Animal Mysteries Easter Trail: Cressing Temple Barns
Enjoy our Eggscellent Easter Trails at the Essex Country Parks this school holiday
Can you help the Easter Bunny find and count the eggs that are hidden around Cressing Temple Barns.
Pick up or download a free Easter Trail sheet* from Saturday 5 April until Thursday 10 April and then Tuesday 15 until Monday 21 April.
(The site will be closed on Friday 11 April and Monday 14 April for the set up and take down of the Charlie Owen Spring Fair. Access to the site will be ticketed on Saturday 12 April and Sunday 13 April for the event.)
Make a day of it, enjoy lunch at the Tiptree Tea Rooms and browse in the shop and the plant stalls for a special memento of your visit.
Download and print the Easter Trail sheet at home.
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- Download and print the animal mysteries at home.
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Supported by the Essex Year of Numbers.
*While printed stocks last
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