Easter

Devon's Crealy launches M'egga Easter

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 03/09/2016 - 9:22am

Hop over to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park this Easter for their biggest and best Easter Egg Hunt yet.

With over 10,000 chocolate egg prizes to giveaway, it’s going to be M’egga. The much loved Easter Egg Hunt will take place from Friday 25th March. Simply follow the trail to find clues and solve the puzzles on your adventure around the Park, for a delicious Easter reward.

Guests of all ages are invited to take part in the ’Egg’-citing Easter fun at Devon’s Crealy, with a great line up of new shows scheduled throughout the day. The entertainment team will be on the...

Easter pop-up Drama club

Event Date: 
04/04/2016 - 1:00pm to 3:15pm
Venue: 
America Hall, Pinhoe, Exeter

'Imagine That' Drama club will be running a 'pop-up' Drama club for 7-16 year olds in America Hall on Monday 4th April.

For fun, games and giggles make sure you book a place.

7-11 year olds will be from 1-2pm and 12-16 year olds from 2.15-3.15pm.

Absolutely no performance experience necessary but please book in advance at www.imaginethatdrama.co.uk or www.facebook.com/imaginethatdramadevon .

Motorcycling Easter bunnies wanted!

A motorbike ride with a special chocolatey difference will take place on Easter Sunday this year – and YOU could be part of it. The riders will be delivering chocolate Easter eggs to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at the South West Children’s Hospice.

So why not join 'Exeter Based Motorcycle Rides' for a ride to remember? This amazing ride will take place on Easter Sunday 27 March, meeting at Cowley Bridge Road layby, Exeter, EX4 5BX. Be ready to leave at 11am. To join in just turn up on two wheels (or three for trikes!) with a full tank of fuel and make sure you bring...

Alice in Wonderland

Event Date: 
30/03/2016 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Exeter

Join Alice and her friends on a magical adventure in Wonderland this Easter! Joining Alice is the Mad Hatter, played by Britain's Got Talent finalist and YouTube star Philip Green, as well as the White Rabbit and of course Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.

This fantastic rendition of the Lewis Carroll classic will have you in fits of laughter as the cast deliver hilarious comedy routines, alongside a number of well known, toe-tapping tunes that will have you singing and dancing all the way to the biggest tea party in town!

Featuring a professional cast, stunning scenery and...

Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at Killerton

Event Date: 
19/03/2016 - 11:00am to 11/04/2016 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
Killerton House, National Trust, Broadclyst, Exeter, Devon EX5 3LE

Follow the special Easter trail around the blossoming garden and parkland. On your way around, explore winding paths to find the Bear's Hut, Ice House and the Chapel. Claim your Cadbury chocoloate prize at the end.

£2.50 per trail plus normal admission fees.

Easter Egg Challenge

Event Date: 
29/03/2016 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue: 
Reed Base, Seaton Wetlands, Colyford Road, Seaton, NEAREST POSTCODE EX12 2SP

Easter activities for families

A self-led egg trail as well as Easter crafts and challenges.

http://eastdevon.gov.uk/countryside/countryside-events-guide-and-informa...

Motorbiking Easter bunnies' special delivery

A motorbike ride with a special chocolatey difference took place on Easter Sunday this year with riders delivering chocolate Easter eggs to youngsters with life-limiting illnesses at Little Bridge House, Children’s Hospice South West.

There were an amazing 58 motorbikes including a few scooters, a couple of trikes and even a motorbike with a trailer containing a couple of dogs enjoying a beautiful day out!

The bikers from all around Devon met at Bridge Motorcycles in Exeter and went on a scenic ride to Little Bridge House, South West Children's Hospice near Bideford....

Oh purse, where have you 'bin'?

A young visitor to Exmouth thought she had seen the last of her savings and treasured possessions when she threw some litter into a seafront rubbish bin – and her purse went in as well!

But the following day East Devon District Council was able to return the purse to a delighted Karis Atkins.

The town’s new ‘Big Belly’ bins have a rotating drawer front and the contents are compressed by a solar-powered ram. So there was no chance of Karis reaching into the bin to retrieve the lost purse.

Karis, a 16-year-old student from Exeter, was enjoying a day out with friends...

Exeter Airport reports a busy Easter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 04/10/2015 - 10:22am

Easter was the busiest period of the year so far for Exeter Airport with over sixteen and a half thousand inbound and outbound passengers using the airport over the holiday period; a figure which was helped by the re-introduction of the Flybe ‘sun routes’ to Alicante, Malaga and Faro.

A high level of bookings on the other Flybe services, together with those of Skybus and Thomson flights which operated to as far away as Sharm El Sheikh, meant that the airport was over fifteen percent busier than Easter last year.

Exeter Airport managing director Matt Roach said: “The Easter...

Your essential guide to Easter family fun

From Easter egg hunts to eggtastic activities, there's loads going on in and around Exeter to keep the family entertained this Easter...

Daily, until 12 April:

Exe Egg Chase Exe Estuary Trail, Exeter A special Easter egg hunt inspired by Rugby World Cup 2015. Participants have to find small, Rugby-ball shaped chocolate eggs which are hidden at a number of businesses along the estuary trail route including, Saddles & Paddles, Toby Buckland Plant Centre, Stuart Line Cruises, Darts Farm, the Salutation Inn and Double Locks. The Rugby eggs can be found by following clues...

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