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What’s On For Kids : Easter Holidays in Gloucestershire 2024
23 March - 7 April
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Find out what’s on for kids, the best Easter holiday activities, Easter trails and places to explore for fun family day out in Gloucestershire 2024.
I love the Easter school holidays with the arrival of spring and the chance to get back outdoors for some family fun or bluebell walk. Here’s the bumper Red Kite Days guide to all the best family friendly Easter holiday activities to keep the kids busy and there’s one for Oxfordshire too. Or stay at home and try out these Easter crafts and recipes and if you’re working then check out the Easter holiday clubs in Gloucestershire.
Easter Holiday Activities in Gloucestershire 2024
Easter Egg Hunts & Trails in Gloucestershire
- Nature Heroes Family Spring Trail at Westonbirt Arboretum Silk Wood (Tetbury) 7th March – 31st May
- Rodborough Easter egg hunt (Stroud) 16th – 17th March
- Spring Faery Trail at The Folk of Gloucester (Gloucester) 23rd March
- Little Lamb Adventure trail at Gloucester Cathedral (Gloucester) 23rd March – 7th April FREE
- Cracking Easter fun trail at Birdland (Bourton on the Water) 23rd March – 14th April
- Cracked It Easter Egg Hunt at Sudeley Castle (near Winchcombe) 23rd March – 7th April
- Easter Egg hunts at Over Farm (Gloucester) 23rd March – 1st April
- Easter trail at Chedworth Roman Villa 23rd March – 1st April
- Bing’s Nature Explorers trail at Slimbridge Wetland Centre (Bowditch) 23rd March – 1st June
- Easter adventure in nature trail at Newark Park (Wootton-Under-Edge) 23rd March – 7th April
- Painswick Rococo Gardens Dragon Egg Trail 23rd March – 7th April
- Hayles Fruit Farm Easter Trail (Winchcombe) 24th March – 1st April closed Mon 24th
- Easter treasure hunt at Eastnor Castle (Ledbury) 24th March – 4th April
Cleve Common Easter Trail (Bishops Cleeve) 29th March
Come explore Cleeve Common and earn yourself a treat on the Easter trail. As a family follow the trail of clues on a circular approx. 1 mile walk around the Common. Answer all the questions to find your way back and collect your prize!
- Easter Bunny Hunt at Berkeley Castle 29th March – 1st April
Easter Holidays Family Theatre, Live Music and Puppets
- Dear Zoo at Chipping Norton Theatre (Chipping Norton) 22nd – 23rd March
Watch This Space at The Roses Theatre (Tewkesbury) 23rd March
Blending spectacular visuals, live demos and inspiring storytelling at The Roses, Watch This Space will take you on a journey like no other, jumping from our small corner of the Milky Way to some of the most distant objects in the known Universe.
Robin Hood Pantomime at The Roses Theatre (Tewkesbury) 26th – 28th March
Join The Roses theatre in Tewkesbury this Easter for Robin Hood! All will be revealed in another laugh a minute, all-singing, all-dancing rollercoaster ride through pantoland.
- A Midsummer Summer’s Night Dream at Everyman Theatre (Cheltenham) 26th – 30th March
- Pop Divas Live at The Sub Rooms (Cheltenham) 4th April
- Roman Soldiers Re-enactment day at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester) 5th – 6th April
Easter Holiday Indoor Children’s Activities
Lego Club at Gloucestershire Libraries 23rd March FREE
Bring your imagination, we provide the Bricks. Come and build in this relaxed and fun session. It’s free but registration is required in advance. Taking place at Fairford, Moreton, Tetbury, Dursley, Cirencester, & Longlevens library. You can check out our review from the Cheltenham Lego Club
Divine Magic Realm Events Spring Faery Wingding (Gloucester) 23rd March
Join Divine Magic Realm Events Spring Faery Wingding for an evening of enchanted Musical Merriment at The Folk of Gloucester. A magical evening of entertainment, dress Up & sparkle in your faery wings this Springtime, you won’t want to miss the magic.
Spring Equinox Faery Fayre at The Folk of Gloucester (Gloucester) 23rd March FREE
Enjoy the magical faery fun inside the building & around the Faery Court garden. Also Visit the wonderful Folk of Gloucester full of history & wonder. There will be a Spring Faery Trail around the venue and court gardens too.
- Cheltenham Children’s Library Lego Technicians (Cheltenham) 23rd March FREE
- Children’s Writing Workshop 23rd March at Slimbridge Wetland Centre (Bowditch)
- Marvellous Mythological Marionettes Children’s workshops at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester) 23rd March
Easter craft activities at Gloucester Cathedral (Gloucester) 26th – 27th March & 2nd -3rd April FREE
Discover how the Easter festival has been celebrated throughout history! Join us for crafts, cookery and more as we make and take home some of our favourite Easter traditions from 1290-1890, including: Medieval easter egg decorating, making a Victorian Easter Card and taking part in our Tudor feast! All activities are free to take part in, with the exception of Easter Basket making which is £5 payable on the day.
- Dixie Dot Crafts super slime workshop (Quedgeley) 26th March
- Roman Cavalry Children’s Workshop at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester) 28th March
- Family Drop In at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester) 29th March + 1st April
- Dixie Dot Crafts Easter Holiday Crafternoon (Quedgeley) 29th March
Trainmaster play session (Gloucester) 30th March
Trainmaster will be popping up at Quedeley Village Hall on 30th March for some a train themed stay and play activity session. These are very popular and book out quickly.
- Outdoor cinema screenings, Lego Movie & Greatest Showman in Kings Square (Gloucester) FREE
- Children’s Workshops at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester) 2nd – 4th April
- The Brick People at Chipping Norton Theatre 5th April
- Roman Soldiers Re-enactment day at the Corinium Museum (Cirencester) 5th – 6th April
- The Wilson (Cheltenham) tbc
- Museum of Gloucester (Gloucester) tbc
Outdoor Easter Adventure
- Live lambing at Cotswold Farm Park until 14th April
- Lamb bottle feeding, Easter activities and more at Cattle Country Farm Park (Berkeley) 23rd March – 7th April
- Easter Extravaganza at Over Farm (Gloucester) 23rd March – 1st April
- Cracking Easter fun at Birdland (Bourton on the Water) 23rd March – 14th April
Meet the Easter Bunny at Fairytale Farm (near Chipping Norton) 29th March – 1st April
Head to the Bunny Hollow within the Giant Rabbit Burrow to hear an enchanting Easter tale from the Easter Bunny himself! Plus, every child will receive a full-size Easter egg! There will also be an Easter Magic Monday with two free immersive magic shows for the whole family, with workshops in-between for budding magicians.
- No Place Like Home family Easter activity at Westonbirt Arboretum (Tetbury) 2nd – 5th April
- The Gorgeious Georgians at Berkeley Castle 7th April