Cadbury Easter egg hunts 2017 at National Trust attractions in Kent

by Angela Cole

Eight National Trust sites in Kent will be offering Easter treats, after teaming up with Cadbury.

The Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt will run from Good Friday, April 14 to Easter Monday, April 17 while there will be activities throughout April, when families can unleash their inner explorers on egg hunts through muddy woodlands, along nature trails and through spring gardens.

From hunts for missing lambs at Emmetts Garden to bunnies at Smallhythe Place, there's plenty to keep everyone entertained.

Get along for a fun-packed treasure hunt
Get along for a fun-packed treasure hunt

Here's what's on and when...

Chartwell, Westerham

From Saturday, April 1 to Easter Monday, 11am to 4pm

Help bunny find the missing members of the Churchill family around the home of Sir Winston. Along the way, discover their nicknames before tucking into a chocolatey prize.

Normal admission applies, £2 per trail

Thee's plenty of family-fun planned this Easter
Thee's plenty of family-fun planned this Easter

Emmetts Garden

From Saturday, April 1 to Easter Monday, 11am to 4pm

The Lubbock lamb has escaped from his pen and gone on the run across Emmetts Garden. Follow the trail and find out where he has escaped to...

Normal admission applies, £2 per trail

Some Cadbury Easter eggs will be hiding out at National Trust sites in Kent
Some Cadbury Easter eggs will be hiding out at National Trust sites in Kent

Ightham Mote

From Good Friday to Easter Monday, 11am to 3.30pm

Join the Cadbury Egg Hunt trail with puzzles and games and find your way around the medieval moated manor - with a delicious prize at the end.

Normal admission applies, £2.50 per trail

There is also Easter holiday family fun between Saturday, April 1 and Thursday, April 13, between 10am and 4.30pm with crafts and activities. Normal admission applies, event is free

Look out for a Cadbury egg hunt near you in Kent
Look out for a Cadbury egg hunt near you in Kent

Knole, Sevenoaks

Cadbury Egg Hunt from Saturday, April 1 to Easter Monday, 10am to 5pm

Collect a trail map and follow the Cadbury bunny's trail through Knole's medieval parkland and historic courtyards, solving clues, to claim your chocolate prize before the deer beat you to it!

Children £3. There are trails for three to five years and seven to 12 years.

On Monday, April 3 and Monday, April 10 between 11am and 3pm, there arespring-themed activities, wild art and the chance to learn how to make a home for a wild animal.

£2 donation. Suitable for ages five to 12.

Families will be able to try a Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt with National Trust sites in Kent
Families will be able to try a Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt with National Trust sites in Kent

Quebec House, Westerham

Cadbury Egg Hunt from Saturday, April 1 to Easter Monday, 11am to 4pm

Explore the house and garden at General James Wolfe’s home with an Easter trail and collect a Cadbury bunny at the end.

Normal admission applies, £2 per trail

Keep your eyes peeled to get your chocolate treat
Keep your eyes peeled to get your chocolate treat

Scotney Castle, near Lamberhurst

Cadbury Egg Hunt from Good Friday to Easter Monday, 10am to 4pm

Follow the clues around the garden, use a map to find the treasure to claim your chocolate bunny.

Normal admission applies, £2 per trail

Writer Jamie Rhodes brings his London exhibition to Scotney, A Castle in England, from Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 23.

Normal admission applies, event is free

There's Easter trails at eight National Trust properties in Kent
There's Easter trails at eight National Trust properties in Kent

Sissinghurst

Cadbury Egg Hunt from Good Friday to Easter Monday, 11am to 4pm

Take part in the hunt in the grounds of the world-famous garden created by Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West and claim a sweet-treat prize at the end.

£2.50 per trail

The Easter fun starts on April 1 at several Kent attractions
The Easter fun starts on April 1 at several Kent attractions

Smallhythe Place, near Tenterden

Cadbury Egg Hunt from Good Friday to Easter Monday, 11am to 5pm

King Bunny's chocolate army is missing, and visitors need to help find where they are and who unleashed them. Take home one of his chocolate soldiers at the end.

£3 per child

For detais go to cadbury.co.uk/easter

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