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Easter holiday crafts Stargazing EAST SUSSEX Wed 10 & 17, Thu 11 & 18 Apr Sat 16 Feb 6.30-9.30pm 11am-4pm Learn to navigate the stars with a talk Alfriston Clergy Get crafty this Easter time and take your and viewing with our astronomers. very own creation home. Includes jacket potato and hot drink. House £2.50 Adult £22 Child £12 B 01825 790231 Polegate. BN26 5TL Tel: 01323 871961 Have-a-go archery Half term play ambassadors Weekends & holidays from Sat 6 Apr Mon 18 – Fri 22 Feb 10am-4pm 10.30am-4pm Find our play ambassadors in the garden Spring nature trail Come along and practise your archery for fun things to do during your visit. Sat 6 – Wed 17 Apr 10.30am-4.30pm skills. (Closed Thu & Fri) From £3 Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Self-led nature trail around the garden. Sat 6 Apr to Mon 22 Apr Spring nature trail Photography workshop for beginners Adventure awaits as you become an Tours of the garden Tue 23 Apr – Sun 2 Jun 10am-4pm Fri 10 May 11am–1.30pm intrepid exotic plant hunter. Tue 16 Apr & Tue 14 May Complete our garden nature trail and Capture the stunning landscape of Child £3.50 11.30am-12.30pm claim your prize. Bodiam as we step in to spring. Learn the secrets of this beautiful Trail £2.50 £25 including light lunch. Bluebells and beyond cottage garden with our expert. B 0344 249 1895 Tue 23 & Tue 30 Apr 10am Iron pits and wildflower walk Tour of the woods with historical and Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Fri 26 Apr 10.30am-12.30pm Museum at night natural highlights from our Woodland Be sure to check Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr 10.30am-4.30pm Join our expert ranger on this guided Wed 15 May 6.30-9pm Officer. opening times on the Search around the garden for hidden estate walk. Join us for an exclusive guided tour Adult £6 B 01825 790231 bunnies and claim a chocolate prize. £6.50 B 0344 249 1895 of the castle after hours and 2-course website before you visit. Bat walks Trail £2 meal. £35 B 0344 249 1895 Thu 9 May 8pm & Thu 30 May 8.30pm Clergy, Cuckmere and Confessor Bodiam Castle Detect bats living in our garden and Wed 1 May 10.30am-12.30pm Robertsbridge. TN32 5UA Monk’s House parkland and learn more about them. A fun and insightful walk around the Adult £6 Child £4 B 01825 790231 Tel: 01580 830196 Rodmell, Lewes. BN7 3HF Cuckmere valley including a tour of the Tel: 01273 474760 Spring photography workshops Clergy House. Bombay to Bodiam: Curzon’s journey Adult £5 Child £3 B 01323 871961 Wed 15 & Sat 18 May 9.30am-12.30pm Until Sun 24 Feb 11am-4pm Capture our garden in its spring glory at Learn about Curzon and his role in Open for the season Wednesdays – Sundays from our photography workshops. Includes Bateman’s monument preservation with displays, tea or coffee and cake. talks, family trail and storytelling. Wed 3 Apr – Sun 27 Oct Burwash. TN19 7DS 1-5pm (4.45pm last entry) Adult £25 B 01825 790231 Key Tel: 01435 882302 Valentine’s Dinner This year we are celebrating 100 years Thu 14 & Fri 15 Feb 6-9.30pm since Leonard and Virginia Woolf The South Downs Bateman’s guest book trail Enjoy a glass of bubbly and exclusive purchased Monk’s House, their writing Countryside (East) Half term fun Sat 16 Feb – Sun 3 Mar 10am-3pm after-hours tour of the floodlit castle retreat in the Sussex countryside. Fresh air fun or indoor Birling Gap. BN20 0AB activities for kids. Find out about some of Bateman’s followed by a candlelit 3-course meal. Cadbury’s Easter Egg Hunt Tel: 01323 423197 fascinating visitors on this garden trail £45 B 0344 249 1895 Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr 12.30-5pm Easter events and claim your prize. Trails, quizzes and Cadbury Mother’s Day craft weekend Spot as many eggs as you can to earn a Trail £2.50 Green woodworking at Frog Firle Easter Egg Hunts. Sat 30 & Sun 31 Mar 11am-4pm tasty reward. Sat 16 Feb & Sat 6 Apr 10am-1pm Get green fingered as you decorate a Mother’s Day craft weekend Trail £2 Learn to make a traditional stool using Mother’s Day Sat 30 & Sun 31 Mar 11am-4pm potted plant for mum this Mother’s Day Special treats for your Garden Tour rural woodworking techniques. Decorate your very own potted plant for weekend. mum at these places. Fri 26 Apr 3-4pm £10 B 01323 423197 mum this Mother’s Day weekend. £3 & last Fri of every month £3 Stargazing weekend Dogs welcome Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Find out more about the garden which There may be places at the Sat 23 – Sun 24 Feb (times vary) property where dogs cannot Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Sat 6 Apr – Mon 22 Apr 10am-4pm inspired the Woolfs to buy Monk’s A weekend of stargazing fun and family Discover more about nature at Bodiam go, so please check websites Sat 6 Apr – Mon 22 Apr 10am-4pm House 100 years ago. activities. on this Easter egg hunt then claim your before you travel. Complete our nesting birds themed Various prices per activity hunt and claim your chocolatey prize. chocolatey prize. Twilight Tour Booking essential B Trail £3 Trail £3 Thu 16 & 23 May 7-8.30pm Spring beach clean Some events must be pre- Enjoy an exclusive tour of Monk’s House Sun 3 Mar 1-3pm booked. Book online or use the and experience this Bloomsbury house Join us to clear and survey beach litter phone number given. at dusk. Includes a glass of refreshment at Birling Gap and help manage the Normal admission prices apply in the garden. marine conservation zone. for non-members (plus extra £17.50 B 01273 474760 B 01323 423197 charge if applicable). Booking fee: We are obliged to add Cadburys Easter Egg Hunt Sheffield Park and a booking fee of 5% when booking Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10am-3pm through the box office (0344 249 Garden Follow clues, answer questions and 1895). Sheffield Park. TN22 3QX complete the challenge to win a prize. Family booking: This includes Tel: 01825 790231 Trail £3.50 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children.

Valentine’s supper Please note: We do our best to ensure details are Thu 14 Feb correct at the time of going to press. We sittings at 7 & 7.30pm reserve the right to cancel or change Enjoy a romantic fire-lit, 3-course events if supper in the cosy Oak Hall. Includes a necessary. glass of sparkling wine on arrival. Tickets are non- Adult £30 B 01825 790231 refundable.

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nationaltrust.org.uk/southeast Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10.30am-4pm Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr Seek out the golden letters hidden in Bunny’s friends have gone missing. Find the garden to reveal Nymans’ nature them with map and compass to earn spells and claim your chocolate prize. your chocolate reward. Trail £3 £3 Easter holidays: Inspired by Nature Standen House Mon 8 – Fri 12 & Mon 15 – Thu 18 Apr and Garden 2-4.30pm From leaf crowns to bark rubbing, keep East Grinstead. RH19 4NE your little nature explorers busy with Tel: 01342 323029 guided activities. Donations welcome Connecting with nature walks WEST SUSSEX All year round Petworth House Discover how Standen was built from the landscape in this self-guided walk Nymans and Park around the garden and estate. Handcross. RH17 6EB Petworth. GU28 0AE Tel: 01444 405250 Tel: 01798 342207 Fairytales, fantasies and nightmares: the illustrated world of Arthur Rackham Head Gardener’s Walk Petworth’s Royal Academicians Sat 19 Jan – Sun 31 Mar 11am-3pm Thurs 10 Jan, 7 Feb, 7 Mar, 4 Apr & 9 May Wed 2 Jan – Mon 25 Mar Delve between the covers of Standen’s 11am Marking the 250th anniversary of book collection into the mysterious Take in the highlights of the garden the Royal Academy, discover 10 illustrated world of Arthur Rackham. with our Head Gardener. Tea and coffee masterpieces made by members of the provided. RA who shaped the course of British art. February half-term fun £10 B 01444 405250 Some rooms closed for conservation. Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb Explore the garden on a fantastical Exhibition: ‘The Lost Words’ Prized Possessions children’s trail based on Arthur Humphry Repton at Uppark Sat 19 Jan – Sun 2 Jun 11am-3.30pm Sat 26 Jan – Sun 24 Mar Slindon Estate An exhibition of original artwork from Rackham’s illustrations. Sat 27 Apr – Fri 24 May 10am-4pm Exhibition celebrating the enduring Pick up our special map to discover Slindon. BN18 0RG the book ‘The Lost Words’. A project Child £2 British taste for collecting Dutch Repton’s designs for the garden and Tel: 01243 814730 by writer Robert Macfarlane and artist paintings. Explores how and why this Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt house on this self-led route. Jackie Morris exploring the relationship style of art was designed and displayed. Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr Slindon’s secret bluebells between language and the living world. £12 B 0344 249 1895 Join in the Easter fun with a nature The Great Fire of Uppark Sun 28 Apr 11am-1pm Exhibition organised by Compton Verney. themed trail in the garden. Sat 4 May – Sun 17 Nov 11am-3.30pm Gulliver’s Lost Luggage Discover secret swathes of bluebells on Child £3 Season of commemoration 30 years The Lost Words at Nymans Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb a ranger-led walk on from Uppark’s famous fire. Discover Sat 19 Jan – Sun 2 Jun Inspired by a painting of a scene from Tulip Festival £4 B 01243 814730 what happened on that fateful day from Daily events and activities to strengthen Gullivers Travels, go on an adventure in Mid-Apr & May the people who witnessed the tragedy. Dawn chorus walk and renew your love of nature, inspired the Pleasure Ground spotting Gulliver’s See the colourful spectacle of 10,000 Sat 4 May 5.30-8am by The Lost Words. Take a self-led lost luggage. blooming tulips and other spring Rise before the lark to hear the dawn poetry walk, pick up a nature explorer £1 donation The South Downs flowers as they carpet the terraces and chorus, then warm up with breakfast activity or enjoy a pop-up seasonal talk borders this spring. £8 B 01243 814730 or tour. Countryside (West) Spring photography workshop Slindon Estate Office. The Lost Words: Meet the Artist Thu 2 & Tue 7 May 8am-3pm Tel: 01243 814554 Woolbeding Countryside Sat 19 & Sun 20 Jan 11am-3pm Learn how to capture the spectacle Midhurst. GU29 9RR Artist Jackie Morris joins us in the of 10,000 tulips in Standen’s garden, Devil’s Dyke & Tel: 01730 816638 gallery to share the stories behind the both en-masse and up close. Includes pictures in The Lost Words. Saddlescombe Farm breakfast and a soup lunch. Harting Down star gazing & night hike Adult £55 B 01342 323029 Nr Brighton. BN45 7DE Mon 25 Feb 7-10pm Half-term activities: Tel: 01273 857712 Bird feeders Uppark House and Join us to celebrate the stars as part of Sat 16 Feb – Sun 24 Feb 11am-3pm the South Downs National Park Dark Encourage feathered friends by making Garden Half-term pizza making Skies festival a simple bird feeder for your garden. South Harting. GU31 5QR Fri 22 Feb 10am-1pm & 2-5pm £6 B 01730 816638 Make your own pizza from scratch and £1.50 Petworth House Guided Tours Tel: 01730 825415 Pancakes al fresco Weekdays from Tue 26 Mar bake it in our traditional clay oven. Woodland Walk: Ranger’s Choice Adult £12 Child £6 B 01273 857712 Tue 5 Mar 4.30-5pm excl Bank Holidays Come and join us around a campfire Thu 21 Feb, 21 Mar, 18 Apr & 16 May 11am February half-term trail Free 45-minute guided tours on topics Mother’s Day baking in the woods and make pancakes Guided walks exploring the different Sat 16 Feb – Sun 24 Feb 10am-4pm from the families that called Petworth Sun 31 Mar 10am-1pm & 2-5pm (Everything provided.) wonders of the woods as chosen by the Pick up our family trail this half term and home to behind the scenes exploration Join us to make your own bread or £5 B 01730 816638 people who know them best. explore the garden and meadow. of rooms not normally open. pizzas in a traditional clay oven. B 01444 405250 Trail £1 Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Adult £12 Child £6 B 01273 857712 Mother’s Day craft Sun 21 Apr 11am–3pm Photography Workshops Tessa Boase: The Housekeeper’s Tale Sat 30 – Sun 31 Mar Devil’s Dyke Family fun with egg decorating and Tue 26 Feb, Thu 28 Feb, Fri 15 Mar 6-8pm Drop in and make a gift for mum and Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt rolling, nature trail, egg shy, egg and Thu 9 May & Tue 14 May Join author Tessa Boase to discover the finish it off in a personalised frame while Sat 20 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-3pm spoon race, face painting, crafts. A range of photography workshops to women who really ran some of Britain’s mum relaxes with tea and biscuits. Follow the clues, answer the questions, Trail £3 capture the wonders of nature. Please most prominent households including £5 complete the challenges and win a see website for details. Uppark. chocolate prize Swan Barn Farm B 01444 405250. Costumed Encounters £15 B 0344 249 1895 £3 Meet at Devil’s Dyke car park Haslemere. GU27 2NX Early Morning Birdsong Sat 30 & Sun 31 Mar, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Apr, Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Sat 25 & Sun 26 May Devil’s Dyke Tel: 01428 652359 Mon 1 – Fri 5 Apr 8-10am Sat 6 Apr – Mon 22 Apr 10am-4pm Go ‘below stairs’ in the early 1800s and egg rolling competition A week of early opening to celebrate Woodland animals have come out learn more about Georgian servant life Mon 22 Apr 10.45am-12noon the sounds of spring in the garden. to play this Easter in our garden and Winter wassail from the costumed interpretation team. Bring your own decorated egg, try Enthusiasts will be on hand to help with meadow. Fri 18 Jan 6-9pm your luck at this Easter custom. Best your questions as you listen to morning Trail £2 A traditional evening of singing, cider, birdsong. decorated egg competition too. food, music, games & apples. Food and £1 Meet at Devil’s Dyke car park drink for sale. There’s so Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Sat 20 Apr 10.30am–3pm much more Family fun through fields and woods Spot the clues and collect letters going on at all £3 your favourite places. For a full programme contact the property or see the website.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southeast Hatchlands tree walk Dawn Chorus Walk SURREY Thu 2 May 11am-1pm Sun 19 May 4.30-6.30am Hindhead Common and The Discover Hatchlands’ ancient and Take in the early morning air and enjoy Devil’s Punch Bowl Clandon Park unusual trees on a guided walk with the the sounds of spring with our ranger. Near . GU4 7RQ senior gardener. £6 B 01372 452048 Half term: family history & mystery trail Tel: 01483 222482 Adult £5 B 01483 444334 River Wey Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10am-2pm Leith Hill Place Fact meets fiction on our family trail. House and garden open Navigations & Trail £1 Wed 20 Mar – Sun 3 Nov 10am-5pm Near Dorking. RH5 6LU Explore the ground floor and basement Tel: 01306 711685 Dapdune Wharf Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at Clandon. See the extent of the fire Guildford. GU1 4RR Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr 10am-3pm damage, and find out more about this Fired Earth, Sacred Wilderness Tel: 01483 561389 hugely complex restoration project. Join us for our nature themed Cadbury (Fri-Sun) Fri 29 Mar – Sun 28 Apr Easter Egg Hunt. 11am-5pm NGS daffodils at Clandon Know your trees in winter Trail £3 An exhibition by Clock Tower Studios Sun 13 Jan 11.30am–12.30pm Sun 24 Mar 10am-5pm exploring the natural beauty of Leith Hill Enjoy Clandon’s garden meadow When is a twig not a twig? Learn to Landbarn farm with ceramics and painting. Writ in Water concert as thousands of daffodils burst into identify trees without their leaves with Sat 18 May 8.30-10pm Make a wooden trug/planter bloom. All garden admissions go to the lengthsman, Mandy. Children’s creative painting workshop Magical moon-lit evening at Writ in Fri 12 Apr 10am-4pm National Gardens Scheme. £3 B 01483 561389 Wed 10 & 17 Apr 9.30am-12.30pm Water with the New Singers Includes pizza making in a clay oven. Aimed at 10-16 year olds, this workshop Winter walks on the Navigations: choir. Includes a torch-lit guided walk to £55 B 0344 249 1895 Claremont is inspired by the outdoors, using Millmead and the Chantries Writ in Water art work. natural materials. Sun 20 Jan 11am 5 miles £15 B 0344 249 1895 Leith Hill Landscape Garden £25 per session. B Bridge circular Near Esher. KT10 9JG [email protected] Sun 17 Feb 10.30am 6 miles Rhododendron wood Ripley and roundabout Shalford Mill guided trail Tel: 01372 467436 Folk singing evenings Sun 17 Mar 11am 4-5 miles Guildford. GU4 8BS Every Fri in May 11.30am-12.30pm Wed 10 Apr, 8 May, 5 Jun, 3 Jul Mandy’s walk Tel: 01483 561389 Join our knowledgeable volunteers as Half-term trail: Shapes and Sizes 6-7.30pm Sun 7 Apr 10.30am 5-6 miles they guide you through the wood. Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10.30am-4pm Join London group Morrigan to explore B 01483 561389 Meet the Millers Meet at RH5 6LU Guaranteed fun, come rain or shine. Get the origins of folk songs. Learn some Wed 10 Apr 11am-4pm some fresh air as you discover all things tunes which you can then perform at a Coppice day Guided dawn chorus trail Drop in sessions to mill a muffin mix great and small with our children’s trail. concert with Morrigan later in the year. Sun 10 Feb Sat 18 May 5-7.30am to take and bake at home, workshop Trail £1 B 0344 249 1895 Meet at Broadwater car park 10am-2pm Join us as we guide you to the best Learn about coppicing trees for timber suitable for 7+ yrs places to hear the dawn chorus. Drop-in Crafternoon Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt use and habitat preservation and have a £7 £15 B 0344 249 1895 Tue 19 – Thu 21 Feb 1-3pm Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-4.30pm go. Tools will be provided. Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt A whole afternoon dedicated to creative Pick up a garden themed trail from the Sat 20 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-4pm Outwood Common crafts in our Thatched Cottage. house and explore the grounds to find Wind in the Willows Follow the white rabbit on a £1.50 per craft the clues. Includes a chocolate prize. Wassail night Sat 6 – Thu 18 Apr 11am-5pm wonderland-themed trail and win a Trail £3 Sat 19 Jan meet just before dusk / 4pm Sunrise Spring Equinox celebration Explore the wharf with a Toad, Ratty, chocolate egg. Join our evening of traditional Wassail Wed 20 Mar 5.30-8am Mole and Badger trail. Child £3 merriment. Meeting point: The Bell Inn, Join Jonnie, our wildlife expert to Polesden Lacey Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Gunpowder Walk Outwood Lane, RH1 5PN explore the first signs of spring and Near Dorking. RH5 6BD at Dapdune Wharf celebrate the start of longer days. Sun 28 Apr 10.30am-1.30pm Satnav KT23 4PZ Fri 19 Apr Family Fun Day Meet at the mill for a 6 mile walk up and £10 B 0344 249 1895 Surrey Hills Tel: 01372 452048 Sat 20 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-5pm over the Surrey Hills to the Gunpowder Forest Bathing Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Easter trails include prizes. mills at Chilworth for a guided tour. Sun 14 Apr & Sun 12 May 1-4pm Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10.30am-4pm Final month: Power Play £3 for children’s activities £5 with coffee and croissant Awaken the senses with nature Take on our nature-themed trail around Fri 4 – Thu 31 Jan daily in the house B 01483 561389 Wharf Weenies therapy walks combining mindfulness, the garden. Fun and delicious treats for Learn how Maggie Greville gained so Thu 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 May 10-11am Wednesday walks: Birding walk grounding, natural aromatherapy and all ages, throughout the school holidays. much social power within royal and Story time, fun craft activities and a Wed 8 May 9.30-11.30am short exercises. Trail £3 political circles. chance to run around outside all based Hone your birding skills with our local £20 B 01932 880 712 Spring holiday fun Polesden love stories around children’s stories RSPB group, learning to identify the Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10.30am-4pm Fri 1 – Thu 28 Feb daily in the house. 18months plus £3 B 01483 561389 spring songs at this busy time of year. Winkworth (Crafts Mon 8- Fri 12 Apr) Celebrating love and romance at £3 B 01483 561389 Explore Claremont Landscape Garden Polesden over the years. and Arboretum with a family spring I-spy trail and Godalming. GU8 4AD creative crafts for kids. A sense of style Ankerwycke Tel: 01483 208936 Fri 1 – Thu 28 Feb daily in the house. Near Old Windsor. TW20 0AE Family farm day Past guests and staff are brought to life Tel: 01784 432891 Sat 4 May 10.30am-4pm through Polesden’s costume collection, Have-a-go: Nordic Walking Join us for a family-friendly farm created by the Arts Society. Sat 19 & Mon 21 Jan, Sat 2, & Mon 4 Feb experience. Say hello to cute lambs, Family trail: People’s Landscapes 2-2.45pm Sat 9 – Sun 17 Feb 10am-4pm rabbits and piglets just to name a few. Half-term trail: Polesden pairs Grab your walking boots and join Vicky, Discover the history of Runnymede and a qualified Nordic Walking instructor, Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10.30am-3pm find out about the people who have Our fun half term trail for children aged for a beginners workout in the woods. Hatchlands Park helped shape the landscape. 4 and upwards. £7.65 B 0344 249 1895 Near Guildford. GU4 7RT Trail £1 Child £3 Half-term trail: Tel: 01483 222482 Snowdrop walk Polesden Lacey’s Shapes and Sizes Sun 10 & Sun 17 Feb 11am-12.30pm pop-up conservation studio Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10.30am-4pm Nautical knot trail Tour Ankerwycke’s historic parkland From 1 Mar daily in the house Fun and fresh air as you discover Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10am-4pm and enjoy the spectacular show of Visit our pop-up conservation studio, all things great and small with our Have a go at tying sailing knots on our snowdrops. which has a different focus each month, children’s trail. fun sea-themed trail. Adult £10 Child £5 B 0344 249 1895 to discover what goes on behind the Trail £1 Mother’s Day scenes in the house at Polesden Lacey. Family trail: Tyrannical Tudors Mothering Sunday Sun 31 Mar 10am-5pm Sat 6 – Thu 18 Apr 10am-4pm Ranger walk on the wild side Sun 31 Mar 10am-4.30pm Treat your mum to a day at Hatchlands Find out about ruthless royals and Treat mum to a special day out as the Mons & Weds, 4 Mar – 24 Apr Surrey Hills Park. Mums go free. rebels in Tudor . Arboretum begins to bloom. 11.30am-1pm Trail £1 Various locations Tel: 01372 220644 Mums free (when accompanied bytheir children) Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Explore the wider estate with Polesden’s Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Sat 6 – Tue 23 Apr 10am-5pm rangers on our back stage tour, see how Box Hill Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Fri 19– Mon 22 Apr 10am-4pm Enjoy a nature-themed trail through the we keep our country estate great. Sat 6 - Mon 22 Apr Easter nature trail with a delicious treat. Ancient woodland walk & talk parkland, solve the clues, win a prize. Sign up at reception on the day. 10.30am–4pm Trail £3 Thu 21 Mar 10am-3pm Follow a fun-filled trail around the £3 Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Learn some fascinating facts about the Arboretum and win a delicious treat, Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10am-3pm Bluebell walk ancient trees we have at Box Hill. every day through the school holidays. The animals of Polesden are spring Sun 28 Apr 11am-12.30pm £12 B 0344 249 1895 Trail £3 cleaning. Work out what is recycled Guided tour of Coopers Hill and and upcycled in the woodland to win a discover the ancient woodland carpeted Mother’s Day Family trail: Dragon Nest Quest chocolate prize. with bluebells. charity portrait session Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10.30am–4pm Child £3 Adult £10 Child £5 B 0344 249 1895 Sat 30 Mar 10am-3pm (30 min session) Embark on a daring adventure and With award-winning photographer Morris Dancing follow the clues to discover the dragon’s Spring flower celebration Rachel Thornhill, includes mounted Wed 1 May 5-7am nest that hides among the trees. 24 Apr – 14 May print. Watch the sun rise on the first day of Trail £1 Themed flower arrangements inspired Family £95 May with dancing by Datchet Border by our world class collection of Dutch B rachelthornhill.co.uk/ntboxhill Early morning adventure Old Master paintings, ceramics and Morris. Sun 5 May 5.30-8am maiolica. Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Explore the Arboretum as the sun rises Weds 12.30pm Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr and the birds sing. Breakfast included. See flower arrangers in action and find 10am-3pm £15 B 0344 249 1895 out how they create their beautiful Join us for our nature themed Cadbury displays. Easter egg hunt. Trail £3

nationaltrust.org.uk/southeast KENT Ranger roams Wed 23 Jan, 6 Mar, 24 Apr & 1 May Smallhythe Place 10.30am Near Tenterden. TN30 7NG Chartwell Themed walks with rangers including Tel: 01580 762334 Westerham. TN16 1PS history, coppicing and bluebells. Tel: 01732 868381 £5 B 01732 810378 Kent Wildlife Trust Photography Snowdrop season Exhibition Outdoor contemporary art: Who was Feb 10am-3.30pm Wed 6 Mar – Sun 31 Mar 11am-5pm Winston Churchill? More than 5000 snowdrops have been An exhibition of 12 winning Sat 12 Jan – Sun 24 Feb daily 10am-4pm planted in the garden for this season. photographs celebrating Kent’s wildlife. New winter outdoor trail designed by an artist. Learn more about the private Half term family fun Exhibition: man behind the public figure. Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10am-3.30pm The Gift of Smallhythe Place Trail £1 Follow our hibernation trail in the Wed 3 Apr – Sun 27 Oct 11am-5pm garden and explore the estate with our 2019 celebrates the 90th anniversary Interested in volunteering? downloadable activity pack. of the creation of the museum and 80 Wed 16 Jan & Sat 9 Feb 10am-12noon years since it was bequeathed to the Drop into one of our information Make mum’s day by Edith Craig. sessions in the cafe. Find out all about Sun 31 Mar 11am-3.30pm the volunteer roles we have available. Make Mum feel special with a hand- Family theatre: made gift. Pamper her with a hand Snow White, Red Rose & Brown Bear Family trail: massage in the shop, or a cream tea in Fri 12 Apr 1pm Who was Winston Churchill? the café. A brand new show from Theatre of Sat 9 – Sun 24 Feb daily 10am-4pm Widdershins, with puppets, music and a Discover weird and wonderful stories Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt fantastical fairytale forest (ages 4+). about the man who made Chartwell Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10am-4.30pm £8 B 01580 762334 famous. This half-term trail will reveal Can you successfully complete our Guided walks: Spring and bluebells the man behind the cigar. nature trail to earn your chocolate prize? Sat 27 Apr & Sat 4 May 2-4pm Scotney Castle Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Trail £3 Discover the joys of spring with Lamberhurst. TN3 8JN Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-4pm Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt beautiful views over the Weald on this Tel: 01892 893820 Spring into spring, explore the nature Sat 6 Apr – Mon 22 Apr 10am-4pm Knole family walk. trail and claim your chocolatey prize. Follow the adventures of Randolph Sevenoaks. TN13 1HU £2 donation Orchard tree planting Trail £3 the Rabbit around the garden and Sat 16 – Fri 22 Feb 11.30am & 2pm woodland to claim your prize. Tel: 01732 462100 Archaeology lecture Theatre: Jane Eyre Join the rangers for tree planting and a Trail £3 Tue 30 Apr 7-8pm Sat 18 & Sun 19 May 7.30pm short talk on the history of the orchard. Guided walk: New Year’s Day Spend the evening with Knole’s curator A dramatisation of Charlotte Brontë’s £5 per tree Tue 1 Jan 2-3pm and archaeologist as they reflect on celebrated novel, performed by Walk off all those festive treats on a recent discoveries. Wine reception at Half-term family fun Hotbuckle Productions. guided walk in Knole Park. 6.15pm. Sat 16 – Sun 24 Feb 10am-5pm £14 B 01580 762334 £2 donation Adult £7.50 B 0344 249 1895 Take part in our children’s half-term activities or start ticking off your 50 Up Close with Knole’s conservators White Cliffs of Dover things to do before you’re 11 ¾ list. Wed 30 Jan & Wed 27 Feb Quebec House and South Foreland Westerham. TN16 TD 12noon-1pm & 2-3pm Walled garden Wednesdays Lighthouse Meet our experts in the conservation Tel: 01732 868381 Wed from 3 Apr 2-3pm studio and find out how they are caring Fortnightly talks and demonstrations Near Dover. CT15 5NA for Knole’s collection. Mrs Wolfe’s recipes from our garden team on planting, Tel: 01304 207326 Every Sun & Bank Holiday Mon 1-4pm growing and maintaining your garden. Workshop: Ceramic bird feeder Taste some of Mrs Wolfe’s eighteenth Plant Fair Tue 19 & Wed 20 Feb 10.30am-12noon century recipes such as lemon drops, Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Sat 11 & Sun 12 May 10-4pm Decorate your own ceramic bird feeder King or Queen cakes or macaroons. Sat 6 – Sun 21 Apr 10am-4pm and spring bird with colourful paints. Our 18th annual Plant Fair promises Join our Children of Scotney bird egg to be the best yet, with thousands Ages 5-11. Guided house tours hunt in the garden and claim your of plants grown by our dedicated Child £9 B 0344 249 1895 Daily Wed – Sun 12noon & 12.30pm Cadbury chocolate prize. volunteers. Discover the stories behind Quebec Workshop: Gelli printing for beginners Trail £3 Car parking charges apply House and its famous occupant. Tickets Knole Thu 21 Feb 10.30am-1pm available from 11am in the Coach House. Signs of spring estate walk Be inspired by spring and use a flexible Sat 27 Apr – Fri 3 May 11.30am & 2pm gelli printing plate to layer colours and Interested in volunteering? Discover bluebells, primroses, wood experiment with different designs and Emmetts Garden Tue 19 Feb 10am-12noon anemones and early orchids. Spot trees textures. Age 12+ Sevenoaks. TN14 6BA Drop into our information session in the breaking into bud and look out for the £19.50 B 0344 249 1895 Tel: 01732 868381 coach house. Find out about the many early butterflies in spring sunshine. Workshop: Modern calligraphy for volunteer roles we have available. beginners Monkey-puzzle trail With map and musket Sissinghurst Castle Sat 23 Feb 10.30am-1pm Sat 16 Feb – Sun 24 Feb 10am-4pm Sat 9 Mar, 13 Apr & 11 May 1-4pm Look out for all the monkeys climbing Join expert Judy Broad to develop your Garden own unique modern lettering style. Find out how the map makers played Nr Cranbrook. TN17 2AB on their favourite trees around the a key role in the Quebec campaign Learn the fundamentals of modern Tel: 01580 710700 garden at half term. including a handling collection. Trail £1 calligraphy and how to use a dip pen. Adult £65 B 0344 249 1895 Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt: Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Fri 19 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-3.30pm Tree Top Trumps trail Guided walks: Monumental trees Fri 19 Apr – Mon 22 Apr 11am-4pm Sat 23 Feb 2-3pm Have a go at completing our busy bee Take a stroll through the estate on Get in touch Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 10am-4pm our nature themed hunt to earn your Find Lubbock the lamb’s favourite trees Explore Knole Park and learn about the trail. Collect a Cadbury chocolatey prize chocolatey prize. We love to hear what you and play tree Top Trumps along the way. ancient and majestic trees spread across at the end. Trail £3 Trail £3 the landscape. Trail £2 think of this newsletter. Bluebell and wildflower walks Please let us know by Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt Fri 26 Apr 2pm & emailing: LSE.customer Ightham Mote Sat 6 – Mon 22 Apr 11am-3pm Near Sevenoaks. TN15 0NT Sun 28 Apr 10.30am & 2pm enquiries@national Follow the spring trail, solve the clues Guided walk with our ranger to see the Tel: 01732 810378 and claim your chocolate prize. wild flowers, followed by a cream tea in trust.org.uk Child £3 the restaurant. or write to us at: Roast and ramble Guided walks: Bat spotting £12.50 National Trust Sun 20 & 27 Jan & 3 Feb 11am Chilterns Hub Join family and friends for a stroll Fri 12 & Sat 13 Apr 7.30-9.15pm Set off on a dusk walk with detectors Prospect House around the estate, finishing off with a to find and learn about Knole’s resident Crendon Street hearty roast in the Mote Café. bats. Includes refreshments. High Wycombe £22.50 B 01732 811314 £10 B 0344 249 1895 HP13 6LS You can also follow us on Twitter @southeastnt or find us on Facebook at There’s so much more going on National Trust London at all your favourite places. and South East

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