forest school - Lanchester garden centre INFO
5th Crafty Romans - Beautiful Birds - Arbeia Roman Fort INFO
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6th-10th Easter Sandcasting - National Glass Centre INFO
6th The Not So Grimm Twins - Arts Centre Washington INFO
6th Brilliant Birds Family Activity - Hauxley Nature Reserve INFO
6th Family Conservation Crafts Bird box making - Hauxley Nature Reserve INFO
6th Chick Crafts - The Bowes Museum INFO
6th Whitburn holiday class - Whitburn Parish Church INFO
6th Active Sunderland Easter family fun day + Egg Roll Herrington Country Park INFO
6th Daffodil & Flower wand crafts Shipley Art Gallery INFO
7th Easter Funday in aid of PWSA - Hallgarth Manor INFO
7th Easter hot cross bun workshop - Raby Castle INFO
7th Easter Bunny at Woodhorn Museum INFO
7th Milkshake Live The Fire station Sunderland INFO
7th-10th Easter celebrations - Beamish Museum INFO
7th-10th Teddy bears picnic - Tanfield Railway INFO
7th-13th Funfair at Spanish City INFO
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8th Easter Fun day - Paxton House INFO
8th Celebrate Easter at Durham Oriental Museum INFO
8th Gosforth Easter trail INFO
8th Animal Hour at Wheelbirks INFO
8th Family fun day - The Bowes Museum INFO
8th Easter Fete - Herrington Grange INFO
8th Glass painting at National Glass Centre INFO
8th Easter Funday - Newcastle Cat & Dog Shelter INFO
8th-10th Steam Weekend at Aln Valley Railway INFO
9th Easter Sunday Roast Cruise - Teesside Princess INFO
9th Easter Inflatable play & Bunny visit - Coatham Hall INFO
9th Easter Sunday Carvery - The Grand Hotel Sunderland INFO
9th Easter Craft & Play - Purple Lily Bistro INFO
9th Easter Carriage rides - South Causey Inn INFO
9th-10th Tees Cottage Easter open weekend - Darlington INFO
9th Easter afternoon tea - High Force Hotel INFO
9th-10th Easter Chick Hunt - Durham Botanic Garden INFO
10th Easter Monday - Redcar Racecourse INFO
11th Spring sketchbook challenge at Shipley art gallery INFO
11th Spring Flower Crafts - Discovery Museum INFO
11th Mini beast hunt at Northumberlandia INFO
11th Flowering Collage Crafts at South Shields Museum -INFO
11th Glass Painted Homes - National Glass Centre INFO
11th-12th - Spring flower crafts - The Bowes Museum INFO
12th Zentangle Easter bunny art class - South Causey Inn INFO
12th A really wild draw - Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens INFO
12th Hop little bunny hop hop hop forest school - Lanchester garden centre INFO
12th Crafty Romans - Wild Arbeia INFO
12th/13th Make a Boat at Oriental Museum Durham - INFO
13th Dry point printing at Seven Stories INFO
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As always National Trust are hosting some fab events across the North East and Yorkshire including:
Souter Lighthouse
5th - Make a sock Easter bunny
3rd-12th Easter Sports
7th-10th Easter Egg Hunt
Crook Hall
3rd-13th Easter Sports
5th-8th Easter egg hunt
11th-14th Easter Crafts
Gibside
1st-18th Easter egg hunt & activities
Wallington
3rd-14th Easter egg hunt & activities
Cragside
1st-16th Easter trail, Egg hunt & Activities
English Heritage are also hosting some events across all properties including
Easter Escapades
Easter Adventure Quest
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Other Ideas for this weekend
Our favourite National Trust Properties
Head to one of the North Easts fab Museums
Woodland Walk and hunt for Zog
Things to do when the weather is rubbish
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