Easter falls early in 2027. Good Friday is 26 March, Easter Sunday is 28 March and Easter Monday is 29 March, and Cambridgeshire County Council schools break up on Friday 26 March and go back after Friday 9 April. An early Easter means some places will only just have reopened for the season, lambs will be arriving rather than skipping about, and the weather can still feel like February.
These are eleven Easter days out that come round every year. Most venues announce their Easter dates and prices in the new year, so for each one we say what usually happens and where to look, and where a 2027 date is already confirmed we give it.
Details were accurate at the time of research in November 2026. Easter 2027 dates, prices and times had mostly not been announced, so please check each venue’s website before you travel.
Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire
The south of the county has the two big National Trust estates and the chalk hills of the Gogs, so Easter here tends to mean trails through gardens and parkland rather than indoor shows. All three places below are within half an hour of Cambridge.
Easter Adventures and Lambing at Wimpole Estate
Outdoor activity
- Wimpole usually runs a daily Easter Adventures trail through the school holidays, starting from the visitor centre
- The trail pack is bought on the day and has included a trail sheet, bunny ears and a chocolate egg in dairy, vegan or Free From versions, while stocks last
- No booking is needed for the trail
- Normal estate admission applies on top of the trail pack for anyone who is not a National Trust member
- Home Farm keeps around 280 rare-breed ewes, and several hundred lambs are born there each spring
- Breeds you may see lambing include Norfolk Horn, White Leicester Longwool, Portland, Oxford Down and Whitefaced Woodland
- The National Trust’s lambing event at Home Farm has run from late April into early May, so with an early Easter in 2027 some ewes may still be waiting to give birth over the bank holiday
- Dogs on leads can go in the parkland, but only assistance dogs are allowed in Home Farm and the gardens
Address: Arrington, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8 0BW
Website: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/wimpole-estate
How to book: Trail packs on the day at the visitor centre; admission online or on arrival
Wimpole does Easter two ways at once. The trail keeps older children moving round the estate, and Home Farm gives the toddlers lambs, piglets and Shire horses to stare at. Lambing here is a real working season with rare breeds, not a petting pen, and the farm team are usually happy to explain what is going on. Because Easter 2027 lands so early, the lambing pens may be fuller a fortnight after the bank holiday than on it, so the second week of the school holiday could be the better bet if lambs are the main reason for going. Get there for 9:30am on bank holiday weekends, as the car park fills fast.
Easter Trail at Anglesey Abbey
Outdoor activity
- Anglesey Abbey, Gardens and Lode Mill is a National Trust house and garden at Lode, on the edge of the Fens north east of Cambridge
- The Easter trail usually runs daily through the school holidays
- The trail pack has come with a trail sheet, bunny ears and a dairy, vegan or Free From chocolate egg
- No booking is needed for the trail, but normal admission applies for non-members
- The woodland play area has swings and den building, which suits children who finish the trail early
- Pushchairs cannot go inside the house because of stairs and narrow corridors, so leave the buggy at the door if you go in
Address: Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge CB25 9EJ
Website: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/anglesey-abbey-gardens-and-lode-mill
How to book: Trail on the day; admission online or at the visitor centre
Anglesey Abbey in late March is mostly about daffodils and the last of the winter garden, and the Easter trail is laid out to take you through both. The paths are wide and flat, so it works for pushchairs and scooters as well as walkers. Lode Mill at the edge of the estate is worth the short detour for children who like machinery. It is a calmer option than Wimpole on a bank holiday Monday, though both get busy by late morning.
Easter Egg Hunt at Wandlebury Country Park
Outdoor activity
- Wandlebury is a country park on the Gog Magog Hills, south east of Cambridge, run by the charity Cambridge Past, Present and Future
- The 2027 egg hunt runs from Saturday 27 March to Sunday 11 April: you collect a sheet from the foyer under the clocktower and look for the eggs hidden within The Ring
- Completed sheets are posted back in the foyer for a prize draw, rather than swapped for a chocolate egg on the spot
- Holiday bushcraft days for ages 5 to 14 run from 30 March to 2 April and 5 to 9 April 2027, from 8:30am to 4pm, and are booked online
- The park is open every day from dawn to dusk and entry is free, but there is a pay and display car park with higher charges at weekends and on bank holidays, and Blue Badge holders park free
- Dogs are welcome on leads, and there is a separate dog run where they can go off the lead
- Toilets, including an accessible toilet, are on site, and free mobility scooter hire is available
- Cycling is not allowed in the park, apart from young children
- The pop-up café opens Thursday to Sunday from April, weather permitting, so it may not be running for an Easter as early as 28 March
Address: Wandlebury Ring, Gog Magog Hills, Cambridge CB22 3AE
Website: cambridgeppf.org/wandlebury-country-park-events
How to book: Egg hunt sheets on the day from the foyer; bushcraft sessions online
Wandlebury is the low-cost Easter option near Cambridge. You pay for parking and that is about it, and the hunt itself is short enough for a three year old to finish. The Ring is the remains of an Iron Age hill fort, so the hunt takes children round the old ditch and bank without them realising they are on an archaeology site. Bring your own snacks and a few chocolate eggs if you want a guaranteed reward, as the prize is a draw. The Roman Road runs off from the park if the adults want a longer walk afterwards.
Peterborough and the Nene Valley
Round Peterborough the big Easter days out sit within a few miles of each other along the A1 and the Nene. Thornhaugh, Ferry Meadows and Flag Fen are close enough to combine in one weekend.
Easter at Ferry Meadows, Nene Park
Outdoor activity
- Nene Park Trust usually runs an Easter Adventure Trail at Ferry Meadows through the school holidays, with an Easter treat for every trail bought
- The trail pack has included offers on watersports, boat trips and the miniature railway
- The park has its own miniature railway, and the Nene Valley Railway stops at Ferry Meadows station
- Pay and play pedalos, rowing boats, paddleboards, kayaks and canoes, bike hire and 45 minute electric boat trips run daily in the holidays
- Entry to the park is free, but parking charges apply to every vehicle, including Blue Badge holders
- Low paths by the river can still be wet or flooded in March after a wet winter
Address: Visitor Centre, Ferry Meadows, Ham Lane, Peterborough PE2 5UU
Website: nenepark.org.uk
Phone: 01733 234193
How to book: Trail on the day at the Visitor Centre; watersports through the Nene Park website
Ferry Meadows is Peterborough’s default Easter outing, and it earns it. Three lakes, a miniature railway, a vintage carousel and the Nene Valley Railway stopping at its own station give you a full day without paying an entry fee. The trail is aimed at younger children and keeps to the main paths round the lakes. On a sunny Easter Monday the car parks fill by late morning, so come early or arrive by steam train from Wansford.
Easter Eggstravaganza at Sacrewell Farm
Indoor and outdoor
- Sacrewell is a 550 acre heritage farm at Thornhaugh, just off the A1 and A47 near Wansford
- Sacrewell holds an Easter Eggstravaganza every year over the Easter holidays
- The Easter ticket is bought per child on top of day admission, and has covered meeting the Easter Bunny, the egg hunt, a chocolate egg and the chance to find the Golden Egg for a prize
- Newborn lambs and goat kids are usually on show at Easter, with bottle-feeding demonstrations
- Tractor rides cost extra and run subject to availability
- The Easter hunt is added to a day entry ticket when you book online
Address: Great North Road, Thornhaugh, Peterborough PE8 6HJ
Website: sacrewell.org.uk
Phone: 01780 782254
How to book: Online through the farm’s ticket site, adding the Easter hunt at checkout
Sacrewell is where Peterborough families go for lambs at Easter, and it is the most complete Easter package in this guide: animals, a bunny, a hunt and a chocolate egg in one ticket. It suits children aged two to eight best. The indoor soft play barn is a useful backup if the wind is coming straight off the fields. The farm is two minutes from Wansford station, so you can easily do Sacrewell in the morning and a steam train in the afternoon.
Easter Holidays at Flag Fen Archaeology Park
Indoor and outdoor
- Flag Fen is a Bronze Age archaeology park on the eastern edge of Peterborough, with a reconstructed causeway, roundhouses and a museum
- It runs a themed family event every Easter holidays, with the theme changing each year
- Recent Easter events have included an egg activity trail with a prize, crafts, games and a certificate
- Standard day tickets are £8 for adults, £4 for children and £20 for a family, though Easter event days have been priced separately
- Under 5s and carers get in free
- The reconstructed causeway walkway is fully accessible
- From March the park opens Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm, with last admission at 3:15pm
Address: The Droveway, Northey Road, Peterborough PE6 7QJ
Website: flagfen.org.uk
How to book: Check the events page on the website for Easter dates and tickets
Flag Fen is a good choice for children who have already done every farm and egg hunt going. The Easter theme changes each year, and the last two have leaned towards dinosaurs, but the real interest is the 3,500 year old timber causeway preserved in the peat. Older children get more from the museum, while younger ones are happy in the roundhouses. The site is open and flat, so bring hats and gloves for an early Easter.
Easter Egg Treasure Hunt at Burghley House
Outdoor activity
- Burghley House is an Elizabethan house on the Peterborough side of Stamford, built between 1555 and 1587, in parkland reshaped by Capability Brown
- Burghley holds an Easter Egg Treasure Hunt every year, usually on Easter Sunday in the Sculpture Garden
- Children solve clues to work out a seasonal puzzle and claim an Easter egg from the Easter Bunny, while adults get harder questions
- The hunt has been included in admission tickets and Burghley annual passes
- Historic Houses member entry has not been valid on the day of the hunt, so members should buy a ticket
- The house reopens for the 2027 season on 6 March, and the gardens open at weekends
- Advance booking is recommended
Address: Stamford PE9 3JY (Burghley’s own written directions are more reliable than sat nav)
Website: burghley.co.uk
How to book: Admission tickets online through Burghley’s website
Burghley does one Easter day rather than a fortnight, and it does it on Easter Sunday itself, which makes it a handy fixed point if the rest of the family is coming for lunch. The Sculpture Garden suits a hunt, with odd modern pieces to find among the trees and the lake beyond. Bring a picnic for the park, or use the Orangery café.
Ely and the Fens
In the Fens, Easter is when the small museums and windmills open their doors for the first time each year, and when the reserves start filling with birdsong. Distances between places are short, but Sunday and bank holiday buses are thin, so plan on driving.
Easter Adventures Trail at Wicken Fen
Outdoor activity
- Wicken Fen near Soham is the National Trust’s oldest nature reserve, first bought in 1899, and one of the few surviving pieces of undrained fen in England
- Its Easter Adventures Trail has run across the Easter holidays with nature-themed activities, from 10am to 5pm with last entry at 4pm
- The trail itself has been free, with normal admission charges for the reserve, and chocolate egg prizes while stocks last
- The route keeps to accessible paths suitable for wheelchairs, balance bikes and small scooters
- Only assistance dogs are allowed on the part of the reserve the trail uses
- The trail passes the reserve’s wooden windpump and bird hides
Address: Lode Lane, Wicken, Ely CB7 5XP
Website: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/wicken-fen-national-nature-reserve
Phone: 01353 720274
How to book: Trail on the day from the Visitor Centre
Wicken Fen is the Easter trail for families who would rather look at herons than bunnies. The boardwalk and the trail route are flat and firm, which matters when the droves around the reserve can still be soft in March. Listen out for the first warblers in the reeds and watch for marsh harriers over the sedge. Bike hire from the visitor centre lets older children go further along the lode after the trail is done.
Easter Sunday at Burwell Museum and Windmill
Indoor and outdoor
- Burwell Museum and Windmill is a village museum of Fenland life beside Stevens’ Mill, a restored windmill in Burwell
- The museum opens for the season on Easter Sunday, which is 28 March in 2027, and it usually marks the day with an egg hunt
- Every egg hunter has gone home with a chocolate prize, finished or not
- Windmill tours are only for visitors at least 1.1 metres tall
- It opens on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holiday Mondays until the end of October, but on bank holiday weekends only the Sunday and Monday, so it is shut on Easter Saturday
- Do not park in Mill Close unless you have a Blue Badge; free parking is at the Gardiner Memorial Hall car park
- There are no buses to Burwell on Sundays or bank holidays
Address: Mill Close, Burwell, Cambridgeshire CB25 0HL
Website: burwellmuseum.org.uk
How to book: Pay at the admission cabin on the day or book online through TicketSource
Burwell is the sort of volunteer-run place that makes Easter feel local. The museum tells the story of village and Fenland life in buildings set round the mill. A windmill tour is the highlight for children tall enough to go up, and the view across the fen from the top shows just how flat this corner of the county is. It is a half day rather than a full day, so combine it with Wicken Fen, ten minutes up the road.
Easter Day at Ely Cathedral
Indoor activity
- Ely Cathedral’s main Easter Day service is the Festal Eucharist, held in recent years at 10:30am, the usual Sunday Eucharist time, and livestreamed
- Evensong is sung at 4pm on Sundays, a quieter alternative to the morning service
- Services are free to attend, while visiting outside service times needs a ticket
- On a normal Sunday, visitor entry outside services runs only from noon to 3pm; Holy Week and Easter service times go on the cathedral’s website nearer the time
Address: The College, Ely
Website: elycathedral.org
How to book: No booking for services; check the cathedral’s website for 2027 times
Easter is the cathedral’s biggest day of the year, and the building is at its fullest and loudest, with the choir, the organ and spring flowers in every corner. Families who do not normally go to church are welcome. Arrive at least 20 minutes early for the Easter Day service to get a seat together. Afterwards, the riverside and Jubilee Gardens are a short walk downhill for a run around.
Easter Egg Hunt at Peckover House, Wisbech
Indoor and outdoor
- Peckover House is a Georgian merchant’s townhouse on North Brink in Wisbech, with a two acre walled Victorian garden
- The Easter egg hunt has run over the Easter weekend only, from Good Friday to Easter Monday
- The trail pack has included a trail sheet, bunny ears and a dairy, vegan or Free From chocolate egg
- Booking is not needed, but normal admission applies for non-members
- In the open season the house opens Friday to Sunday and the garden on more days of the week, so check the opening calendar before you go
Address: North Brink, Wisbech PE13 1JR
Website: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/cambridgeshire/peckover-house-and-garden
How to book: Trail on the day; admission online or on arrival
Peckover is the Easter trail for the far north of the county, and it is a lot more intimate than Wimpole or Anglesey. The walled garden is small enough to let children roam while you sit down, and the orangery holds orange trees that are more than 300 years old. The hunt only runs over the long weekend, so do not expect it in the second week of the holiday. North Brink itself, a long row of Georgian fronts along the Nene, is worth a slow walk afterwards.
Seasonal Highlights
Spring: Easter 2027 runs from Good Friday 26 March to Easter Monday 29 March, with Cambridgeshire County Council schools off from 26 March to 9 April. Lambing at Wimpole Home Farm usually peaks in April. Burwell Museum opens for the season on Easter Sunday, and Denny Abbey and the Farmland Museum reopen in March.
Summer: The National Trust estates swap Easter trails for summer holiday trails, Ferry Meadows runs its six weeks of summer activities and the Nene Valley Railway has its busiest running season.
Autumn: October half term brings Halloween trails at Wimpole and Sacrewell, and the reserves at Wicken Fen and Paxton Pits fill with wintering wildfowl.
Winter: Christmas at Wimpole, the Nene Valley Railway Santa Specials and Father Christmas at Sacrewell and Anglesey Abbey run through December, and Easter programmes tend to be announced in the new year.
A Note From Inside Cambridge
Most venues release their Easter plans in the new year, so this guide gives you what usually runs and where to look. We will update it as 2027 dates are confirmed, so check back in February.
If you run an Easter event, egg hunt or lambing day anywhere in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough, tell us the dates, prices and ages it suits and we will add it.
Before You Go
- Easter 2027 is early, so check that a venue has reopened for the season before you set off, especially small museums and windmills
- Cambridgeshire County Council schools break up on Friday 26 March 2027 and return after Friday 9 April; academies and Peterborough schools may differ
- National Trust Easter trails are usually on the day with no booking, but you still pay normal admission unless you are a member
- Farm events such as Sacrewell’s Eggstravaganza have needed tickets booked online, so book once they go on sale
- Chocolate egg prizes run while stocks last, so go earlier in the day and earlier in the holiday if that matters to your children
- Many egg hunts offer dairy-free, vegan or Free From eggs, but ask at the start if your child has an allergy
- Pack wellies and warm layers, as late March in the Fens can be cold, windy and muddy
- Bank holiday buses are limited or absent in parts of East Cambridgeshire and the Fens, so plan to drive or check timetables first
- Wash hands after handling lambs and other farm animals, and pregnant women are advised to avoid contact with ewes at lambing time
