Two children on an Easter egg hunt at Osterley, walking through the Kitchen Garden — Easter egg hunt at Osterley Park and House | © National Trust images/James Dobson

Family-friendly places to visit in Surrey

Discover the best places to visit with your family around Surrey this spring, including Polesden Lacey, Hatchlands Park, Claremont Landscape Garden, Winkworth Arboretum and more. Find the best Easter egg hunts, natural play areas, family trails and café stops, to make the most of spring.

Join us in Surrey for Easter adventures jam-packed with nature trails, activities, games, riddles and crafts. Trails cost £3.50, plus usual admission, and include bunny ears, a trail sheet, a take home activity card and chocolate egg or a vegan ‘Free- From’* chocolate egg, made here in the UK using Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa.

Children doing an Easter egg trail at Polesden Lacey, Surrey.

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Easter egg hunts at Polesden Lacey

Spring has sprung and one of Polesden Lacey’s statues has come to life in a new Easter trail. Join Grizwald the Griffin on an Easter trail at Polesden Lacey, with 10 fun activities for all the family. Make your way along the trail and find inspired activities for the whole family. Polesden Lacey has views across the rolling Surrey Hills and gardens filled with daffodils: the perfect place for an Easter adventure. Explore the beautiful gardens, house and estate. 29 March - 21 April 2025

Two children walk down a path surrounded by daffodils doing the Easter trail at Osterley Park and House, West London

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Easter egg hunts at Hatchlands Park

Challenge friends and family to nature-inspired games on our spring trail through the parkland. Have a go at the wooden spoon splat, the bunny ear hoopla and even the egg-a-pault! 5 - 21 April.

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Easter egg hunts at Claremont Landscape Garden

Join us on an Easter adventure trail filled with the mad hatter's fun activities. Race on the lawn, mess about in a mud kitchen and creep through the tangled forest to the tea party. 29 March - 21 April.

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Winkworth Arboretum

Join in our fun Easter activity trail around the arboretum. Pick up a trail sheet and bunny ears and hop your way around the arboretum completing fun activities along the way. 5 - 22 April.

Young boy, holding a green cloth bag, reaching into cardboard boxes as part of an outdoor bug challenge

Easter egg hunts at Dapdune Wharf

Spring through our Easter activities at Dapdune Wharf. Sow a seed, make your pledge to nature, challenge friends and family to a game of archery, craft your own kite to fly and more. 18 - 21 April.

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Easter egg hunts at Runnymede

Take part in our nature-inspired adventure trail. There are ten fun activities to complete including the duck and spoon race, guess the footprints, and buzzy bee waggle dance. 18 - 21 April.

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Box Hill

Release your inner bunny at Box Hill this Easter. Follow the Easter trail through the natural play area with games and challenges along the way, 5 - 21 April. Take part in the grand tradition of egg rolling on the Easter weekend. Bring your own fabulously decorated egg, 11am or 3pm each day, 18 - 21 April.

Hindhead Commons

Enjoy games and challenges on our nature-inspired Easter trail at Hindhead Commons. Swing into spring on the monkey bars, have a go at archery and challenge friends and family to a spot of welly-wanging and much more. 5- 21 April.

Family with two children throwing bean bags on the lawn in front of Osterley House

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Easter egg hunts at Osterley Park in London

This spring, a friendly bunch of animals have escaped from the Tapestry Room at Osterley House and are now running about in the gardens. Help us out by seeing if you can catch them and return them to the beautiful tapestries. Make your way along the trail and find art and nature inspired activities for the whole family. 5 April – 21 April.

Father running with his daughter in the natural play area with a picnic bench and willow tunnel in the background.

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Hatchlands Park

The parkland at Hatchlands is perfect for family walks. Visit the natural adventure area in Great Wix Wood and get to grips with the balance beams, tree house and bug burrow. Plus the Kitchen cafe is the perfect stop off for hot chocolate and cake.

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Claremont Landscape Garden

Queen Victoria used to play at Claremont as a child and now so can you. The play area has scaled-down versions of Claremont’s garden features - explore the pavilion, glide down the slide and scale the ladders and climbing wall. Badger’s Basecamp is a hidden woodland area that’s perfect for older children to explore, with tunnels and hidden holes to discover and crawl through.