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🍊 Orange Rolling 2026 - Dunstable Downs


Time: 10:00 - 17:00 Price: £3.50

🍊 The Easter tradition of Orange Rolling returns to Dunstable Downs for 2026 at the Visitor Centre.

🗓 2026 DATES
▪️Sat 28 Mar - Sun 12 Apr
▪️10am – 5pm
▪️Last entry at 4:30pm

ℹ️ EVENT DETAILS
This year, visitors can challenge a friend and race their tennis balls along 10 purpose-built race tracks (filled with drops, twists, and turns), to see whose orange makes it to the finish line first!

💳 COST:
£3.50 per trail, which includes an Easter trail sheet, bunny ears, and a dairy or vegan & Free From* chocolate egg. (*Suitable for people with milk, egg, gluten, peanut, and tree nut allergies.)

This year's Easter trail is a fun, family-friendly experience that's not to be missed!

🐶 OTHER INFORMATION
This event is aimed at families, but everyone is welcome. Dogs on leads around the Visitor Centre. There is also a Café onsite.

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
The visitor centre, courtyard and trail is step free and suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

🅿️ PARKING
Parking is free for National Trust Members and Blue Badge holders, for everyone it is £3.50.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS
☎️ Phone: 01582 500920
📧 Email:
dunstabledowns@nationaltrust.org.uk

📸 Image description: a group of children playing with an outdoor ball run (©National Trust Images/Steve Haywood)

4 other events on this day

☕ Coffee & Stories with Museum Friends - St Albans Museum & Gallery


Time: 11:00 - 12:30

Join MacIntyre, St Albans Museums' 'Community in Residence' for 2026, for a friendly monthly drop-in session.

🗓 2026 THEMES & DATES

▪️Time: Thursdays 11:00 to 12:30
▪️Price: Free – Just drop in!

🚌 5th March: Transport
🛍 2th April: Shops And Shopping
🏏 7th May: Sports And Games
🌸 4th June: Glorious Gardens

WHAT TO EXPECT
To kick off a year of collaboration, everyone is invited to these welcoming gatherings. It’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy a hot drink, meet new people, and discover the stories behind the museum's fascinating collection.

 These sessions are all about community and conversation. There will be tea and biscuits, friendly faces, and a unique insight into museum objects. Each month focuses on a different theme, sparking memories and interesting chats.

Come along, enjoy a cuppa and company—we would love to meet you!

🎟 FREE ENTRY!

ℹ️ ABOUT THE ORGANISER
MacIntyre - Providing Support...Your Way
MacIntyre is a registered charity (Number 250840) dedicated to providing support to people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

ℹ️ ENQUIRIES/CONTACT DETAILS

🐰 Free Easter Egg Hunt 2026 - Silsoe Community Sports Centre


Time: 11:00 - 14:00

🐰Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday 2nd April 2026 from 11am - 2pm are Silsoe Community Sports Centre.

✨️Join us for a super fun egg-cellent Easter event for the whole family. With lots of fun activities for the kids to enjoy and FREE ENTRY!

WHAT TO EXPECT
🥚 Easter egg trail
🏰 Free bouncy castle
⚽ Inflatable football
🍰 Hot and cold drinks and sweet treats at the cafe

🐰 Easter at Johnsons of Old Hurst Zoo - 2026


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🌸 Easter at Johnsons Zoo 2026!

🗓 EASTER 2026 DATES:
▪️Sat 28th March - Sunday 29th March
▪️Tues 31st March - Sunday 5th April
▪️Tues 7th April - Sunday 12th April

🕙 TIMES
We’ll be open 10am–5pm (Tues–Sat) and 10am–4:30pm (Sun) with plenty to keep the whole family entertained! Last entry is 30 minutes before closing time.

🐊
Please note, our tropical house will close 30 minutes prior to the zoo closing.

🐻 WHAT TO EXPECT
Enjoy our Easter Trail, face painting & more, alongside all your favourite animals here at Johnsons Zoo. It’s the perfect spring day out... we can’t wait to see you!

✅️ Play park onsite
✅️ Restaurant
✅️ Tea room
✅️ Farm shop

🐶 DOGS
For all you dog lovers and owners... yes! we do accept dogs at Johnsons, though we ask for you to keep them on a lead at all times.

🥪 NO PICNICS ALLOWED
To maintain affordable zoo prices and ensure the well-being of our animals, we encourage customers to dine in our tea room or steakhouse during their visit. Keeping our zoo prices low is essential to make it accessible to families with lower incomes.

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to be wheelchair accessible. We provide disabled parking next to our farm shop and in front of the steakhouse entrance. Accessible toilets are available in both the steakhouse and tea room. Additionally, we have gravel paths throughout our zoo and woodland walk to facilitate wheelchair access.

💷 PAY AT THE DOOR - NO BOOKING REQUIRED (CASH OR CARD)
▪️
Adult: £5.50
▪️Child: £4.50
▪️3 & under go free

ℹ️ ENQUIRIES
☎️ Phone: 01487 824658

🐷 Easter 2026 at Grange Farm Academy - Kempston


Time: 10:00 - 12:00

🐷 Welcome to Grange Community farm; we are delighted to introduce you to the animals who have joined the Grange Family. There will be a treasure hunt and ice cream van onsite.

🗓 EASTER 2026 DATES
▪️
Tuesday 31st March
▪️Thursday 2nd April
▪️Tuesday 7th April
▪️Thursday 9th April

🎟 TICKET COST:
▪️£5 per person
▪️Under 3’s go free

ℹ️ BOOKING INFORMATION
It would be great if you can pre book on the website via the event link so we can keep updated with the numbers. You can also pay on the gate, cash only.