Easter events in the South West
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Golden Egg Hunt
Torquay Harbourside, Beacon Quay, Torquay, Devon
10 - 13 April
Over the Easter weekend, children can take part in an egg hunt with a difference: each day visitors will have the chance to find ten silver eggs and one golden egg. Everyone who finds a silver egg wins chocolate mini eggs – the person who finds the golden egg will win the chance to feed the penguins on that day. Tel. 01803 202470
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Chocolate Tracks Easter Trail
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, Totnes Road, Paignton, Devon
Good Friday 10 to Easter Monday 13 April
Hop, skip and jump your little bunnies around the Zoo with our tasty activity trail this Easter. Tel. 01803 697500
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Easter egg hunts
Chedworth Roman Villa, CheltenhamChedworth Roman Villa, Cheltenham
On Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12 and Monday 13 April clues will be scattered around the National Trust's Chedworth Roman Villa, when visitors will be able to follow a special Easter egg trail to win a chocolate prize. Open from 10am to 5pm.
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Easter egg hunts
Lodge Park, Cotswolds
From Monday 6 to Friday 10 April
Visitors to the National Trust’s Lodge Park will be able to take part in a 17th century-style Easter egg trail. Once again this year, budding historians will be able to follow a unique trail between 11am and 4pm, with chocolate eggs as a prize for finishing. The trail costs £1.50 in addition to normal admission prices.
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Easter egg hunts
National Waterway Museum, Gloucester
Sunday 12 April
Egg hunt and quiz around the museum, with an Easter workshop also planned. Taking place at 11am, 1pm and 2.30 pm on Easter Sunday, taking part in the egg hunt costs £2 in addition to normal admission prices.
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Easter egg hunts
Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean residents and visitors will be flocking to Dean Forest Railway on Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12 and Monday 13 April, when the popular attraction promises fun for all the family with its Easter bunny hunt. Open daily from 11am, keen bunny-spotters can hope to win prizes, as well as taking a ride on the railway.
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Easter egg hunts
Overbury Farms, Overbury, Near Tewkesbury
Saturday 11 April, 10am-3pm
While there won’t be many eggs to be found, for a real dose of spring fever Saturday 11 April 2009 will see Overbury Farms’ annual Lambing Day take place, when visitors will be able to find out how the farm works, take a tractor tour and hopefully see new lambs being born. For more information contact the farm on (01386) 725111.
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Easter egg hunts
Berkeley Castle, Stroud
Friday 10 to Sunday 12 April
As well as a daily Easter egg hunt, visitors to the castle near Stroud can expect to take part in children's fancy dress and grown-up Easter bonnet competitions on the Sunday, as well as daily face painting and traditional games.
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