Ilam Park: Spring Highlight: Easter Adventures back in time!
To kick off our 200 years of Ilam Hall celebrations, travel back in time to play, create and build on our fun filled Easter trail!
- Booking not needed
Explore 10 fun filled activity stations around the park and travel back in time to learn about the people of Ilam Park.
Find the Watts-Russell's family crest and design your own, create your own historically inspired mud pies, spy Saxon and Viking artifacts along the Battlestone path, be inspired by the landscape to write pebble poetry and much much more!
Our activity stations will be fun for all the family from tiny tots to nearly grown ups! We’ve designed activities for everyone to get involved, run around and get active or take it at a slower pace, there’s fun for everyone. We’re pleased to be running our trail along our brand new accessible path, so there are no steps to have to manoeuvre.
The price of the trail is £3.50 per child and includes the trail activities, pencil, bunny ears, activity leaflet to take home and a chocolate egg, or vegan and free from chocolate egg. Both eggs are made using Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa. Find out more at www.rainforest-alliance.org.
There's lots to do at Ilam Park, play in the Hidden Play Garden, pick up a bargain in the Stables Bookshop and a tasty treat in the Manifold Tearoom, it's a full day of fun guaranteed this Easter.
There is no entry fee for Ilam Park, only a charge for car parking for non members. This event, like all our events is open to members of the National Trust and non-members. Money raised from our trails go back into looking after the White Peak.
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Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| per trail sheet & egg | £3.50 |
The basics
- Suitability
All families welcome.
- Meeting point
Meet us in the bookshop to pick up your trail.
- What to bring and wear
The trail might be muddy, so wear boots or wellies and clothes you don't mind getting dirty.
- Accessibility
Our trail will run along the accessible step free route. There is an accessible toilet in the stable yard, baby changing facilities in all toilets and a changing place in the YHA courtyard.
- Other
Dogs on leads welcome. There are sheep with lambs grazing across the site. You can start the trail anytime from 10.30am and we advise it takes approximately 1 hour. You can stop for lunch along the way at either the Manifold Tearoom or Coach House kiosk. Last start time for the trail is 2.30pm.
Upcoming events
Ilam Park: 2026 Canihike with Nose and Paws Active
Join us for an exciting new kind of event with your four legged friend!
Ilam Park: Bird Box Detectives trail
Grab you detective hat and your binoculars! It's time to explore Ilam Park and solve the puzzles to discover the beautiful birds that live here.
Dovedale: Spring Highlight: Easter Adventures at Dovedale
Celebrate Easter at Dovedale this year with a trail with a giant difference! Hunt down 10 giant eggs along the valley and learn about nature along the way.
Ilam Park: Dawn Chorus Ranger Walk
Join us for an early morning walk and be guided around Ilam Park with our Ranger team to hear the incredible dawn chorus.