14 egg-celent Easter egg hunts happening this bank holiday weekend

Take a trip out of the city to this stunning Warwickshire stately home with huge, beautiful gardens for kids to explore. Follow the trail around the house and crack the clues to piece together the pieces of the puzzle and break free your own Cadbury Easter egg! With egg-stra fun guaranteed at each stop, this makes a brilliant day out for some old-fashioned family team building.Date: Friday 30 March - Tuesday 2 April, 11am-5pm

Prepare for a day choc-a-bloc full of family fun at Willows Farm where kids will get the opportunity to meet the Easter Bunny, take part in Easter egg and bunny hunts with chocolate prizes, as well as taking part in other activities. There will also be adventure play and farmyard fun with plenty of animals - including chicks and bunnies. **Date: **Saturday 24 March - Sunday 15 April, 10am-5.30pm

Trek through this stunning woodland garden in Cheshire for an outdoor egg hunt. Surrounded by parkland with a delightful walled garden at its heart, adults will be as excited to explore the grounds as the kids! Follow the trail around the house and crack the clues to piece together the pieces of the puzzle and claim a Cadbury Easter Egg.Date: Friday 30 March - Sunday 15 April, 10.30am-4pm

If one is inclined to enjoy a little royal Easter fun, then head to Buckingham Palace for an Egg hunt fit for kings and queens. Journey around the place where all of the Queen's carriages are kept and hunt for little chocolate eggs with the help of the guards on duty. Date: Saturday 31 March, 11am-3pm

Follow an egg-citing Easter trail through the galleries, displays, and grand halls of the Bank of England Museum. Answer the questions along the way to find three mischievous chicks and a golden egg hidden in the Museum, and when you hand in your answers at the InformationDesk on the way out you'll be rewarded with a chocolate egg! With crafts and more, it's sure to be a fantastic day out - and what's more, it's FREE!**Date: ** Tuesday 3 April - Friday 13 April, 10am-4.30pm

Challenge your family to track down the missing fluffy ducks on this epic Easter trail around the beautiful nature reserve. Come equipped with your detective skills to track them down - if you find them all, you'll win an egg-stra tasty treat!**Date: ** Friday 30 March to Sunday 15 April, 10am-5pm

Head to the amazing Discover Children's Story Centre, which has been given an Easter-themed makeover especially for their Easter egg hunt.Dedicated to story building and imagination, kids will follow an indoor story trail that'll help them to find the clues around the centre and garden. Helped by fantastic characters along the way, they'll be able to claim a tasty prize when they complete the trail.Date: Friday 30 March to Tuesday 2 April, 10am-5pm

If you happen to be in bonnie Scotland this Easter, take a trip to Edinburgh's Holyroodhouse for a royally good egg hunt. Head to the Family Room, where kids will be able to make and decorate their own Easter basket before setting off on a trail to find all the eggs hidden around the Palace. In the Great Gallery, storyteller Allison Galbraith will be telling family-friendly tales of how the Easter eggs found their way to the Palace! Date: Sunday 1 April from 11am-3pm

Journey around the animal enclosures looking out for colorful hidden eggs. Kids will love seeing Siberian chipmunks, Bearded Dragons, pigs, mini Shetland ponies, meerkats and more while they search for the spotty and stripy clues. Once you've spotted all the eggs and completed the quiz sheet, you can cash it in at the zoo shop for a chocolatey prize. Yum! Date: Friday 30 March to Monday 2 April, all day

Venture into the Manor's beautiful gardens to help the Easter bunny find the rare and exotic birds of Waddesdon's Aviary that have escaped – and don't forget to find the chocolate eggs along the way, too! Once you've found all the Easter eggs, head into the Manor to explore. With over 15,000 works of art, furniture, armour, manuscripts, costumes, jewellery and ceramics on display, Waddesdon Manor is overflowing with oodles of history for kids to delve into.**Date: ** Friday 30 March to Tuesday 2 April, 10am-4pm

Start your engines down at Epping Ongar Railway, where Bertie Bunny will be leading what's probably the longest Easter egg hunt in Essex. The hunt will run the whole length of the railway track, from Ongar through to Coopersale! Kids will receive a sheet of clues, before heading out to the railway and finding as many numbered eggs as they can. Expect there to be loads of other fun activities on the day, including face painting, balloon modelling, a magic show and a kids' disco at North Weald station.Date: Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March, and Sunday 1 and Monday 2 April, from 9.30am

Grab a trail sheet and explore Gough's Cave to crack the mystery code left by the Easter Bunny - he's hidden glow-in-the-dark eggs in all the nooks and crannies and it's up to you to find them and collect your prize!Date: Saturday 24 March - Sunday 8 April, all day

Hop along to Chatsworth House for a day full of farmyard fun and egg hunts. You might even catch a glimpse of the Easter bunny if you're lucky! Search for colourful chocolate eggs, and if you find a special golden egg you can trade it in for an extra big one! With animals and activities galore, there are endless offerings of Easter fun!Date: Saturday 24 March - Sunday 8 April, all day

Calling all valiant knights and adventurers! Get set for an Easter expedition as you seek out legendary dragon eggs at Audley End House. Team up with a heroic historical character and search far and wide across the grounds to crack the clues and claim a scrumptious chocolate-y reward.Date: Friday 30 March - Monday 2 April, all day