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At most times of the year, poking around in London’s shrubberies and bushes isn’t a particularly rewarding activity (unless you’re a womble in search of litter). But Easter’s nearly here! And that means that the fabled Easter bunny is about to hop his way round the city, depositing eggs for us to find and feast on.
Traditionally, Easter egg hunts are all about little kids filling their baskets with goodies. You’ll find a few of those in town over the long weekend, but most 21st century hunts take things a little further. There are clues to solve, worksheets to fill out, and even apps to follow as your search your way to a grand (and often-chocolately prize). And best of all, there’s no age limit involved. Read on for some hunts that’ll crack open your sense of adventure this spring.
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1. Easter Egg Hunt at Vauxhall City Farm
City farms come into their own in spring, when even the most jaded, winter-wearied Londoners will go weak at the knees at the sight of a wobbly newborn lamb, or a huge sow surrounded by improbably tiny pink piglets. Vauxhall City Farm is one of the city’s loveliest spots for animal-lovers, with its handpainted wooden signs, attractive flower beds, and charismatic crew of goats, cows, pigs, chickens and more.
They’re going all out to appeal to families this Easter, with a daily trail that’ll send you all round the Community Garden looking for clues. Swap your completed trail sheet for a delicous chocolate egg at the café. And while you’re there, check out a packed line-up of activities including Easter bonnet making (bookable in advance), a Science Egg-stravaganza, a cuddle corner, and an all day Kids Film Club.
Age range: All ages.
How to enter: Just turn up and collect a trail sheet from the café.
Vauxhall City Farm. SE11 5HS. April 2-12. Free.
2. The Lindt Gold Bunny Hunt
Hop to Hampton Court Palace with the kids this Easter and you’ll get a fun trail thrown in with your admission ticket. Giant Lindt gold bunnies are dotted around the grounds, and once you’ve found them all you can get a little chocolate rabbit to take home (or alternative treat).
Age range: Ages three to 12.
How to enter: Just turn up: entry to this self-led tour is included in admission to Hampton Court Palace.
Hampton Court Palace. KT8 9AU. Until Apr 12. Free with admission.
3. Top Cuvée Easter Egg Hunt
Natty wine experts Top Cuvée outdo themselves each year with their fantastic hunt, which sends vino fans marauding across east London in search of prizes. This year there are full-sized Tony’s Easter eggs and a Top Cuvée tote on offer for up to 1,000 hunters who complete the trail, and a covetable grand prize.
Age range: 18-plus.
How to enter: Simply sign up online and rock up to Top Cuvée from midday on Easter Sunday.
Top Cuvée, 189 Blackstock Road, N5 2LL. Sunday April 5, 12 noon. Free.
4. The Great Adult Easter Egg Hunt at Old Spitalfields Market
If your idea of a good hunt is scurrying round a big market and filling your basket with goodies from independent traders, then this grown-up egg chase is for you. It’s more pricy than other egg hunts in town for a reason: ticket funds are used to buy prizes from traders in Old Spitalfields Market, ready for you to win by solving a series of clues and challenges. You’ll be assigned to a team, and the teams will then battle each other in a silly but high stakes quest to finish the hunt first, and win an incredible haul of artisanal goodies.
Age range: 18-plus.
How to enter: Book your spot in advance via Eventbrite.
Old Spitalfields Market, 16 Horner Square, E1 6EW. Friday April 2, 1pm. Around £20.
5. Brixton Village Easter Scavenger Hunt
Take an enjoyable jaunt through Brixton Village’s independent shops on this fun, free hunt. Riddles and challenges will take you round historic Granville Arcade, before finishing at SoLo Craft Fair to claim your prize.
Age range: All ages.
How to enter: Sign up at SoLo Craft Fair, near the Coldharbour Lane entrance to the market.
97 Granville Arcade, SW9 8PS. Monday-Tuesday April 15-16 11am-3pm; Wednesday-Sunday April 17-20 11am-6pm. Free.
6. London Zoo’s Zoonormous Egg Hunt!
London Zoo is full of animals that lay eggs, and not all of them will hatch into fluffy little chicks. Get to know a cracking selection of birds and reptiles at Zoonormous Egg Hunt, which invites you to track down six giant eggs on the zoo grounds (not actual eggs in the enclosures!) and solve the code written on them. Your reward? Parents will be relieved to know it’s strictly chocolate, not a little crocodile egg to hatch at home.
Age range: All ages.
How to enter: Ask at entry.
London Zoo, Outer Circle Regent's Park, NW14RY. Until Apr 12. Free with ticket to zoo.
7. Barbarella’s Italo Disco Easter Egg Hunt
Italian restaurant group Big Mamma is famed for its maximalist vibes, and it’s going all out for the inaugural Easter egg hunt at its Canary Wharf joint Barbarella. The ’70s-themed restaurant has worked with ‘disco ball artist’ Sophie Lopez to design 20 glitzy Italian-themed Easter Eggs, which have been hidden amongst the nearby skyscrapers of London’s financial district. Look out for clues as to their whereabouts on Big Mamma’s Instagram account and get searching; inside the eggs you’ll find vouchers granting you everything from free dolci to a full meal for two. That’s amore!
Age range: 18-plus.
How to enter: Follow @bigmamma.uk for clues, turn up outside the restaurant from 11am and get searching.
Barbarella, Mackenzie Walk, E14 5HX. Sun Apr 5. Free.
8. Baby Shark’s Easter Splash
If you don’t have a toddler you’ll want to flee from this one like a 14th century nobleman escaping the bubonic plague. If you do have a toddler: well, you might as well succumb to this celebration of Pinkfong’s infectiously catchy kids’ song. In celebration of Easter, digital entertainment zone The Outernet is playing a free 20-minute looping Baby Shark video all morning from 9am til noon, throughout the Easter hols. And there’ll also be an immersive egg hunt: details so far as scarce, so turn up to find out more.
Age range: All ages.
How to enter: Just turn up at the Outernet (Now Trending building) from 9am til noon.
The Outernet, Charing Cross Road, WC2H 8LH. Until Apr 10. Free.
9. The Elephant Trail
You don’t have to be a seasoned student of biology to know that elephants don’t lay eggs. But this free art trail still spiritually belongs on this list. It’s organised by Elephant Family, a wildlife conservation charity, which in recent years has organised an annual Big Egg Hunt – a trail of giant eggs dotted throughout London, designed by some of the country’s foremost artists and designers. This year, they’re celebrating elephants instead, with beautiful pachyderm sculptures for you to track down around Battersea Power Station. Just don’t try and put one in your basket: we’re pretty sure it’ll break.
Age range: All ages.
How to enter: Download the Elephant Trail app, and unlock prizes and discounts as you find each elephant.
Around Battersea Power Station, SW8 4NN. Until April 26. Free.
10. Easter Egg Hunts with the National Trust
London’s National Trust-operated stately homes tend to go all-out for Easter, and this year is no different. Hop off the end of the Northern Line and into the countryside at free-entry Morden Hall Park for egg-themed fun and outdoor adventures on its Easter Trail, including an egg and spoon race and a coconut shy, on your way to earning a chocolate egg as your reward. Or if you’re fed up of fluffy wickle little bunnies, the family Easter egg hunt at Richmond’s Ham House takes a different tack. It sends you on a mission to save the Elizabethan propert amid the tumultuous times of the English Civil Wars. Luckily, you’ll win a treat whether or not you manage to rescue this historic stately home from ruin.
Age range: All ages.
How to enter: It’s £3.50 per trail sheet (at Ham House this is in addition to admission fees).
Morden Hall Park, SM4 5JD. April 1-6 / Ham House, TW10 7RS. Until Apr 6. £3.50.
London’s Easter activities with Time Out
If you’re staying in the capital over the four-day weekend, you can plan in out hour by hour with help from Time Out’s big fat Easter guide. We’ve got a roundup of the best Easter events going on, a guide to the best family-friendly Easter activities, a list of the city’s top chocolate shops and the greatest Easter weekend parties and club nights.
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