Every day from 28 March to 12 April, Killerton near Exeter are hosting their annual National Trust Cadbury Easter Egg Trail.
Little tots to big kids are invited to unleash their inner Eggsplorer at Killerton, crack the clues and earn their Cadbury chocolate Egghead prize.
Killerton’s prize Egghead, Bryony Wilde, said: “The challenge is to keep your eyes peeled for signs of the legendary dragon that lives on Killerton’s extinct volcano and find hidden gems nestled in the garden, swings, dens and climbing frames along the way.’
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.
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,...
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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...
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....
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...
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...
