Let the season commence! Not long now until the Easter holidays. Easter is a little earlier this year with Good Friday on the 29th of March. As always this time of year comes around super quick at Deer’s Glade. So, we’ve outlined some suggestions for things to do in the Easter holidays onsite and nearby.
Not long until we start to welcome back our returning guests and meet new faces for those soon to visit.
We’ve been spending the winter months, performing our annual site maintenance, but this year we’ve been making some even bigger changes to our holiday park. Some of you might already have booked to stay in our new luxury glamping pods complete with hot tubs, or one of our mega pods complete with a new wood-fired hot tub.
For those signed up to enjoy the camping experience, or park up their caravan for the first outing of the springtime, you’ll be pleased to know the first signs of spring are literally popping up all over the park. Even our migrating geese have already returned.
If you are visiting us this Easter holiday we have fun things planned onsite and as always we’ve highlighted below a selection of fun local activities in the area to also enjoy.
Our very own onsite Easter Egg Hunt will be taking place at the holiday park. Enjoy at your leisure. Hunt for Easter Egg letters placed around the site and win a chocolate egg. Locate the strategically placed laminated Easter egg shapes (each including a letter) around the park, solve the word, and win a chocolate Easter egg. The hunt will be held between 10am and 4pm Easter Sunday. All you need to do is visit us at reception and collect an Easter egg hunt sheet. Entry is £2 per person.
Just down the road at Blickling Hall, the Easter fun will also be underway. An Easter trail will be taking place between 28th March through to 14th April 2024. Starting from 10am until 4pm up to the 31st March, and from 10am to 5pm from the 1st April. The final trail of the day will start one hour before closing. Prices are £3 per trail which includes an Easter trail sheet, bunny ears a chocolate egg. The trail takes place in the garden, which features ancient yews, parterre, a lake and a kitchen garden. As well as the trail price, participants will need to pay the normal admission charge with free entry for National Trust members. Take a look to learn more. Blickling Hall is approximately an 11-minute drive from the holiday park.
We love Pensthorpe. A gorgeous Norfolk-based attraction to enjoy for all ages. Explore magical gardens, walk around the trail at the reserve, watch the birds and wildlife in their habitats. Plus for the kids there is an amazing play area both inside and out. This Easter you’ll be able to take part in an ‘egg-stravaganza of giant nests, games and giggles galore’ Enjoy the themed trail from Norfolk’s very own Orchard Toys in the ultimate adventure outdoor playground WildRootz. The Egg Surprise Hunt, is an educational visitor trail, based on the counting concept of Orchard Toys’ Egg Surprise mini-game. The playful bunnies featured in the game will be hidden along the trail. Not Your Nest is another fun-filled event involving a treasure map, giant nests, and a hunt for the giant golden egg! There will also be loads of other activities to pass the time such as crafts and pond dipping. Pensthorpe is roughly a 35-minute drive from the holiday park.
Talking of Orchard Toys… their website provides some lovely free downloads for children’s activities. Print them at home and bring them along for your stay. With our great British weather, you never know when you might need a little extra activity to occupy.
Next, we have the very local Bure Valley Railway. Operating between the 29th of March and the 14th of April, hop on board the Easter Eggspress. Traveling between Aylsham and Wroxham, experience a nostalgic trip by steam on Norfolk’s longest narrow gauge railway which runs between the historic market town of Aylsham and the bustling town of Wroxham, at the heart of the Norfolk Broads. Each child will have the opportunity to claim a FREE Easter Egg on completion of the Easter Stamp Trail. Easter-themed lunch boxes will also be available to purchase from the Whistlestop Cafe. To catch the train from Bure Valley Railway’s train station, the drive is only 11-minutes.
If you’re visiting us this Easter, the timing couldn’t be better. Farmer Graham’s lambing open days at Fellbrigg Hall Farm will be back. We’ve just seen that ‘the girls’ have all been scanned and there will be lambs galore in time for Easter! Doors will open from 10am - 4pm on Friday 29th March, Saturday 30th March, Easter Sunday 31st March, Monday 1st April, Saturday 6th April and Sunday 7th April. The working farm opens to the public during lambing season, with the additional chance to see sheep, cows, goats, and tractors. If you’re lucky, you might have the chance to witness a lamb being born. Follow their facebook page for lambing updates. Felbrigg Hall and its farm are both roughly a 13-minute drive from the holiday park.
Always a guaranteed great day out for all ages is Roarr Dinosaur Adventure. This Easter you’ll be able to join Dippy the dinosaur for Dippy’s choco-saurus egg-stravaganza with golden tickets hidden around the Park! Taking place between the 28th March to 1st April; Dippy, ROARR!’s very own friendly Diplodocus is throwing the doors open to his new Chocolate Factory Sensory Amazing-Maze. If you’ve never egg-sperienced ROARR in Norfolk, it is the UK’s largest dinosaur-themed adventure park with ‘digs to be dug, dinos to discover and adventure around every corner’. ROARR is a little further than most of our other fun-filled local attractions, but well worth the visit. Especially if you have a child crazy about dinosaurs! Approximately 32 minutes by car.
If you’re booking for a hopping time at Deer’s Glade this Easter, don’t forget it’s a busy time of year so don’t leave it too late! As always we’re eggcited to see you.
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