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Discover the cold war secrets hidden up Get creative with the mud pie kitchen and Family scrub bash at , February half term: trail & seed planting on Nare Head. Join tours by local expert challenge yourself to other ‘50 things to do near Polzeath Sun 16 - Thu 20 Feb & Sun 23 Feb Lawrence Holmes and hear what went on before you’re 11¾’ activities. Wed 19 Feb, 10am-3pm 10.30am-5pm in a nuclear bunker and the neighbouring This half term, can you lend us a hand cutting Nature-inspired fun fitness trail, plus free seed starfish bunker. Lanhydrock down gorse and blackthorn and burning it on planting: pot up some seeds, take them home Booking essential 01872 278234 Near PL30 5AD the bonfire? We’ll cook you up a jacket spud and grow butterfly and bee-friendly flowers. (please note: volunteer’s landline) for lunch and toast marshmallows as a thank £5 Volunteer drop-in day you for your efforts. Tickled pink in March Sat 8 Feb, 11am-3pm Booking essential 01208 863821 Daily in Mar (weather permitting), West Cornwall coast Could you help bring Lanhydrock’s stories 10.30am-5pm and countryside to life? Do you have a few spare hours you Build a bird box at Boscastle March means magnolias and we’ll help you could invest in the plant nursery? Come Tue 7 Apr, 10am-3pm find the best places to sit and admire their Mayon Lookout: wildlife watch point along to a volunteer drop-in day at the Why not join the rangers to build a nest box huge pink waxy blooms. A great outing for Sun 1 Mar - Sun 31 May, 10am-4pm reception building for a coffee and a chat to to take home? Perfect for your garden or mum on Mother’s Day. The refurbished coastguard watch point find out more. school playground, a nest box will attract sitting on Mayon Cliffs is great for spotting wildlife and provide plenty of opportunity May half term: make some art wildlife. Borrow some binoculars to spot Brilliant birds half-term trail for nature spotting. Sun 24 - Thu 28 & Sun 31 May 10.30am-5pm birds, butterflies, seals and even some Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 10am-4pm £5 Make fallen flower kebabs with the brightly- playful dolphins out in the wild Atlantic. Come and explore the Lanhydrock garden coloured flowers and leaves you find on the in winter, the perfect time to learn all about Holywell beach clean ground, then join others in ‘planting’ your Buzzing bees the feathered residents and tick off some of Wed 27 May, 10am-12 noon kebab to form an art installation. Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr & Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, your ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾.’ Do you hate the thought of beach waste 11am-3pm polluting the ocean and countryside? Why Trerice Visit to buzz around the Ranger day: ‘50 things to do before not join the rangers for a couple of hours, TR8 4PG wildflower meadows searching for the you’re 11¾’ litter picking on the beach at Holywell? hidden bee posts to learn about the rare Sun 16 Feb, 10am-3.30pm World Book Day bees that call this special place home. Family fun with the ranger team exploring Old Post Office Sat 7 & Sun 8 Mar, 10.30am-5pm the estate, helping to care for wildlife and Tintagel PL34 0DB Celebrate books and visit over the weekend Cliffs full of colour along the Tin Coast getting creative in the outdoors. Wear sturdy for activities and storytelling. There will Mon 11 - Sun 24 May, dawn-dusk footwear and warm clothing. Cloam oven baking also be a selection of World Book Day titles You don’t have to go to the woods to see Mon 17 - Fri 21 Feb, see web available from the shop. bluebells. Between Botallack and Kenidjack Estate guided walks See and smell the Cornish treats baking in Head the cliffs are a haze of bluebells and Thu 20 Feb, 19 Mar & weekly the Victorian cloam oven. See website for Tudor costume days other wild flowers. from 2 Apr, 2-3pm times and dates of lightings. Mon 13 Apr & 25 May, 11am-1pm & 2-4pm Shake off the cobwebs and join the expert Step back in time and dress up with the Guided dusk run estate guides for an immersive walk through Rag rug workshop Trerice Costume Group. They’ll be opening See web for dates and times history. Warm clothing and sturdy footwear Wed 1 Apr, 11am-3pm up their wardrobes packed to the brim with A gentle-paced trail run in the essential. Meet outside Park Café. Easter-themed rag rugging drop-in workshop Tudor dresses, ruffs and doublets suitable countryside at the Tin Coast, Mayon with the team of rag rug volunteers. for the whole family. Cliffs and Godolphin, with head torches Ranger day: cut and burn £3.50 (includes materials) and a run leader guiding the way, Sun 15 Mar, 10am-3.30pm Dinner and jazz evenings followed by refreshments. Join the rangers for a day cutting and Flower festival Fri 17 Apr & 29 May, 7.30-10pm Booking essential 01736 761015 burning rhododendron to help clear the Mon 4 - Sun 17 May, 10.30am-5pm Visit on a spring evening to enjoy local jazz £10 (includes cake and hot drink) invasive species from the woodland. No Experience the sense of spring, through the quartet Melange and a two-course meal in bonfire is complete without marshmallows, array of flowers on display in the house and the barn restaurant. so these will be provided. Wear sturdy garden. Join us on Sun 10 May to make a Booking essential 0844 249 1895 DEVON footwear and warm clothing. posy (material charges apply). £28 Booking advisable 0344 249 1895 Help a plant grow Family archery A la Ronde Bluebell walk and one pot lunch Sat 23 - Sun 31 May Fri 8 May, 11am-3pm Near Exmouth EX8 5BD Sun 26 Apr, 10am-1pm Families can create a mini container garden Are you up to the challenge of defending A chance to explore the beautiful bluebells and complete one of the ‘50 things to do Trerice? Only a proven marksman (or Grand opening on the Lanhydrock estate with the ranger before you’re 11¾.’ woman) will do. Using Archery GB’s family Sat 1 Feb, 11-11.30am team, followed by a seasonal lunch in the £1 (incudes materials) friendly ‘arrows’ kits have a go at archery in Join the property team and volunteers as restaurant. Date subject to change due to the mowhay. A la Ronde celebrates the opening of the bluebell season. Trelissick doors to the house for 2020. Booking essential 0344 249 1895 Near TR3 6QL May half term Adult £12, child £7 Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 10.30am-5pm Outdoor exhibition: kokedama forest Spring children’s trail As spring leads to summer and the days get Daily, Sat 1 - Sat 29 Feb, 10.30am-5pm Ranger day: bat patrol Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 10am-5pm longer, explore the garden at Trerice with Look up in the orchard as spring flowers Fri 8 May, 8.45-10.30pm Spring is around the corner and colour is a trail, activities and storytelling scheduled hang from the trees, planted in the Japanese An evening walk with the ranger team, beginning to emerge from the winter garden. throughout the week. kokedama flower art form. where you can discover some of the bat Can you spot the signs of spring around the species that live at Lanhydrock. Bring warm garden in the February half-term trail? South Cornwall coast Winter wandering trail clothing, sturdy footwear and a torch. and countryside Daily, Sat 1 Feb - Sat 28 March, Booking essential, 0344 249 1895 125th anniversary of the National Trust 10.30am-4.30pm Adult £6, child £3 Daily from Sat 14 Mar, 11am-5pm Hemmick beach cleans Explore the estate at A la Ronde and have a The talented members of the Cornwall Sat 1 Feb, 7 Mar, 4 Apr & 2 May, 10-11am go at the craft activities at each trail stop. Levant Mine & Beam Engine Craft Association present their work in an Can you spare half an hour or so to help keep £2 per trail Near St. Just TR19 7SX exhibition of uniquely personal art, exploring Hemmick beach looking beautiful, and safer the significance of the special places the for wildlife? We’ll provide all the equipment. World Book Day Engine steaming National Trust looks after in Cornwall. No need to book, just meet on the beach Thu 5 Mar, 10.30am-5.30pm Daily, Mar - May, every 15 minutes, The team at A la Ronde will be getting dressed 11am-4pm (subject to availability) Daffodil weekend Roseland Community beach cleans up to celebrate World Book Day. Explore the Experience the thrilling sounds and smells of Sat 21 & Sun 22 Mar, 10am-5pm Mon 3 Feb, 2 Mar, 6 Apr & 4 May, pre-loved book shop and use your World Book the mighty 1840’s Beam Engine, which is still At the annual daffodil weekend see the Porthcurnick 10am, Pendower 2pm Day tokens throughout March. powered by steam. stables bursting with colour as daffodils Soak up fantastic views and fresh air whilst are displayed by some of Cornwall’s finest helping to keep this beautiful beach clean. Arlington Court and the Underground visits breeders and growers. We’ll provide all the equipment. National Trust Daily, Mar - May, check on arrival for times No need to book, just meet on the beach Carriage Museum Join a guided tour and walk in the miners’ Mother’s Day planting Near Barnstaple EX31 4LP footsteps as you enter the Man Engine Tunnel, Sun 22 Mar, 12 noon-3pm unearthed and head 10 metres below the surface. Looking for a special gift to give your mum Sun 5 Apr & 10 May, tours: 11am-12.30pm Brilliant bird trail this Mother’s Day? Decorate your own pot & 1.30-3pm Sat 15 Feb - Sun 1 Mar, 10.30am-4pm Lizard and Penrose and plant a beautiful flower together. Hear the stories of how this off-the-beaten- Find out more about the birds that live at £3.50 track place played its part in defending Arlington on a trail through the estate to Spring flowers on our shores. claim your prize. Tue 12 May, 10am-12 noon ‘50 things’ half term Booking essential 01872 501062 £1 per trail A guided botanical walk along the cliffs Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 10am-5pm Suggested donation £5 at Kynance Cove. See some of the unique Calling families to join us in the garden Volunteer recruitment drop-ins coastal and heath species, for which this during May half term to take part in the Tue 10 & Sat 14 Mar, 11am-1pm area is famous. ‘50 things’ trail and complete some of the Pop in for a chat, meet the team and find out £3 ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’ activities. what volunteer roles you could get involved with at Arlington Court in 2020.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Blooming spring trail Motorcycle day Family forest school Sat 28 Mar - Thu 9 Apr & Tue 14 - Sun 19 Coleton Fishacre Sat 16 May, 11am-4pm Sun 26 Apr & 31 May, 11am-3pm Apr, 10.30am-4pm Kingswear TQ6 0EQ An astounding array of motorcycles Kids can get into nature with activities Pick up a trail and discover the spring from throughout the ages to the modern such as wild art, campfire cooking and blooms in the garden, look out for clues Nature’s builders trail day on display on Foundry Meadow. woodland crafts. along the way to claim your prize. Daily, Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb & Sat 23 - Sun 31 All motorcycles welcome. £1 per trail May, 10.30am-5pm National Mills Weekend This half term, follow the trail to find Greenway Sat 9 & Sun 10 May, 1-5pm Spring lamb talks out which animals live in the garden and Near Brixham TQ5 0ES Clyston Mill is a hidden piece of history Sat 4 - Mon 13 Apr, 3-3.30pm discover how they build their homes. *Pre-booked parking essential waiting to be discovered. Celebrate National Meet a new flock of spring lambs at a talk by Mills weekend with free entry to one of one of the local farmers. Mini talk on the architecture of Coleton Travelling trees trail* ’s last remaining working watermills. Donations welcome Fishacre house Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 10.30am-5pm Free admission Tue & Fri, 18, 21, 25 & 28 Feb, 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, This half term explore Greenway’s trees from Wet plate photography workshops 20, & 24 Mar, 3-3.15pm over the seas and delve into the history of Classic car day Sat 25 Apr & 16 May, 10am-5pm Find out about the architectural features of the garden. Sun 17 May, 10am-5pm Join local photographer Stephen Raff for Coleton Fishacre and how this tells the story Pit stop at Killerton and admire hundreds a workshop on how to take photographs of this 1920s house. Countryside walk with a ranger* of rare and unique classic cars on display the old-fashioned way. Using traditional Fri 21 Feb, Thu 19 Mar, Fri 24 Apr, in the historic parkland. Soak up the techniques, you’ll be able to produce glass Wild Wednesdays & Thu 21 May, 11.30am-1pm atmosphere, browse craft stalls and tuck plate photographs to take home. Wed 19 Feb & 27 May 2-4pm Explore Greenway garden and the wider into delicious food. Booking essential 0844 249 1895 Come to Wild Wednesdays as the ranger estate in the company of a countryside £150 team lead ‘50 things to do before you’re ranger and find out about the work that the Flora and fauna nature trail 11¾’ activities in the garden. team does to care for this special place. Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 11am-4pm Poetry trail With a beautiful garden and acres of Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 10.30am-4pm Mini walk and talk on landscape design Greenway spring festival* parkland, Killerton is home to many different Look out for inspiration in the garden at Wed, 19 & 26 Feb, 4, 11, 18 & 25 Mar, Sat 21 - Sun 29 Mar, 10.30am-5pm species of wildlife. Wander the winding Arlington Court, follow the trail and create 2-2.15pm Help to celebrate the arrival of spring at pathways and explore off the beaten track to your own poetry. Find out about the landscaping design of Greenway with a festival of walks and talks. see what you’ll discover. £1 per trail the garden on a 15 minute walk and talk with See web for prices the garden team. Knightshayes Buckland Abbey Spring garden cocktail bar Near Tiverton EX16 7RQ Yelverton PL20 6EY Countryside walks with a ranger Fri 27 Mar, 5-7pm Thu 20 Feb, Fri 20 Mar, Thu 23 Apr, Fri 22 Take a guided walk around Greenway’s A different side to the family home February half-term fun May, 11.30am-2pm spring garden after hours, followed by house tours Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 11am-4.30pm Explore the rugged stretch of coastline in cocktails in the Vinery. Mon - Fri, 2 Jan - 14 Feb & 24 - 28 Feb, There’s so much for all the family to enjoy the company of a countryside ranger and Booking essential 01803 842382 11am, 12.15pm, 1.30pm & 2.45pm this half term at Buckland Abbey. From find out about the work the team does to £10 Find out about a different side to Knightshayes crafts to trails, walks to dressing up, it’s a care for this special place. including the changes made when the National great place for an adventure. Days out at Greenway by canoe Trust began caring for it, and the work that £1 per trail 125 ways to fundraise with us open days Thu 2 Apr & 28 May, 9.30am-4pm goes on behind the scenes in the house. Mon 2 Mar, 6 Apr, 4 May, drop in 11am-4pm Explore the river Dart by canoe with Heatree Bookable on arrival in Visitor Reception Volunteer recruitment weekend 2020 is the 125th anniversary of the National Activity Centre. Starting and finishing at Sat 29 Feb - Sun 1 Mar, 11.30am-2.30pm Trust. We’ve pledged to raise £125,000 for Dittisham, learn new skills on the river with Tremendous trees trail Have you ever wanted to start volunteering, special projects, so why not drop in and see a rest break at Greenway. Canoe equipment Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 10am-4pm but weren’t sure where to begin? This is a great how you can become a fundraiser? and instructor provided. Trees give us lots of clues when it comes to opportunity to find out; drop in to discover Booking essential 01803 842382 identifying them during the colder months. how volunteers make Buckland so special. Scabbacombe beach clean £35 Join us this half term to find out what to Sat 28 Mar, 10am-12 noon look for. Mother’s Day Can you help clear litter and plastic from Laura’s appointment with Petra: 125km £1.50 per trail (includes prize) Sun 22 Mar, 11am-4.30pm the coastline? You can join the countryside charity trek* Why not treat your mum to a special day out rangers as they lead a beach clean on Sat 2 May, 3-4pm Seed swap at Buckland this year? Spend some precious Scabbacombe beach. Volunteer Officer Laura followed in Agatha Sat 14 Mar, 11am-2pm time together as a family and create a unique Christie’s shoes and trekked 125km through Bring along your surplus seeds to swap with gift for mum in the school room. All that jazz pop-up dance workshop Jordan to ancient Petra as part of the 125th other local gardeners and pick up some Wed 29 & Thu 30 April, 11-11.30am & anniversary of the National Trust fundraising seeds from Knightshayes’s collection of May half-term fun 12 noon-12.30pm campaign. She’ll share her experiences in heritage vegetable and flower varieties to Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 11am-4.30pm Put your best foot forward to celebrate this exciting talk in the Walled Garden. add to your own gardens. There’s lots of fun to be had at Buckland this International Dance and International Jazz half-term, from trails to crafts and much more. Day by learning to Charleston in the Saloon. ‘I am the seed that grew the tree’* Batty about bats trail £1 per trail Fri 8 May - Sun 14 Jun, 10.30am-5pm Sat 28 Mar - Thu 9 Apr & Tue 14 - Sun 19 Apr, National Walking Month: a week of walks Get closer to nature with an outdoor poetry 10am-4pm Castle Drogo Mon 4 - Sun 10 May, see web for times exhibition of the book ‘I Am the Seed That Sort the fact from fiction when it comes to Dartmoor EX6 6PB To celebrate National Walking Month there’ll Grew the Tree’ and family trail to explore the these elusive little creatures. be a week of walks in the English Riviera. poems together. £2 per trail (includes prize) Helping nature trail From countryside rambles to garden tours, Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 11am-4pm wellbeing focused or specialist themes, Dawn chorus How does the garden grow trail Explore the grounds and learn new ways to there’ll be a walk for everyone. Sat 9 May, 4.15am-8am Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 10am-4pm help look after nature. Hear the early morning bird song and take a Tick off adventure number 41 of the ‘50 East Devon coast walk on the Greenway estate with one of the things to do before you’re 11¾’ by finding Wild tribe and countryside countryside rangers, followed by breakfast. out how the garden grows and everything Sun 16 Feb & Sun 19 Apr, 11am-3pm Booking essential 01803 842382 needed to make your own garden flourish. Join the ranger team for bushcraft activities Apple tree pruning in the £15 (includes hot breakfast rolls) £1.50 per trail (includes prize) for children aged 5-12. Old Bakery Orchard Wed 5 Feb, 10am-3pm Killerton Craft: help a plant grow New beginnings trail Help give the trees at Branscombe a trim Near Exeter EX5 3LE Tue 26 - Thu 28 May, 2-4pm Sat 28 Mar - Thu 9 Apr, 11am-4pm and learn about how pruning keeps them Planting starts small. Learn about what Families can follow the trail around the healthy, improving their productivity and ‘Active Minds and Busy Bodies’ you can plant, where, and when, and take grounds finding out about new life emerging in making sure the branches are balanced. Daily until 1 Nov, 11am-5pm home your own planted seed for your nature, from insects to animals. Booking essential 01752 346585 This year’s fashion exhibition will be garden at home. exploring the activities that were developed £2 per craft Crafty castle capers Apple tree pruning in the from the boredom of country house living, Tue 31 Mar, 7 Apr & 26 May, 11am-4pm Millennium Orchard through iconic items from Killerton’s historic Lydford Gorge Get your hands dirty by joining in a variety of Wed 12 Feb, 10am-3pm fashion collection. Near Tavistock EX20 4BH fun filled craft activities. Pick up your loppers and secateurs and help £1-£2 per activity the rangers care for the fruit trees growing Tree tales garden trail Fun with fire in this orchard at Branscombe. Sat 15 - Sun 23 Feb, 11am-4pm Tue 18 Feb & Sat 14 Mar, 12 noon-2pm Volunteer taster days Booking essential 01752 346585 Winter is coming to an end and the garden Light a fire without matches, then mix up Mon 27 Apr - Sun 3 May, 10.30am-2.30pm is springing back to life. Get to know the some tasty dough to cook on a stick over Be part of Castle Drogo’s story as it starts Dawn chorus walk mighty trees in Killerton’s garden as you the campfire. a new chapter after seven years of building Sun 3 May, 5.30-8am follow the half-term trail. £2.50 work. Come along to give volunteering a try Rise early and take a morning stroll through in a role which interests you. the countryside with the rangers to Memory snowdrop weekend Apple pruning Booking essential online celebrate nature’s greatest symphony. Sat 7 & Sun 8 Mar, 11am-4pm Sat 22 Feb, 10.30am-12.30pm Booking essential 01752 346585 Plant a lasting memory for someone special. Join the rangers for a hands-on morning Buzzing about bees trail Each year with your help the gardeners in the orchard to learn the art of pruning Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 11am-4pm Finch Foundry create a spectacular display of snowdrops in apple trees. Follow Drogo’s resident bees around the Near Okehampton EX20 2NW the chapel grounds. Booking essential 01822 820320 grounds visiting plants and places they like £1 donation per bunch the best. Classic car day Sat 25 Apr, 11am-4pm Amazing cars of all ages. With so many on show you’re sure to see something new, bold or beautiful. If you’d like to bring along your classic, please get in touch.

nationaltrust.org.uk/southwest Spring wild kitchen Introductory house tours Grand reopening of the restored Sat 25 Apr, 11am-2pm Overbeck’s Daily from Sun 1 Mar, 11-11.30am orange grove One of four seasonal events throughout Sharpitor TQ8 8LW & 11.30am-12 noon Tue 19 - Sat 23 May, 10am-5pm the year. Forage for wild garlic and seasonal Discover the world of the Parker family and Enjoy the spirit of Chelsea closer to home at edibles on a 45 minute ranger-led walk. A taste of Japan how they developed a Georgian treasure. Saltram’s very own show garden. Then cook a fresh pasta and pesto lunch Daily from Sat 8 Feb, 11am-5pm Bookable on arrival in the welcome centre over the camp fire. A new self-led tour highlighting the May half-term fun Booking essential 0844 249 1895 fascinating plants that have been introduced Spring garden trail Sat 23 - Sun 31 May, 10am-5pm £16 from Japan. New interpretation and displays Sun 1 - Fri 27 Mar, 10am-5pm This half term why not pick up a ‘50 things feature the horticultural techniques and Celebrate the very best of spring in Saltram to do before you’re 11¾’ booklet and get North Devon coast tools used. ‘Cloud pruning’ demonstrations garden with a brand-new trail. going on your tick list? and countryside at selected times. Pick up a trail from the welcome centre

Family bash and burn Afternoon tea and tasty treats Garden tours South Devon coast Thu 20 Feb, 11am-3pm Fri 14 Feb & Sun 22 Mar, 11am-4.30pm Every Wed from 4 Mar, 11am-12 noon and countryside The whole family can help to cut and Take a seat in the old billiard room or on the Join one of the friendly and knowledgeable burn gorse bushes at Mortehoe this half terrace overlooking the Salcombe Estuary, garden team to find out what it takes to Tree planting at South Down Farm term. Tools and training provided. Meet at to indulge in a mouth-watering selection of keep the garden looking at its best. Fri 21 Feb, 2-4pm Mortehoe car park EX34 7DT. local food. How often do you get to do something Suitable for children aged 5+ Booking essential 01548 845014 Dazzling daffodils which will last for hundreds of years? Come Various prices: see web Sun 1 Mar - Thu 30 Apr, 10am-5pm and help the rangers plant some trees in Family walling day With over ninety daffodil varieties planted at areas around South Down Farm. Thu 25 May, 11am-3pm Easter family garden trail Saltram, now is the perfect time to see them Booking essential 01752 346585 Help the Mortehoe ranger team to rebuild Mon 30 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-4.30pm in all their glory. the drystone walls. Suitable for all the To claim a palm tree seedling, budding plant Big Day Out on the Farm at East Soar family, tools and tuition provided. Meet at hunters can explore the garden to complete Trust10 trail run Sun 19 Apr, 11am-3pm Mortehoe carpark, EX34 7DT. the flora trail. Sun 22 Mar, 26 Apr & 24 May, 9-11am Meet the animals, explore East Soar’s ponds Child £3 A free, relaxed and friendly 10k run around and meadows and go on a hunt for bugs; Saltram park. This marked and marshalled just some of the activities planned for this Saltram course is held on the fourth Sunday of joint event with the AONB. Near Plymouth PL7 1UH every month. Spring clean South Milton Beach Celebrating a Georgian treasure Wed 22 Apr, 11am-12 noon Daily from Sun 1 Mar, 10am-5pm Get hands-on, helping to care for special This year you can experience the house places, by joining the rangers to give this a little differently. Showcasing the true beautiful sandy beach a springtime clean. treasures of its collection, Saltram will be presented in all its Georgian glory.

Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts

Bring the whole family together for fun Holywell Baggy Point and nature-filled discoveries as you spot Sun 12 Apr, 10.30am-3pm Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 10am-4pm the first signs of spring at the places we Learn more about the coast on the Cadbury Get closer to nature by following this ‘50 care for. Follow bunny’s clues and finish Easter Egg Hunt on this sandy beach things to do before you’re 11¾’ themed hunt your adventure with a delicious, between Newquay and Perranporth. out to Baggy Point. Cadbury chocolate treat. £2.50 Collect your map from the car park kiosk Cadbury Easter Egg Hunts while £2.50 stocks last. Lanhydrock Sat 28 Mar - Tue 14 Apr, 10am-4pm Buckland Abbey Heddon Valley Discover the Victorian obsession with all Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 10am-4pm Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-3pm CORNWALL things creepy crawly and meet some of the Get ready for lots of fun and discovery as Follow Ranger Dan’s trail through Heddon to minibeasts who make Lanhydrock their you spot the first signs of spring at discover more about its wildlife and nature. home today. Buckland Abbey. Start at the National Trust shop and head Antony £3 £2 along the river. Wed 1 - Thu 2, Tue 7 - Fri 10 & Sun 12 - £2.50 Mon 13 Apr, 12 noon-4.30pm Tintagel Old Post Office Castle Drogo Follow the clues in the hunt around Fri 10 - Mon 13 April, 10.30am-5pm Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 10am-4.30pm Killerton the garden. Explore the house to crack open clues. Follow the journey of a seed through the Sat 28 Mar - Sun 19 Apr, 10am-4pm £2.50 £2.50 grounds to claim your Cadbury prize. Follow the fun hunt around the outdoors. £2.50 On your way round, explore winding paths Boscastle Trelissick to find the Bear’s Hut, ice house and Chapel. Fri 10 - Sun 12 Apr, 11am-3pm Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 10am-4pm Coleton Fishacre £2.50 Find out about the nature you can find The spring garden is full of clues to find and Thu 26 Mar - Sun 12 Apr, 10.30am-4pm at Boscastle, by following clues around puzzles to solve. It’s time to put on your Follow the minibeast eggs around the Knightshayes the harbour. explorer’s hat and get closer to nature. garden to claim your prize. Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 10am-4pm £2.50 £3 £2.50 Complete the trail to find out more about the bats you can see at Knightshayes. Botallack Trengwainton Garden Compton Castle £2.50 Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-4pm Sun 29 Mar - Thu 2 Apr, Sun 5 - Fri 10 Apr, Tue - Thu, 1 - 16 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Explore Botallack’s wild cliffs and learn & Sun 12 - Mon 13 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Squirrels like acorns for an Easter treat. Lydford Gorge about the Cornish chough. Twist and turn your way around the garden Can you help them find the colourful Easter Sat 28 Mar - Sun 19 Apr, 10am-4.30pm £2.50 with this wriggly worm trail. Discover acorns hidden around the garden? The gorge is alive with the music of nature. fun facts about these hard-working £2.50 Rattle, bang and whistle around the orchard, Cotehele underground recyclers. then make a sound map of the gorge. Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-4pm £2.50 East Pool Mine £3 Help Bunny find friends around Cotehele to Sat 28 - Mon 30 Mar, Sat 4 - Mon 5 & make music in Nature’s Band. Trerice Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-4pm Saltram £2 Daily, 28 Mar – 13 Apr, 11am-4.30pm Hop along to East Pool Mine for drop-in arts Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 April, 10am-4pm Explore the Trerice garden, looking for signs and craft workshops in the Boiler House and Hunt high and low for clues in the garden. Glendurgan of spring as you go. the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt. £2 Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr (excluding Mon 30 £2 £2 Mar & 6 Apr) 10.30am-4.30pm Watersmeet Explore Glendurgan this Easter holiday with Finch Foundry Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-3pm a nature-themed Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt DEVON Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 11am-4pm From Watersmeet House follow the suitable for all ages. Have a mini adventure on a Cadbury Easter woodland route along the river and find the £2 Egg Hunt. clues hidden in the Lyn Valley. Arlington Court and the National Trust £2.50 £2.50 Godolphin Carriage Museum Sat 28 Mar - Mon 13 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 10.30am-4pm Greenway Woolacombe Get a hop in your step as you discover signs Take part in a nature trail across the garden Thu 2 - Sun 19 April, 10.30am-4pm Fri 10 - Mon 13 Apr, 10.30am-3pm of spring at Godolphin. at Arlington. Become a wildlife detective and hunt for What have the Easter bunnies hidden in £2.50 £2.50 signs of animals in the garden. Woolacombe dunes? This ‘50 things to do Pre-booked parking essential before you’re 11¾’ hunt takes you around £2.50 Woolacombe to find clues. Collect your map from the Tourist Information Centre £2.50

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