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Egg Hunts and Easter Treasure Trails!

Apr 3

Posted by elisa in Kent, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Tourist Board, Warwickshire | No Comments

Large Divine Milk Chocolate Easter Egg With Marc De Champange Truffles Disrobed by Chocolate Reviews.

Easter Egg picture by Flickr User Chocolate Reviews

The Easter weekend is here! Some of you may already have plans but for those of you who have woken up with the spirit of adventure but no idea what to do then below are some eggselent suggestions:

Chastleton (Oxfordshire) 3rd April 1-5pm - Indoor egg hunt

A good one for if the weather isn’t too good. Visit the National Trust website for full details, normal entry fees apply plus £1.50 to enter into the egg hunt.

Scotney Castle (Kent) 2nd – 5th April 11am-4pm - Easter Trail

Not one, but two houses where Elizabethan and Medieval styles meet. There’s a moat, some beautiful gardens and wonderful countryside to explore. Normal charges apply plus £2 to join the trail, visit the National Trust website as above for full details.

Upton House and Gardens (Warwickshire) – 2nd-5th April 12-4pm – Easter Trail

Walk around the 1930s styled gardens with lush lawns, terraces and water gardens. Normal charges apply but there is no additional charge for the trail. Again, got to the National Trust website for full details.

Burghley (Lincolnshire) – 4th April – Easter Egg Hunt

Hunt for chocolate eggs in the Sculpture Garden and Garden of Surprises and in the afternoon treat yourself to lunch at the Orangery Restaurant. Visit the website for full details. Easter Egg hunt included in the ticket price.

Clumber Park (Nottinghamshire) – 2nd-5th April 11am-2pm – Easter Egg Trail

Sniff out some chocolate eggs aroundthe beautiful grounds. But if you aren’t quite lucky enough to find any then each entrant gets a Cadburys Easter Egg prize. Normal admission charges apply plus £2 for the trail. Visit the National Trust website for full details.

I hope this has inspired some of you and you all have a wonderful Easter!

George Stubbs Exhibition

Jul 17

Posted by evekerswill in Events, Exhibitions, News, Nottinghamshire | No Comments

The eighteenth century English painter, George Stubbs – famous for his landscapes and paintings of horses – used to love visiting the Nottinghamshire estate of one of his wealthy patrons, the Duke of Portland.      He especially liked to paint the local beauty spot, Creswell Crags and set many of his famous works there, including Horse Devoured by a Lion (1763), and A Grey Horse with a Groom & Greyhound (c1762-4). Now, for the first time, the artist’s Nottinghamshire paintings will be on display in the county, at a gallery on what used to be the Duke’s estate, now the Welbeck estate.                                                                              Among the paintings on show at the Harley Gallery will be two huge early horse portraits from 1630, on public display for the first time,  from a group of twelve commissioned by William Cavendish (later, 1st Duke of Newcastle). A total of thirteen Stubbs paintings will be on show, including Marquess of Rockingham’s Stallion (oil), Grey Horse & Groom (oil), Brown Horse Mask (print), Sweet William (print) and Creswell Crags and Hunters (a series of four prints).     

The exhibition is from 6 September-21 December at the Harley Gallery, Welbeck Estate. www.harleygallery.co.uk

*The Creswell Heritage Trust has received heritage funding and a new museum and education centre is in the process of being built there. It’s expected to be finished by next March – we will be bringing you a feature about the area soon.