insideKENT Magazine Issue 25 - April 2014 | Page 115

COVERSTORY
easter events cont.
Egg Trail // 7-21 April

Children's Festival
// 18-21 April
Join Peterkin the Jester on a
journey back in time this
Easter. From Roman
gladiators and Victorian
toymakers, to WWII assault
courses and knights training,
Dover Castle has a wonderful
Easter weekend planned.
Price: Adults £17,
Children £10.20, Concessions
£15.30, Family ticket £44.20.
Dover Castle, Castle Hill, Dover CT16 1HU
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/dover-castle
/ 0870 333 1181

Hunt for clues at Quex Park this Easter and complete their popular Egg
Trail to claim your yummy prize.
10am. Price: Adults £8, Children £6.
Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens, Quex Park,
Birchington CT7 0BH
www.quexpark.co.uk / 01843 842168

Easter Adventure Quest
// 18-21 April

Easy Holidays Family
Workshop Action Painter
// 15 April
Join Pif-Paf theatre company this
Easter and help create a Colour Field
on the gallery's terrace as part of
Turner Contemporary's 3rd birthday
celebrations.
1-4pm. Price: Adults and under
3s go free, Children £3.
Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate CT9 1HG
www.turnercontemporary.org / 01843 233000

Easter Weekend
// 18-20 April
Spring lambs, hatching chicks
and the Easter bunny will be the
headline acts at Brogdale's threeday Easter celebration. The Kent
Poultry Club will display different
birds, give talks and hatch chicks,
the lambs will be visiting from
local farm, Monkshill, and visitors
can jump on the tractor and head
into the orchards for the popular Easter hunt.
10am. Price: Adults £7.50, Children £3.50, Concessions £6.50.
Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Farm, Faversham ME13 8XZ
www.brogdalecollections.co.uk / 01798 536250

Don't miss the fabulous quest at the
once-home of Charles Darwin this
Easter. Visitors can meet characters
from the past and crack the clues
as they explore English history at its
best. Rise to the challenge and they’ll
reap a chocolate reward too.
11am. Price: Adults £10.30,
Children £6.20, Concessions £9.30,
English Heritage members go free.
Down House, Luxted Road,
Downe BR6 7JT
www.englishheritage.org.uk/.../home-ofcharles-darwin-down-house /
01689 859119

Medway Festival of Steam and Transport 2014
//20-21 April

Easter Fun
// 18-21 April
There's so much to do at
Leeds Castle this Easter,
with Just Puppets
performing a slapstick
children’s production
(suitable for ages 4-10
years), hobbyhorse jousting,
children’s mini battles and
knights training at ‘Knight
School’.
10am. Price: Adults £21, Children (4-15yrs) £13.50, Under 4s go free,
Senior/disabilities £18.50. Trails incur an additional £1 charge.
Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL
www.leeds-castle.com / 01622 765400

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Steam-powered traction engines and road rollers will accompany steam
and diesel trains at this popular festival over the Easter weekend. In addition,
hundreds of classic vehicles, motorcycles and vintage buses will be on
show, as will a whole host of live folk and blues bands.
10am. Price: Adults £17.50, Children £11, Concessions £15,
Groups/family ticket £47.
The Historic Dockyard Chatham, Chatham, ME4 4TE
www.thedockyard.co.uk/steamandtransport / 01634 823807