Easter events 2008
What's on in your area this Easter? Here's our selection of the best family days out. There's something to suit everyone!
THE SOUTH
Easter Fun at Colchester Zoo
21 March-13 April
Visit the enchanted Easter Wonderland, with a chance to meet the Easter Bunny, and dip into the Magic Easter box for a chance to win a chocolate egg (under 15s only). Plus, you can see all the baby animals and their keepers, and watch the Easter chicks hatching. Arts, crafts, a special Easter show and outdoor games add to the fun, and you can end the afternoon at the Easter Disco in the Kalahari Centre.
T: 01206 331292
W: www.colchester-zoo.com
Blackburn Pavilion, London Zoo, Regent's Park, NW1 4RY
From 21 March
Here's a chance to come nose-to-beak with some of the world's most exotic birds. The Blackburn Pavilion is a wonderful new tropical walk-through where toucans, starlings, kookaburras and lovebirds inhabit lush rain forest foliage and waterfalls, and tiny birds flutter around a cloud forest, just like you'd find in the Amazon. You'll also get the chance to see the only hummingbirds available to view in the UK. Many birds are free-flying around the Pavilion.
T: 020 7722 3333
W: www.zsl.org
The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, River Thames, London
29 March
Witness the annual contest between the two famous university teams. Join the expected 250,000 spectators, who will crowd the banks of the Thames from Putney to Mortlake, to watch the event.
W: www.theboatrace.org
Up, Up and Away at Leeds Castle, Kent
21 March-24 March
Leeds Castle is holding its first Kite Festival, featuring a variety of impressive kites, some of which can fly up to 500 feet and are so big they need to be tethered to vehicles! The Skyartists kite display team will amaze visitors with colourful kites collected from all over the world. Look out for inflatable lobsters and a 25-metre squid among other novelties. Young visitors can follow a kite picture trail through the grounds leading to the craft workshop where they can make their own kites, plus Easter eggs for children completing the trail.
T: 0870 600 8880
W: www.leeds-castle.com
Medway Festival of Steam & Transport, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent
23 and 24 March
Lovers of vintage vehicles will be in heaven at this celebration of steam and transport. Entries for the Steam & Transport Festival have reached record levels. With over 1100 exhibits, steam trains, tractions engines, river trips and vintage funfair, the Medway Festival of Steam & Transport at The Historic Dockyard Chatham is a family event not to be missed this Easter.
T: 01634 823800
W: www.chdt.org.uk
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