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🎪 Easter Circus 2026 - Mead Open Farm, Leighton Buzzard


Time: 10:00 - 17:00

🎪 Step right up for an unforgettable Easter at Mead Open Farm as the Big Top opens its doors once again! Get ready for jaw-dropping performances, crazy stunts and the astonishing Wheel of Death.

🗓 2026 DATES:
▪️
Saturday 28th March - Friday 10th April 

🐑 EASTER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN YOUR TICKET
Bottle Feeding Lambs is back! Take part in the cutest activity at the farm, along with our usual daily animal activities. And it wouldn’t be Easter without a little chocolate, so solve the clues to complete our Easter Trail and enjoy a sweet treat.

⭐️ Jaw-dropping Big Top Circus
⭐️ The Wheel of Death (featured in every performance)
⭐️ Lamb bottle feeding
⭐️ Easter Trail with chocolate treat
⭐️ Meet the animals
⭐️ Huge Indoor & Outdoor play areas

🧗‍♀️ PLAY AREAS
Plus enjoy all the usual fun of the farm with acres of outdoor play, including the SkyTrail and rock climbing wall. Head inside for our huge indoor play area featuring drop slides and play frames.

🎟 TICKETS COST:
▪️From just £18.95 per person.
▪️Circus entry and all activities are included in your ticket.
▪️Pre-book online to save 20% off the on-door admission price.
▪️This event is included in a Mead Open Farm Annual Membership.

♿️ ACCESSIBILITY
Our disabled rate covers a disabled person plus carer, on presentation of a Blue Badge, DLA, PIP letter or Numbus Access Card +1. Please bring along one of these on the day of your visit.

Mead Open Farm is accessible for visitors in wheelchairs and we have good accessibility for our disabled visitors. If you have any questions, you can email us at info@meadopenfarm.co.uk or see our access statement on our website.
We have several disabled toilets across the farm, don’t hesitate to ask a member of staff for help finding them. View our map here.

ℹ️ CONTACT DETAILS/ENQUIRIES
☎️ Phone:
01525 852 954

6 other events on this day

🐰 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.

🍊 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)

🦖 See Elmer the Patchwork Elephant - Gulliver's Dinosaur and Farm Park (2026)


Time: 11:00 - 17:00

🦖 Come and see Elmer the Patchwork Elephant at intervals throughout Spring 2026 at Gulliver's Dinosaur & Farm Park, Milton Keynes this April 2026!

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
Be sure to explore the rides and dinosaurs in the Lost World of the Living Dinosaurs, enjoy the farmyard fun on the farm park and get up close to giant creepy crawlies. And get ready to jump, bounce and soar on Elmer's Jumping Pillows - our newest attraction!

🎟 TICKET COST:
Book your tickets online in advance to save!
▪️Adult: £11.00
▪️Child: £11.00
▪️Under 90cm: Free
▪️Concessionary: £8.00

🥚 Free Digital Easter Egg Trail 2026 - Unity Place, Milton Keynes


Time: 10:00 - 14:00

🐣 Ready, set… egg hunt!
Join our FREE Digital Egg Trail and follow the clues across our big screens to spot every hidden egg around Unity Place, Milton Keynes. Find them all and every player gets a chocolate treat.

🗓 2026 DATES
▪️Mon 30th & Tues 31st March
▪️Wed 1st  & Thurs 2nd April
▪️Tues 7th - Fri 10th April

▪️TIME: 11AM - 2PM

📃 WHERE CAN I GET MY GAME SHEET?
Pick up your game sheet from Rye’s Deli in the Urban Food Market and let the egg-hunting begin. No booking needed, just hop in and play! 

🌸 Free Nature Nonsense at Stockwood Discovery Centre - April 2026


Time: 11:00 - 17:00

🌳 Come and join us at Stockwood Discovery Centre, Luton for some free nature based arts and crafts and a welly walk trail around the site.

🗓 2026 DATES & TIME
▪️
7th April - 10th April
▪️11am - 5pm

🌸 WHAT TO EXPECT
Enjoy the great outdoors, take inspiration from the beautiful surroundings and have a “tree-mendous” time with us. “Stick” with us. We wont let the kids “bug” you.

✅️ COST: Free drop-in