The blossom has prettified the trees, daffodils beam at us from their beds and spring in all its loveliness is nearly here.
If you’re after some egg-citing family-friendly entertainment during the Easter holidays, Bristol has an egg-ceptional range of activities, events and attractions. Did you know the first ever Easter egg was made in Bristol? So you see, we really are eggs-perts when it comes to Easter.
Family Activities
See the much-loved children’s story – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt – come to life at Bristol Zoo Project. Learn about prehistoric sea life at Bristol Aquarium join a facintating talk on fossils at Bristol Aquarium or watch The Land Before Time at the former IMAX cinema. Find out about one of the most important women in palaeontology at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery or see the extended Protest display and Colston Statue at M Shed.
Find out about plants how were transported across continents at Brunel’s SS Great Britain, who launch their floating garden this Easter. Or pilot a pedal plane at Aerospace Bristol.
Take part in a new community art festival across Bristol Shopping Quarter, Woodland of Wonder, where you can enjoy exhibitions, workshops and photography walks, as well as performing stilt-walking trees at Sparks Bristol and John Welsey’s New Room.
Discover the four plants which have popped up around the Dream Factory at Wake The Tiger, and enter a competition to see your drawings be brought to life.
Read more about our big attractions in our Things To Do section.
Easter Egg Hunts
Find Easter eggs hidden by legendary giants at Clifton Observatory, spot handcrafted sculptures and take part in workshops in family workshops at the University of Bristol Botanical Garden.
Wander round the beautiful gardens of Tyntesfield and Dyrham Park to spot the daffodils and tulips while hunting for Easter eggs. Help find lost dinosaur eggs this Easter at The Grand Pier, where you can also enjoy free face painting, meet the Easter bunny and more.
Spot hidden surfer cartoons around The Wave, or take your little one to one of their Little Rippers surf sessions – brand new lessons aimed at younger children.
Where to buy Easter Eggs
If you're looking for somewhere to buy Easter eggs, Harvey Nichols and Hotel Chocolat in Cabot Circus sell luxury eggs, while Flying Tiger in Cabot Circus sell mini chocolate eggs, coins, cookies and Easter crafts and decorations.
Taste of Napoli in Broadmead specialise in Italian deli products with some Easter flourishes, and you can also get a range of locally made sweet treats and gifts from Sparks.
Papadeli in Clifton are running a raffle to win a giant Easter Egg and you can also purchase decadent Easter Eggs there too. Over in Wapping Wharf, take your pick from a range of vegan Easter eggs at Herbivore Vegan Deli and Easter treats including Tony's Chocoloney at Better Food.
Easter specials
Many of Bristol's best eateries are offering Easter specials over the holiday. Including Swoon who are serving up a mini egg gelato, and 360 café at the Clifton Observatory have a decadent and rich mini egg hot chocolate on their menu.
Easter Services
Discover Bristol’s places of worship and attend Easter services happening around the city with help from our Sacred and Spiritual section.
Arts and Crafts
Join Easter crafting sessions at Bristol Cathedral, an arts and craft session with Goldfinch Create and Play, or a spray art session with Where the Wall or Graft.
For Easter holiday events and special Easter offers and lots more check out the pages below.
Easter Sports Fixtures
Take in a sporting event over Easter. See Bristol City take on Leicester City at 12:30 on Friday 29 March in the Sky Bet Championship at Ashton Gate Stadium.
Ashton Gate Stadium will host its first ever Women's Six Nations fixture, as it becomes home to the world's number one team, the Red Roses for their colossal clash against Wales on 30 March at 16:45 for the TikTok Women's Six Nations Red Roses v Wales at Ashton Gate Stadium. With tickets from only £15 for adults, and £5 for juniors, the day promises fun for all the family in an electric sporting atmosphere.
Explore filming locations
Go #SetJetting - follow in the footsteps of Archie Leach on the brand new Raising Cary Grant walking tour, or visit Doctor Who filming locations.
Stay Overnight
If you’re planning a family break, then have a look at our family-friendly activities section, pick out the perfect place to stay for your Bristol adventure and book somewhere yummy to eat by checking out our child-friendly places to eat pages.
Value for Money
Want to save money on your travel this Easter? Megabus have £2 golden tickets up for grabs on selected trips for travel over Easter and there’s 10,000 of them available. Travel for free on the m2 metrobus service from Long Ashton Park & Ride to Bristol City Centre on 4-6 April. Noah’s, Coal Kitchen and The Real Greek are running a kids eat free deal during the school holidays and Yakinori have healthy and delicious kids bento. Côte Brasserie - Quakers Friars and Clifton Village are running their Easter à la Côte offer. Check out more Easter offers.