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The best Easter egg hunts in the UK for 2024

Simon Calder’s Travel

The Easter bunny will be hopping into action on 31 March and whether you’re ringing in the end of Lent or looking to entertain little ones during the school holidays, the long weekend is undoubtedly a chocolate-centric calendar event to celebrate.

Parents, forget the last-minute launching of mini eggs into the garden at 8am on Easter Sunday, instead hatch a plan to head out and find those coveted sweet treats.

After all, what could be more egg-citing than hunting for a glimpse of pastel foil among the shrubbery of your local stately home?

With grand palaces, chocolatier heavyweights and even steam railways hosting traditional and unique trails – see Shrek’s Adventure’s “onion” hunt – the UK will be littered with Easter egg hunts as we jump into spring 2024.

From Cadbury World to Hever Castle, we’ve rounded up the most cracking egg hunts in the UK so the whole family can indulge their inner child this Easter.

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Easter onion hunt at Shrek’s Adventure

Westminster, London

Onions have layers. Ogres have layers.

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For a spring day immersed in the land of Far Far Away, visit Shrek’s Adventure in London to look for layers beyond a chocolate egg. You’ll join the swamp-themed hunt for all of Donkey’s Easter “onions”, visit the Muffin Man’s house for a hot cross bun and meet Puss in Boots, Rumpelstiltskin and Pinocchio for an interactive story with the family in the world of the famous green ogre.

An Egg-cellent Onion Adventure is included in the price of a standard ticket (from £21pp) between 29 March and 15 April.

Lindt Gold Bunny Hunt at Hampton Court Palace

Richmond upon Thames, London

Lindt Gold Bunny’s are hopping around Henry VIII’s garden this Easter

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Hampton Court Palace’s search for the elusive Lindt Gold Bunny is back this Easter. The self-led trail through Henry VIII’s iconic gardens will teach bunny hunters about the individuals behind the grounds including ex-residents, gardeners and trumpeters using golden statues, of course, necklaced with the bunny’s statement red ribbon. The reward? A Lindt Gold Bunny chocolate per child.

The Lindt Gold Bunny Hunt is included in palace admission (£27.20 per adult and £13.60 per child) and is open from 10am–5.30pm between 23 March and 14 April.

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