Free local walks
Entertaining your little bunnies doesn’t always mean you have to spend money. We have chosen our top four favourite walks in the local area. Why not create your own nature treasure hunt and collect things as you go.
- Bradfield woods – Felsham Road, Bradfield St George, Bury St Edmunds, IP30 0AQ
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The site is free to enter with a free car park as well as a visitor centre and many routes to choose from. - Thetford Warren Lodge – Brandon Road, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 3NE
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Free to park, with a few different routes to try and you can walk all the way to high lodge. - Abbey gardens and meadows reserve circular – Start and end at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Angel Hill, Bury Saint Edmunds IP33 1LS
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Follow this route all the way around the Abbey Gardens, following the River Lark around No Man’s Meadow and back up Southgate street. - West Town Park circular – Haverhill, CB9 7TS
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A nice, easy stroll through West Town Park, heading along the Stour Brook before returning to the trailhead. This is a short trail that offers pleasant views and is relatively flat throughout
Activities for the whole family to enjoy
Across the county
If your child is entitled to free school meals and/or meet other eligibility criteria and live in Suffolk Abbeycroft Leisure have some exciting activities for you to check out across the local area. Their adventure days include fire lighting, archery, axe throwing swimming and more. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are included. 8 – 17 April Find out more here Holiday Activity & Food (HAF) | Abbeycroft Leisure
Make your way along the trail and find nature-inspired activities for the whole family. The trail takes place between 4 – 22 April 2025, from 10am – 3:30pm with last entry at 3pm, so come along and explore the beautiful parkland of Ickworth. Prices are £3.50 per trail which includes an Easter trail sheet, bunny ears and dairy or vegan and Free From* chocolate egg.
You can also take part in Easter inspired crafts and there will be Easter Face painting on 5 and 6 April (£5 per face, cash only).
Why not spring into action this Easter at Hollow Trees Farm? From Monday 7 April until Tuesday 22 the Easter Egg Olympics will be taking place on the Farm Trail alongside all the usual farm fun. The Trail team will be encouraging you to hop, skip and jump your way around the egg themed activities. The fun continues as you craft your own medal and become an Egg Olympian. Online price of £7.50 per adult or child, (two years and under free) The Farm Trail opens at 10am each day and closes at 5pm, last entry is at 3pm.
Head to Lackford Lakes on 7 or 8 April from 10am to take part in Wild Families: Easter Eggstravaganza. This self-led trail around the reserve, alongside guided activity stations, will test your nest building skills, allow you to learn more about eggs in nature and give you a chance to produce some egg-cellent Easter crafts. Tickets need to be booked in advance, £8 child, £3 adult
Brandon country park
Easter holiday trail – Come along to Brandon Country Park and pick up a trail sheet from the cafe. Follow the trail, solving the clues along the way, to help find the special word and then return to the café to collect a small prize. £1.50 per trail sheet.
Teddy Bear Picnic – Come and join in some Easter activities in the walled garden at Brandon Country Park followed by a Teddy Bear Picnic. Make your own Easter bonnet with Brandon Creative Forum and have fun with the Park Ranger’s Easter Egg hunt, followed by a picnic lunch provided by the coffee shop. £10 per child. 11am – 1pm.
The Easter Bunny has hidden his Easter eggs in the Nowton Park Maze! Try not to get lost in the maze as you look high and low for his special Easter eggs.
Collect a delicious chocolate treat when you find your way out. Keep an eye out for the Easter Bunny, he will be roaming about to greet you. 16 and 17 April, 10am-11.30am, 12.30pm-2pm, 2.30pm-4pm. Booking is essential, £5 per child
Easter fun for all the family – find the hidden tokens in the park, with a chocolate egg for every child and lots of special prizes. £2.00 per child and no need to book. 2pm – 4pm, Saturday 19 April.
West Runton: Rockpool rummaging
Come and explore one of the best rocky shore habitats along the whole of the North Norfolk Coastline! Come along with sturdy shoes and keen eyes to help us carefully investigate the secrets of the seashore. If you don’t know a barnacle from a belemnite the experts will be on hand to identify your finds. 17 April at 2.30pm. Booking is essential.
Book by 30 March for visits between 5 and 22 April, and use code KIDSGOFREE at checkout to receive up to three FREE children’s tickets per full-paying adult!
Calling all wild eggs-plorers! This Easter, get ready for an action-packed adventure like no other, as Easter Gone Wild takes over Banham Zoo!
Join in on the fun with our GIANT inflatable egg hunt, go wild at our zoo fun fair, and enjoy tons of egg-citing free activities! Don’t miss the spectacular live stage show – and get up close with over 100 amazing animal species.
There’s something for the whole family to enjoy. Your wildest Easter adventure yet!
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