Bristol Easter Holidays Guide 2024

Do you need ideas for Bristol Easter Holidays 2024? There are so many egg-citing events on in Bristol around Easter, especially over the Bristol Easter Holidays which are Fri 29 March – Sun 14 April! BANES & North Somerset have the same dates, but Gloucestershire Easter Holidays are Sat 23 March – Sun 7 April.

Bristol Easter Holidays Events are categorised below, click to jump to:

• Egg Hunts & Trails
• Easter at Gardens & Estates
• Easter at Animal & Adventure Parks
• Where to see Baby Animals
• Easter at Museums, Caves & Trains
• Theatre
• Creative & Wildlife
• Easter Parties
• Other Events
• Holiday Clubs
• SEND
• Free and Cheap Days Out

Egg Hunts & Trails

Independent egg hunts/trails over the Bristol Easter Holidays (there are more part of days out further down the post):

Palette & Pasture

Easter trail around the farm. Activity sheet where you have to work out the magic word and give to the easter bunny to collect your prize! Lots of real farm animals around the trail. The ice cream parlour will also be open, and a selection of bouncy castles (weather dependent – check FB/IG for updates). There are also ride-on tractors and sand play! See our reel on Instagram from last year. Trail requires booking.

Easter at Gardens & Estates

National Trust Easter Events near Bristol

• Easter Adventures at Tyntesfield 23 March – 14 April. Follow the eggs around ten activity stations and take part in the fun and games. Shorter butterfly trail also available. £3 per child with bunny ears and an edible treat at the end. Normal admission applies.
• Easter Egg Hunt at Dyrham Park 23 March – 14 April. Make your way along the trail and find nature-inspired activities for the whole family. £3 per trail which includes an Easter trail sheet, bunny ears and dairy or vegan and Free From chocolate egg. Normal admission applies.
• Easter Egg Hunt at Prior Park 23 March – 1 April. Make your way along the trail and find nature-inspired activities for the whole family. £3 trail includes trail sheet, bunny ears and dairy or vegan and Free From chocolate egg! Normal admission applies.
• Easter Trail at Stourhead 23 March – 14 April. Easter themed trail around the garden with chocolate egg prize (vegan/free from available). Trail £3. Normal admission applies.
• Easter Egg Hunt at Newark Park 23 March – 7 April. Make your way along the trail and find nature-inspired activities for the whole family. £3 per trail which includes bunny ears & vegan/free from Easter egg option. Normal admission applies.

Easter at Animal & Adventure Parks

Where to see Baby Animals in the Bristol Easter Holidays

• Chew Valley Animal Park Cuddle pygmy goat kids, rabbits, mice, guinea pigs and rats! Great place for animal handling!
• Lackham Lambing This is quite early 16/17 & 23/24 March weekends but this is a wonderful family fun day. See lambs being born, cows being milked, take a tractor trailer ride, small animals and more.
• Cattle Country Lambing and bottle feeding, kids, piglets, calves and chicks
• Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm Baby animals in the farm area of the zoo. Small animal encounters (rabbits and guinea pigs) every day at 2.30PM.
• Puxton Park Animal encounters every day at 11AM and on some days also 3PM
• Cotswold Farm Park Lambing and Kidding event on until 14 April. One of the biggest lambing events in the country!
• Avon Valley Lambing live with lamb bottle feeding demos
• Roves Farm Kid bottle feeding!
• Cheery and Chipper Farm Play Pet and Play Sessions
• Check out our wonderful free city farms! Look at the map on our homepage for where they all are.

Easter at Museums, Caves & Trains

Theatre

Creative & Wildlife

• Craft Workshops and Messy Play Sessions at Children’s Scrapstore multiple dates
• After-school Easter Pottery Painting at Flourish 19, 26 & 27 March
• Wildlife Gardening Day at Bath City Farm 23 March – A variety of activities available to book including make a bug hotel, mini pond making, bird box making, bug collage, and gardening wildlife talk.
• Spring Wreath Making at Newton Farm Shop 23 March £65
• Easter Egg Decorating at IKEA 23, 24, 29 & 30 March & 1 April
• The Little Pottery Barn Workshops – Pottery Painting 25 March, Make Duck Slime 26 March, Bouncing Clay Bunnies 27 March, Decorating Easter Shapes 28 March
• Belgian Chocolate Truffle Workshop at Old Down Country Park 25 March £55
• Make and Decorate Easter Eggs at Little Kitchen 30 March
• Whitehall Garden Centre, Lacock – Children’s Miniature Easter Garden Making & Children’s Easter Slime Making 1-5 April, Children’s Easter Plant a Pot & Children’s Easter Bird Box Painting 8-12 April
• Spring Nature Sprouts Make Clay Creations and Easter-Themed Wreath 2 April Redcatch Community Garden
• Spring Nature Sprouts Design & Make Your Own Bug House 3 April Redcatch Community Garden
• We The Curious Easter holidays Out and About free activities – 3 April Hillfields Library, 4 April Port of Bristol Sports and Community Hub, 5 April Avonmouth Community Centre, 9 April Zion Community Centre, 10 April Redcatch Community Centre, 11t April Lockleaze hub, 12 April J3 Library
• Easter Themed Craft Day at Emersons Green Village Hall 3 & 9 April
• Science for Kids at Zion Bristol 3 April
• Happymess Easter special at Redcatch Community Centre 3 April
• Boujon Bakery’s Biscuit Decorating experience Easter special 3 April
• Clay workshops at Create Centre 3, 4, 8, 9, 10 & 11 April. Ages 7-16. Email to book: claywithjoanna@gmail.com
• Papermaking Free Workshop at the RWA 4 April
• Crafty Cathedral at Bristol Cathedral 4 April
• Puppetry Workshop at The Wardrobe Theatre 4 April Age 5+
• Sunflower Day at Emersons Green Village Hall 4 & 11 April
• George’s Marvellous Science Workshop at Redcatch Community Garden 5 April
• Lucas Jet Circus Show & Workshop at Redcatch Community Garden 8 April
• Family Bushcraft & Woodland Skills at Stoke Park Estate 8 April
• Lego Day at Zion Bristol 8 April
• Wild Goat Themed Family Fun Holiday Session with Avon Gorge & Downs Wildlife Project. 12 April. Age 6 – 10 with an adult.

Easter Parties in Bristol

• Little Tots Easter Stay and Play Lyde Green & Emersons Green 21, 22 & 25 March
• Disco Themed Family Fun Day at Redcatch Park Sun 24 March
• Easter Parties at The Curious Play Cafe 28 March
• Second Star To The Right, Straight On Till Easter! by Enchanted Princess Parties 29 March Old Sodbury Village Hall
• Easter Party at Future Inn 29 March
• Inflatable Funday at Emersons Green Village Hall 2 April
• Unicorn Dance Party at Zion Bristol 4 April Age 4-8
• Mascot Mayhem at Almondsbury Creative 4 April
• Mini Ravers at The Grand Pier 7 April
• Encanto Dance Party at Redcatch 9 April
• Encanto Dance Party at Zion Bristol 10 April
• Easter Children’s Disco at Emersons Green Village Hall 13 April
• See the Little Bunnies Easter Parties at Be Weird Be Wild Be Wonderful 30 March
• Easter Party at Imagination Fascination, WSM Sat 31 March

Other Events over Easter in Bristol

• Zion’s Spring Craft Fair 23 March 10am – 2pm. Stalls, easter hunt, and easter craft workshop.
• Portishead’s Easter Fair 23 March Meet and hold reptiles £3pp, Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt Free
• Phase 5 Preschool Easter Funday 23 March 10am – 2pm. Face painting, easter scavenger hunt, easter bonnet competition and more.
• Rainbow Run at Old Down Country Park 24 March
• Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at IKEA 24, 29 & 30 March, 1 April
• Sansway Street Roleplay Easter Events 26 & 27 March
• Severnvale Equestrian Own a Pony Day’s, Have a go afternoon, fun morning/afternoons various dates 26 March – 4 April
• Easter Sessions at Supersense sensory room Fri 29 & Sat 30 March. Easter theme decorated room, music & gift. £6.50 per child.
• Egg Hunt and Softplay at Brewers Fayre Gordano Gate 29 – 31 March
• Willsbridge Mill’s Annual Duck Race 30 March Ducks on sale now! Craft fair and cafe open on the day.
• Beese’s family events at riverside pub in Brislington. Make the trip here more fun by taking the boat from the city centre! Follow the link for more details.
  • Briz Day 30 March “Enjoy family-friendly activities, live music, comedy and a local business exhibition”.
  • Easter Weekend Special 31 March. Easter roast and visit from the easter bunny.
• Charity Easter Extravaganza at Kingswood Entertainment and Sports Club Sat 30 March
• New Inn Keynsham Meet the easter bunny, egg hunt, cupcake decorating 31 March
• We The Curious Easter Holidays Out and About Sessions 2 – 12 April various locations
• Easter Unicorn Experience Magical Moon in Bitton. 2 April
• Bristol Shopping Quarter’s Woodland of Wonder. Community art festival at Sparks Bristol and John Wesley’s New Room. 3-6 and 10-13 April. Exhibitions, workshops, photography walks, performances from stilt-walking trees.
• Mermaid Storytime – Keynsham Library 6 April, Midsomer Norton Library 20 April, Bath Central Library 27 April
• Bath City Farm Spring Fayre 6 April
• Bath Racecourse Bath’s Big Day Out 7 April
• St Werburghs City Farm Spring Fair 27 April
• PYO Tulips at Farrington’s Farm – date TBC but April & May. I will share on Instagram stories when I see tickets released.

Holiday Clubs

Sessions/workshops where you can drop your child off. These are a selection, others available – let me know if you have any recommendations! It may be worth checking with whoever provides after-school club at your child’s school:

• The Outdoors Project at The Ardagh and Sefton Park Junior School. Various themes: Easter Island, Easter Nerf, Campfire Cookout Easter Treats, Super Mario, other easter themed days.
• Drama with Hannah-Rose Drama workshops in Long Ashton and Clifton. Frozen and Dragon’s Golden Egg themes.
• Adventure Bristol at Ashton Court. High ropes and other outdoor activities such as Bushcraft, Archery, Disc frisbee and Team games
• Goldfinch Create and Play Westbury-on-Trym
• The Hideaway Forest School Henleaze
• Children’s Scrapstore Some drop-off sessions
• Streetenvy Easter Sessions – Dance, games, arts & crafts, themed events
• Shine Variety of activities and locations
• Little Kitchen Children’s Holiday Cookery Club
• The Story Cellar at Pill Community Centre The Minotaur and Greek Mythology themed
• Manor Farm Leisure Manor Farm will be offering a mixture of craft and sport activities and fun games.
• Smart Ballet Easter Dance Workshop 11 April
• RWA Art Skills 7-11’s – Abstract Sculpture Workshop. Adults need to stay on site. 10 April

SEND

Great calendar of SEND Events here.

Free and Cheap Days Out

For more free and cheap days out ideas (not just for Bristol Easter Holidays) see this post! Lots of lovely walks included. Also check out Your Holiday Hub which have free food and activities for eligible children (receiving benefits related free school meals)

Thank you!

Thank you for reading! There is so much on over the Bristol Easter Holidays! Please share this with anyone that you might find useful and follow us on Instagram and/or Facebook where I will share any exciting upcoming events.