Entertain the little ones this Easter with a family holiday at the winchester town house and all the fabulous activities around.
Winchester is a jam-packed fun zone for kids. With The Science Centre & Planetarium, The Discovery Centre and The Theatre Royal it is a great way for your children to learn through play. The Planetarium and Science Centre is super cool, has the wow factor and puts on engaging activities children can join in with. The Discovery Centre has a variety of events, workshops, music and shows on entertaining ages from young to young-at-heart. The Theatre Royal has some lively shows to get the children dancing and learning. These places are open all year round so be sure to put Winchester on your family holidays list. If you're visiting over Winchester we have listed a bunch of Easter Activities taking place in Winchester over the Easter period.
Winchester City Mill Easter Activities
Easter Holiday Trail
Sat 6 - Thurs 18 Apr, 10am - 4pm
Join the team at Winchester City Mill to take part in our new challenge. Peer through telescopes hanging around the Mill to find the answers to quiz questions about the animals and plants found along the River Itchen to win a fun prize.
Free, normal property admission applies.
Pumpkin seed planting
Thurs 11 & Tues 16 April, 11am - 3pm
Kids love to plant seeds and watch them grow. Outside in our island garden, discover the fun of planting your very own pumpkin seed to take home and grow on. They can tick off one of our 50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾ at the same time.
Cadbury Easter egg hunt
Fri 19 - Mon 22 April, 10am - 4pm
You’ll find lots of delicious chocolate fun at the Mill over the Easter weekend. Pick up a map and follow the clues around this ancient building to locate the Easter Bunny’s stash and collect your Cadbury prize.
£2 per trail, normal property admission applies.
Sat 6 - Thurs 18 Apr, 10am - 4pm
Join the team at Winchester City Mill to take part in our new challenge. Peer through telescopes hanging around the Mill to find the answers to quiz questions about the animals and plants found along the River Itchen to win a fun prize.
Free, normal property admission applies.
Pumpkin seed planting
Thurs 11 & Tues 16 April, 11am - 3pm
Kids love to plant seeds and watch them grow. Outside in our island garden, discover the fun of planting your very own pumpkin seed to take home and grow on. They can tick off one of our 50 things to do before you’re 11 ¾ at the same time.
Cadbury Easter egg hunt
Fri 19 - Mon 22 April, 10am - 4pm
You’ll find lots of delicious chocolate fun at the Mill over the Easter weekend. Pick up a map and follow the clues around this ancient building to locate the Easter Bunny’s stash and collect your Cadbury prize.
£2 per trail, normal property admission applies.
Winchester Cathedral Easter Trail
10 April - 10am - 12noon. 1pm - 3pm.
Pick up a free Easter trail from Winchester Cathedral's Entrance Desk and follow it around the Cathedral. End the trail at the craft table to make an Easter basket. This is free for children but adults may have to pay a Cathedral admission fee. Enjoyable for both children and adults while the little ones do the hunt, the adults can enjoy the amazing Cathedral features.
Suitable for children aged 4 to 11 years.
Pick up a free Easter trail from Winchester Cathedral's Entrance Desk and follow it around the Cathedral. End the trail at the craft table to make an Easter basket. This is free for children but adults may have to pay a Cathedral admission fee. Enjoyable for both children and adults while the little ones do the hunt, the adults can enjoy the amazing Cathedral features.
Suitable for children aged 4 to 11 years.
Winchester Science Centre Science of Sweets
5 - 23 April - happens throughout the day.
This tasty science experience has all the right ingredients for jam-packed family day out this Easter at Winchester Science Centre. Enjoy a pick 'n' mix of brilliant hands-on science in the Invention Studio, including a make your own Wonker-inspired sweet machine, and live science shows featuring a sugar flame thrower and exploding fat! Put the cherry on the top by adding a planetarium show for a virtual flight through space.
This tasty science experience has all the right ingredients for jam-packed family day out this Easter at Winchester Science Centre. Enjoy a pick 'n' mix of brilliant hands-on science in the Invention Studio, including a make your own Wonker-inspired sweet machine, and live science shows featuring a sugar flame thrower and exploding fat! Put the cherry on the top by adding a planetarium show for a virtual flight through space.
Theatre Royal
The Amazing Bubble Man
9 April
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. An Edinburgh Fringe favourite, he has sold out there for the last twelve years. Louis explores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles, combining comedy and artistry with audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to keep everyone mesmerised. From square bubbles to rocket bubbles, tornado bubbles to flying saucer bubbles, The Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages.
Braniac! Live
13 April
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls, due to popular demand science's greatest and most volatile live show is returning with a vengeance at Theatre Royal Winchester. Based on the multi-award winning TV show, Brainiac Live! is back. Brainiac Live! will take you on a breathless ride through the wild world of the weird and wonderful. Expect exploding dustbins, combusting microwaves and loads of live daredevil stunts!
Watch from the safety of your seat as the Brainiacs delve fearlessly into the mysteries of science and do all of those things on stage that you're too scared to do at home!
The Amazing Adventures of Pinocchio
16 April
Immersion Theatre are thrilled to present a brand new, larger-than-life musical adaptation of the much-loved classic, Pinocchio at Theatre Royal Winchester. Based on Carlo Collodi's fantastical children's book, this magical story leaps off the page and onto the stage in a vibrant re-telling of Pinocchio's extraordinary adventures.
Packed with comedy, audience interaction, and a completely original score guaranteed to have you singing along from start to finish, this high energy musical promises to be the perfect treat for the whole family.
9 April
Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. An Edinburgh Fringe favourite, he has sold out there for the last twelve years. Louis explores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles, combining comedy and artistry with audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to keep everyone mesmerised. From square bubbles to rocket bubbles, tornado bubbles to flying saucer bubbles, The Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages.
Braniac! Live
13 April
Strap on your safety goggles boys and girls, due to popular demand science's greatest and most volatile live show is returning with a vengeance at Theatre Royal Winchester. Based on the multi-award winning TV show, Brainiac Live! is back. Brainiac Live! will take you on a breathless ride through the wild world of the weird and wonderful. Expect exploding dustbins, combusting microwaves and loads of live daredevil stunts!
Watch from the safety of your seat as the Brainiacs delve fearlessly into the mysteries of science and do all of those things on stage that you're too scared to do at home!
The Amazing Adventures of Pinocchio
16 April
Immersion Theatre are thrilled to present a brand new, larger-than-life musical adaptation of the much-loved classic, Pinocchio at Theatre Royal Winchester. Based on Carlo Collodi's fantastical children's book, this magical story leaps off the page and onto the stage in a vibrant re-telling of Pinocchio's extraordinary adventures.
Packed with comedy, audience interaction, and a completely original score guaranteed to have you singing along from start to finish, this high energy musical promises to be the perfect treat for the whole family.
Stay at The Winchester Town House
Treat the family to quality and comfort at the designer town house. This 3 bedroom city centre property boasts beautiful interior ready for a family to snuggle into comfy sofas and lay their heads to rest on top quality Egyptian cotton bedding. If the sun is shining over the Easter weekend, enjoy the back garden with a lovely patio to play ring-a-ring-a-roses or go on a bear hunt!