There are plenty of Easter Egg Hunts, Trails and Parties to choose from! We’ve listed all the Easter fun we can find in York!
The Easter holidays fall quite late this year, with schools in our area typically finishing on 4th April and back on Tuesday 22nd April. Good Friday is on the 18th April, Easter Sunday is on 20th April and Easter Monday is on the 21st April.
Don’t forget that if you’d prefer to do an Easter Egg hunt at home, you can download Mumbler’s own printable Easter trail clues here!
All the Easter parties and fundays are at the end of this blog in case you still need to tire your little bunnies out!
Listed in date order below…
Go on a Dragon Egg hunt with The Hole in Wand this Easter! (5th-20th April 2025)
Whilst collecting Dragon Eggs to play Wizard Golf, our trainee sorcerer, Thalorin cast a teleportation spell to transport the eggs directly to The Hole in Wand, York. Unfortunately the spell went awry and the eggs have been scattered across 5 different locations in the city. You are tasked with locating the eggs, each displaying a letter, making up a secret word. Speak the magic word to our wizards at The Hole in Wand and, if you are correct, you will be presented with an Easter chocolate treat for your help.
Rather than appearing to you in its true dragon language form, each letter contains magic so that you can see and understand it. The hidden word will answer the question, what are the symbols called that dragons use in their alphabet instead of letters?
Can you find all 5 eggs and discover the secret word? Pick up your map from Hole In Wand on Coppergate Walk. Our Wizards are waiting to hear from you. Happy egg hunting!
📅 Saturday 5th April – Sunday 20th April 2025
📍 Citywide in York! Pick up your map from Hole In Wand at 16 Coppergate Walk or download it here.
For those looking for free activities over the Easter period to keep the kids entertained, take a hop along the York Designer Outlet bunny trail! Spot all 8 fluffy plush bunnies hidden in the Outlet’s store windows then hop, skip and jump to Guest Services for a sweet treat.
📅 4th – 27th April 2025
📍 St Nicholas Avenue, Fulford, YO19 4TA
Hop into the Easter spirit with our fun-filled Easter Bunny Hunt around Fulford! The Care Home residents have hidden 12 cute little bunnies in shop windows all around Fulford, and it’s up to YOU to find them all to win an Easter Egg! Pick up an Easter Bunny Hunt form from the locations below.
Don’t forget! Make sure to hand in your completed form before 5 PM on April 23rd—either drop it off at the Ouse View Care Home reception or email it to [email protected]. Good luck, and happy hunting!
📅 4th – 23rd April 2025
📍 Various locations around Fulford. Grab your Bunny Hunt form from: the Reception at Ouse View Care Home; Fulford Library; or Fulford Chemist.
The Piglets Easter Egg-Stravaganza Fun runs from 5th – 21st April 2025, and their Great Easter Egg Hunt is included in your ticket! Plus loads of other activities included in your admission. Details here.
📅 Saturday 5th – Monday 21st April 2025
📍 Piglets Adventure Farm Park, Towthorpe Grange, York, YO32 9ST
Take an Easter trail around the park for £1 per person (admission charge to Murton Park itself applies). Charge includes a chocolate egg for each entrant.
📅 Saturday 5th – Monday 21st April 2025
📍 Murton Lane, Murton, York, YO19 5UF
This Free garden trail is available for anyone to enjoy over the Easter holidays. Just pop down to the community gardens at Acomb Methodist Church and help yourself! Why not bring a picnic and spend a moment or two enjoying the sunshine. Folder with trail sheets are on the bench to the right of the ramp. Please leave it there for all to enjoy.
📅 6th-20th April 2025
📍 40a Front Street, Acomb, York, YO24 3BX
As part of Day 2 of its Children’s Activity Days this Easter, the Memorial Hall is holding an Easter Egg Hunt in the garden (weather permitting!). There will also be Easter Crafts and Colouring Competition.
This is free for children on free school meals (HAF) or donation for all other families. Snack, Drinks, lunch included.
Please note parents must stay throughout the session.
If you would like to book please email on [email protected] or text 07989 193758 between 9am and 5pm weekdays.
There will be a form for parents/carers to complete before hand.
📅 Wednesday 16th April 2025, 9.30am – 1.30pm.
📍 16 The Village, Haxby, YO32 3HT
The Rowntree Park ‘Legendary’ Easter Trail is back!
Join us on Thursday 17th April for Easter fun in Rowntree Park.
Prebooking required – time slots available to book your start time. Only £2.50 per child for members and £4 non members.
For more info and book event visit the website here
Why not join as a Rowntree Park member for just £10 a year and save on tickets you book for this event (and others)!
📅 Thursday 17th April 2025, start times from 10am to 12pm (bookable slots)
📍 Rowntree Park, Terry Avenue, York YO23 1JQ
St James the Deacon is holding a FREE Easter workshop on Good Friday – fun for all ages, including an egg hunt with chocolate egg for all children!
There will also be an interactive Easter story, range of crafts, fun activities and games, a quiet room with cartoon screening, and free refreshments.
📅 Friday 18th April 2025 (Good Friday), 10am – 12pm
📍 St James the Deacon Church Hall, 2 Sherringham Drive, Woodthorpe, York, YO24 2SE
At St Andrew’s Church in Bishopthorpe we are holding an Easter Egg Hunt and Hot Cross bun cafe on Good Friday. This event starts at 10am to 2pm and it’s FREE.
There are 3 Easter egg trails for different age groups. Easter eggs awarded at the completion of the trail. We have a car park at the church. Lots of other activities for children throughout the day.
📅 Friday 18th April 2025 (Good Friday), 10am – 12pm
📍 St Andrew’s Church, Church Lane, Bishopthorpe, YO23 2QG
Fun Easter egg trail – £4 per map to participate. Prizes to win, bouncy slide, tombola, cakes and loads of fun!
📅 Friday 18th April 2025 (Good Friday), 12pm – 3pm
📍 The Poppleton Centre, Main Street, Upper Poppleton, YO26 6JT
The Rufforth Giant Egg Hunt is on the 19th of April (Easter Saturday) from 11am – 3pm with food and activities at the Rufforth School and Community Hall, YO23 3QF. Trail maps will be £5 which includes a small prize for taking part.
📅 Saturday 19th April 2025 (Easter Saturday), 11am – 3pm
📍 Rufforth School and Community Hall, YO23 3QF
The annual egg hunt at the trail will take place on Easter Saturday. £3 per participant. Refreshments will be available.
📅 Saturday 19th April 2025 (Easter Saturday), 10.30am – 4pm
📍 New Earswick Nature Reserve, located at Off 4TH, Alder Way, New Earswick.
Join us for Easter Family Fun and Open Church! Saturday 19th April 2025.
Easter Egg Hunt, Egg Rolling, Kids’ Arts & Crafts, Prizes, Refreshments, Flower Displays, Open Church. All ages welcome. Drop in between 2pm and 4pm. FREE!
All families welcome .
📅 Saturday 19th April 2025 (Easter Saturday), 2 – 4pm
📍 St Stephen’s Church, York Road, Acomb.
Easter Trail with a prize for winners!
Scavenger Hunt – Free goody bag – Fun and Games – Crafts – Easter Bonnet/Hat/Diorama competition.
Free entry (with a small charge for craft activities). Keep up to date on our facebook page.
📅 Saturday 19th April 2025 (Easter Saturday), 2 – 4pm
📍 Rivelin Way, York.
Children’s Easter Egg Hunt 10am-12pm Sunday 20th April. Please note that the baskets are placed on benches on clear path ways, and are not placed on any graves.
📅 Sunday 20th April 2025 (Easter Sunday), 10am – 12pm
📍 York Cemetery, 49 Cemetery Road, York, YO10 5AJ (Fishergate area)
Easter Egg Hunt, Easter Bonnet Competition, Easter cold buffet (£10 per person)
📅 Sunday 20th April 2025 (Easter Sunday)
📍 Crombie Ave, Marjorie Waite Ct, Clifton, York YO30 6DX
How about an Easter Egg Hunt with a difference at Yearsley Swimming Pool? Search for hidden eggs in the pool! For every two eggs you find, you’ll receive a delicious chocolate treat. Plus, if you discover a golden egg, you’ll win an even bigger prize! Please book on the Better website under the “Family Fun” category here.
📅 Sunday 20th April 2025 (Easter Sunday), 2 sessions: Session 1 11:00 – 11:45am and Session 2 12:00 – 12:45pm
📍 Yearsley Swimming Pool, Haley’s Terrace, York, Yorkshire YO31 8SB
Easter Trail around the Recreation Centre – answer the Easter Questions on the trail to receive a prize at the bar!
£3 per ticket (one child per ticket). Tickets will be available to buy in advance of the day from the bar – buying tickets in advance is highly advised, as we will have limited ticket availability on the day. Looking forward to another fun Easter at The Rec! 🐰✨
📅 Sunday 20th April 2025 (Easter Sunday), 12-5pm
📍 The Rec, Baron’s Crescent, Copmanthorpe.
Easter ‘Egg’ Hunt and Craft/Table Top Sale Stalls. Details TBC by business.
📅 Sunday 20th April 2025, timings TBC
📍 Naburn Lock, Naburn, York, Naburn YO19 4RU
The Beeswing Pub is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt for its younger customers at 12.30pm on Easter Sunday, followed by a Beer Token Hunt at 1pm for the adults!
📅 Sunday 2oth April 2025, from 12.30pm
📍 Beeswing York, 55 Hull Road, York.
Work out the words by finding the letters around the woods to get an Easter treat! This trail is aimed at primary school aged children due to the literacy level needed to take part.
📅 Sunday 2oth April 2025 (Easter Sunday), from 10am – 12pm
📍 Acomb Woods (entrance near Girvan Close there will be a stand with volunteers)
Kids’ Easter Egg Hunt from 1pm. Food available from 2pm. PLUS bingo, disco and karaoke from 4pm.
📅 Sunday 2oth April 2025, from 1pm
📍 Acorn Rugby Club, Thanet Road, York YO24 2NW
Apart from Beningbrough mentioned above, there are other National Trust properties within an hour of York by car which have Easter egg hunts and trails on this Easter, in which participants can collect a chocolate egg (dairy or free from) after completing the trail. These include:
🐣 Fountains Abbey, Ripon, HG4 3DY – details here
🐣 Nostell Priory, near Wakefield WF4 1QE – details here
🐣 Nunnington Hall, Howardian Hills area, YO62 5UY – details here
🐣 Brimham Rocks, near Harrogate HG3 4DW – details here
Normal admission applies (free for National Trust members), and the Easter trail sheets are typically £3.50 extra.
Join the giant Easter egg hunt at RHS Harlow Carr, which this year has got even more egg-citing! Children have a special quest to solve as they search for brightly coloured eggs hidden around the garden. You can also enjoy story yoga, craft workshops and the Guess How Much I Love You™ garden adventure trail.
📅 5th – 21st April 2025, 10am – 5pm daily.
📍 Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate HG3 1QB
🌐 More information can be found on our Mumbler listing here: RHS Harlow Carr, Harrogate – Easter Holidays – York Mumbler
Walled Garden Easter Trail: Help the animal parents find their pesky babies! Badger, deer, owl, fox and their friends have lost their little ones, who have given them the slip in the Walled Garden. Help them reunite by finding each baby’s footprints and taking a rubbing to win a chocolatey prize.
Usual admission charges applies, trail included with both House & Garden and Garden tickets.
📅 5th – 27th April 2025
📍 Castle Howard Estate Limited, Castle Howard, York, North Yorkshire, YO60 7DA
🌐 More information can be found here.
Picture Credit Charlotte Graham
Are you clever enough to crack Loki’s secret code? Grab your trail pack and set off on The Great Rune Hunt—a free, interactive adventure perfect for families, book lovers, and mythology enthusiasts alike!
This city-wide treasure hunt will have you exploring seven unique venues in York, searching for hidden runes. Each location holds a special rune letter. Collect them all to reveal a hidden word!
Find out more here.
FREE
7 – 21 April 2025
Visit Jorvik Viking Centre and other venues to collect your FREE trail pack – more details here.
We have two separate Easter Parties!
🐣 Easter Party – 16th April – 4.30 – 6.00 pm – £15 per child (members), £20 per child (non-members). For children aged 1-12 years
🐣 Baby’s Easter Party – 3rd April – £15 per child. Pre-walkers from 4 months – 12:30 – 14:00. Walkers under 3 – 14:00 – 15:30
Contact [email protected] to book.
📍 The Little Gym, Kathryn Avenue, Vangarde, York
Join us for our annual Easter Eggstravaganza! Free entry – lots of fun activities. Bring a picnic and blanket and enjoy a picnic on the field!
📅 Saturday 12th April 2025, 10am – 1pm
📍 The Bungalow, Wigginton Primary School, Westfield Lane, York
🎶🕺🏼 Family disco on Good Friday! 🎶💃🏼
All welcome. Prizes and raffle too! Keep up to date on the facebook page here.
📅 Friday 18th April 2025 (Good Friday), 4.30 – 7.30pm
📍 White Rose Avenue, York
Download our Easter Egg hunt clues to enjoy at home!
Check out our ‘Free and Cheap things to do at Easter’ blog for even more activities to do at home!
We’re updating this section all the time – please keep checking back! If you have an Easter party to tell us about, please email [email protected] with the details.
Blog last updated 2 April 2025
