Race down to Beaulieu this Easter – 3 - 19 April 2015!  Test your driving skill on Beaulieu's giant Scalextric track, create your own F1 balloon car, follow the Easter trail and explore Palace House with face-painting and plenty of Victorian toys and games. Visit over Easter weekend to meet the Easter bunny and collect a chocolate treat.

Blenheim Palace's Pleasure Gardens will transform – 3 – 6 April - into a traditional Victorian fairground with a Lighthouse Helter Skelter, Victorian carousel, tea cups and Victorian swing boats. Families can see Punch & Judy Shows as well as watch Balloon Twisters, take part in Circus Skills Workshops, admire Stilt-Walkers and have their faces painted. Enjoy an Easter Trail, enter a special Sunday lunch competition and meet both Peter Rabbit and the Easter Bunny*. Selected days.

Burghley's eggcellent Easter Egg Hunt will be taking place on 5 April – 11am – 5pm in the Gardens of Surprise. Follow the treasure hunt around and solve the riddle to claim your full size chocolate egg from the Easter Bunny. Parents are also asked to test their Easter knowledge to try and win a family Season Card. All entries will go in to the prize draw for a giant chocolate Easter Bunny.

Castle Howard's Easter Fair & Farm 4 - 6 April 2015 will keep everyone entertained this Easter with a traditional fairground, farm and children's activities. Take part in our Easter Egg trail and have a go at some crafts before meeting Molly the Rabbit out and about in the grounds and enjoying magic tricks with 'WonderPhil'.

Enjoy the great outdoors this Easter at Chatsworth 28 March – 12 April.  In the farmyard families can watch cow milking, see chicks hatching and new litters of piglets, as well as animal handling in the 'Guinea pig village'. Adventure in the climbing forest (6+ - adult), get arty in the Oak Barn, and take trailer rides into Stand Wood. See the Easter bunny over the Easter break, and find eggs in the farmyard in our famous Easter egg hunts.

Visit Harewood this spring and enjoy the new, inspiring Conservation in Action series. Talk to our expert House Keepers on the State Floor about how they look after a building and collection like Harewood's, enjoy tours with the Bird Garden keepers who will explain how they protect endangered species and get out in the fresh are with free activities across the park to keep families entertained.

Families can watch "lambing live" with bottle fed lambs throughout April at Hatfield Park Farm. There are ducks, geese, turkeys, Hungarian woolly pigs and cattle too!  Enjoy walking amongst the paddocks to see the animals grazing or take advantage of the feeding stations and see them up close. Children can play in the Bloody Hollow Children's Play Area, complete with replica of Hatfield House.

Visit Holkham Hall for 'egg-citing' things to do over Easter 3 – 6 April. Listen to our story teller's fascinating tales and join in our interactive 'Verse-a-tile art' workshop . Get hands-on with Kiddy Cook biscuit decorating in the Old Kitchen, get your face-painted or try the giant 'eggs-ercise challenge' along with Easter crafts, trails and puzzles galore.

Celebrate Easter with family fun at Leeds Castle 2 – 19 April. Take part in the Easter trail looking for clues along the way to earn a chocolate prize. Keep the whole family entertained over Easter weekend 3 – 6 April with activities from circus skills to juggling jester shows, have a go archery and mad-cap fun with courtly jesters at the 900 year old Castle.

Discover the home of afternoon tea, stroll the gardens and enjoy the deer park at Woburn Abbey this Easter.

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Notes to editors

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Treasure Houses of England

• The Treasure Houses of England are 10 of the most magnificent palaces, houses and castles in England today. Members are Beaulieu, Blenheim Palace, Burghley House, Castle Howard, Chatsworth, Harewood, Hatfield House, Holkham Hall, Leeds Castle and Woburn Abbey.
• One of the most compelling features of the Treasure Houses of England is that they all offer the visitor a living history. Most are still homes to the great families who have owned them for generations. Others keep their heritage alive by re-creating scenes and events that have dominated and shaped England from the 9th century to the present day.
• Between them they house some of the most important art collections in the world with famous works from artists such as Van Dyck and Gainsborough. The connoisseur of fine furniture, porcelain and china will find priceless examples of Chippendale, Wedgwood and Meissen.
• Each house is an architectural masterpiece surrounded by beautiful parklands and gardens.