Killerton

Easter Eggstravaganza at Killerton

Event Date: 
28/03/2015 - 10:00am to 12/04/2015 - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter

Family fun at The National Trust's Killerton House - near Exeter. Open throughout the Easter holidays there are masses of Eggs to at Killerton House!

Come and join us from Saturday 28 March - Sunday 12 April, 11am-4pm

Bring the family to Killerton for a fun day out over the Easter school holidays. Become Eggsplorers by following our special trail around the spring outdoors and claim your Cadbury chocolate Egghead prize. There will also be extra fun activities led by Cadbury between 3-6 April.

£2 per trail plus normal admission fees

http://www.nationaltrust....

Bursts of colour spring up at Killerton

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/04/2015 - 12:22pm

The garden and parkland at Killerton estate near Exeter, is one of the top places in the Southwest to see early spring blooms; and this year they are putting on quite a show.

Visitors are flocking to Killerton to herald the end of winter and see the carpets of cyclamen and swathes of snowdrops before they fade. Flashes of pink, purple, yellow and white can be found all over the grounds, with the magnolia, crocuses and daffodils also springing into life.

On Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March, visitors can come along for a snowdrop weekend to help the Killerton gardeners plant 12,...

Your guide to What's On this weekend

Your guide to the best music, events and activities taking place in and around Exeter this weekend.

THEATRE

After the Accident Friday & Saturday, Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter Highly accessible and utterly engrossing, this award winning drama takes you on a highly charged journey where forgiveness and redemption are set against guilt, rage and despair. Through brilliant storytelling and recognisable characters, experience a fascinating insight into Restorative Justice; a process which tries to repair something of the harmful consequences of crime. This riveting production...

The F-Word: the changing language of fashion

Event Date: 
31/10/2015 - 10:00am to 01/11/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter

From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion.

Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries.

Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to produce it....

Costume exhibition opens at Killerton House

From a 150-year-old crinoline to a 60s mini, garments have shaped not only their owners but also the entire face of fashion. Killerton’s latest costume exhibition ‘The F-Word: the changing language of fashion’ opens on Saturday 14 February and explores how fashion has responded to the latest innovations and made its mark across the centuries. Zips, buttons, elastic – items now taken for granted were revolutionary in their day. They changed what could be worn and also helped people dress faster and with ease. And the language of fashion is often bound to the technology and materials used to...

Ponies on gardening duty at Killerton

This week a herd of 10 Dartmoor ponies took up temporary residence on an extinct volcano at Killerton estate near Exeter.

Dolbury Hill is the tree-lined backdrop to Killerton House, known locally as ‘The Clump’, which is steeped in 3,000 years of history.

The hill’s rare geology and relics of an Iron Age Hill Fort have led it to be designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Scheduled Monument.

Ed Nicholson, Killerton’s Lead Ranger, explains why grazing Dartmoor ponies have had such a positive impact on the nature conservation of this sensitively...

Easter holiday fun

Event Date: 
28/03/2015 - 10:00am to 12/04/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Knightshayes Court, Tiverton

Get yourself out an about this Easter, and explore the garden with one of Knightshayes' seasonal trails.

Running all for the whole of the Easter holiday.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/knightshayes/

Killerton Easter Egg Trail

Event Date: 
28/03/2015 - 10:00am to 12/04/2015 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter

Easter fun at Killerton following the trail around the garden.

11am-4pm.

All tickets £2 (per trail), normal admission applies.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton

The F Word: The Changing Language of Fashion

Event Date: 
14/02/2015 - 10:00am to 22/03/2015 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst, Exeter

Killerton’s exhibition for 2015 will look at some of the terms and technology used to describe elements of clothing in the past.

The underlying theme of the exhibition is innovation, illustrated by examples from the historic collection.

Open until 5pm.

Free event, but normal admission applies.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/killerton

Father Christmas at Killerton

Event Date: 
20/12/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Killerton House, Broadclyst

Ho ho ho! Father Christmas parks his sledge on the Killerton drive, and gets everyone in the festive spirit.

As he is especially visiting Killerton, Father Christmas has promised to be dressed in his special green robes, as he traditionally was in the Victorian era. He'll be waiting to meet you by a roaring log fire in the Music Room.

Every child aged 8 and under receives a gift!

Tickets £3 per child.

Two sessions 11am - 1pm and 2pm - 4pm

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