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What's On This March at The National Trust
| Published: 6th February 2013 14:20 |
What to do in the East of England at
The National Trust this March
BEDFORDSHIRE
Dunstable Downs
Little Lambs
Every Thursday 10am - 12noon, term time only
A crafty fun club for toddlers at Dunstable Downs
Enjoy a chat with other mums as the kids enjoy some creative play!
They will get to make all sorts with us, as you relax and watch. The children can try different craft activities every week and listen to stories!
Suitable for children under 5yrs
Small donations for material costs are welcomed
Run Wild
Sunday 3 March, 2.30pm-3pm
Bring the kids and join us on the first Sunday of the month get involve with National Trusts 50 thing to do before your 11 and ¾
Each Sunday you'll get to cross another fantastic activity off you list and get outdoors and discover something new!
This Sunday we'll be taking the kids outdoors for some thrills, hills and fun, so remember to dress for the weather.
No booking needed, just meet at the Chiltern Gateway Centre for 2pm
Spring Flowers Walk
Saturday 16 March
Join a member of our countryside team for a guided walk across the Downs on the hunt to find the first flowers of the year.
Meet at the Chilterns Gateway Centre
There may be some walking up and down hills
Remember to dress for the weather
£2
Booking advisable
To book call 01582 500920
Easter Egg Trails
Saturday 23 - Sunday 24 March & Friday 29 March - Monday 1 April, 11am-4pm
Join us for an exciting egg hunt with our sponsors Cadburys. Complete our trail exploring the Downs and win a yummy Cadburys chocolate egg! There'll be lots of family Easter fun happening too, all in the glorious surroundings of Dunstable Downs.
£2 for trail and chocolate prize
Peckover House and Gardens
Behind the Scenes Tours
Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 March
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March
Explore parts of the property not normally open to visitors.
Note: the tour will involve several flight of stairs.
£2.50 plus normal admission
Booking advisable 01945 583463
Mothering Sunday Afternoon Tea
Sunday 10 March, 2 - 4.30pm
Special high tea available in the Reed barn Tea Room
Adults £9.95; child £4.95 plus normal admission
Booking not necessary
Easter Trail
Saturday 30 March - Monday 1 April , 12pm - 4pm
Special children's trail for Easter, with chocolate prize. Sponsored by Cadbury's.
£1.50 per child, plus normal admission
Houghton
Houghton Mill Easter Trail
Friday 29 and Saturday 30 March, 11am until 4.30pm
Explore the mill and follow our Easter trail to collect your chocolate egg
Normal adult admission fees apply.
Children event charge £1.50 includes admission to mill
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Wicken Fen
Mucky Pups look for Signs of Spring
Wednesday 6 or Thursday 7 March, 10.15am - 11.45am
Our monthly pre-school activities, encouraging young children and their carers to get outside, enjoy the seasons and follow trails and do craft together.
Tickets £3.95 Booking advisable 01353 720274
Willow Weaving for your Garden - making plant supports
Friday 22 or Saturday 23 March, 10am - 12.30pm or 1.30pm - 4pm
Traditional designs using willow, create the supports your beans need with help from basketmaker Nadine Anderson
Tickets £30, all materials included Booking essential 01353 720274
Easter Trail
Saturday 30 March - Monday 1 April, 10.15am - 4.30pm
Cadbury's sponsored Easter trail to follow, to claim your chocolate Egghead.
£1.75 per trail, plus normal admission
Wimpole
Hedgelaying Course
Saturday 2 March, 9.30am-4pm
An introduction to hedge laying using axes and billhooks, where you will learn how to lay a Midland style hedge at Cobbs Wood.
£80 each Booking essential 0844 2491895
Lambing Time
Saturday 9 March to Thursday 28 March, 10.30am-5pm
Celebrate the arrival of spring as newborn lambs frolic in the fields. Head to Home Farm to meet our rare breed ewes and lambs and if you're lucky you may see a live birth. Learn more about lambing from our farm staff.
Normal Farm admission applies.
ESSEX
Bourne Mill
Easter Egg Hunt
Sunday 31 March - Monday 1 April, 2pm - 4.30pm,
Come along and have fun finding the clues in our Easter Egg Hunt. Once you've found them all claim your chocolate prize!
Normal admission applies. Activities/per person: £2 per child
Hatfield Forest
Easter egg trail
Fri 29 Mar - Mon 1 Apr,
11am - 3.30pm
Follow our trail through the Forest and claim your yummy prize at the end. Self guided, trail takes around 45 minutes, last trail at 3.30pm.
£2 per child. No Booking necessary
NORFOLK
Blickling Estate
Back Stage Passes
Each weekend from 2 to 31 March
What goes on behind those closed doors? Take a sneaky peek and find out with a small group tour. There's a steep climb to the attics to see where some of the RAF personnel slept during WWII. Booking essential 0844 2491895 £6 per person.
Hellebore Heaven
Saturday 2 to Friday 8 March
Blickling's fabulous 55-acre garden has a fantastic display of hellebores, with clusters of blooms throughout winter and early spring. We focus on this beautiful herbaceous perennial with hints and tips from our expert gardeners. Hellebores on sale. Usual garden admission applies (NT members free) No booking required.
Mothers' Day Tea
Sunday 10 March
In celebration of the mothers and all the special women in your life. Gather the family and come to Blickling Hall for a delicious afternoon tea served in Lord Lothian's study. £17.95 per person. Booking essential 0844 2491895
Back on Show
Monday 18-Saturday 23 March
We welcome back items from our collection after their short winter break. This year, discover more about Blickling's cassonne, or painted wedding chest, which has been away for a year undergoing conservation and restoration. Usual house admission applies (NT members free). No booking required.
History comes to life
Wednesday 20 March
To build or not to build? With the Diggers, our costumed interpretation group. No booking required, usual admission applies.
Garden Highlights.
Thursday 21 March
Enjoy a private tour of Blickling's 55-acre garden with the Head Gardner. Find out more about the new rose garden and our ambitious plans to bring the walled garden back to life. Booking advised 0844 2491895 . Usual garden admission applies (NT members free).
History comes to life
Wednesday 27 March
Ghosting with the Diggers, our costumed interpretation group.
Easter at Blickling
Sunday 31 March
Join us this Easter weekend on the hunt for delicious Cadbury Easter eggs. £2 per trail + usual admission costs. No booking required.
Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre
Spring Flowers in Watercolour
15 March to 17 March 2013
This weekend is suitable for beginners or those who would like to learn further techniques to improve their work. Individual attention will be given, with consideration of personal style. Working inside the studio, you choose and bring your subject of flowers or fruit, and you may prefer to borrow photos for a botanical painting.
Adult £215 (non-residential participant), Adult £285 (residential participant)
Felbrigg Hall
Children's Easter Trail
Fri 29 March - Mon 1 April
11am - 3.30pm
Felbrigg has a reputation for challenging and enjoyable trails, all you have to do is solve the clues and there will be an Easter egg prize for each participant.
£1.50 per trail Friday & Saturday £2.50 per trail Sunday & Monday
No booking required.
Oxburgh Hall
Willow Weaving Workshop
Tuesday 19 March, 9.30am - 2.30pm
Come and learn how to make your own wigwam plant support for next season using willow, dogwood, hazel and other foliage. Please bring apron, thin gloves and secateurs. Coffee on arrival.
£25 (includes all materials)
Limited numbers - booking essential 01366 328258
Volunteer Recruitment Day
Thursday 21 March, 10am - 12pm
Come and find out more about volunteering opportunities at this magnificent moated property. A variety of roles available to suit all interests - meeter and greeter, room steward, garden volunteer, garden steward, catering, learning, raffle ticket seller, office work and more.
Free drop-in event. Call 01366 327258 for further information.
Easter Trail
Saturday 30, Sunday 31 March & Monday 1 April, 11am - 4pm
Solve the Easter trail and receive a chocolate prize. Sponsored by Cadbury.
Normal admission plus £1.50 entry fee for trail
Sheringham Park
Easter Trail
28 - 14 April, 10am - 4.15pm
Hunt for the clues in the wonderful setting of the wild garden to lead you to your Easter prize.
£2 (includes prize)
SUFFOLK
Dunwich
Seasonal Talk & Lunch
Tuesday 26 March, 11am - 1pm
Come and enjoy a one hour presentation about the work the National Trust undertakes to keep Dunwich Heath a special place for all our visitors. Learn more about the fascinating wildlife and the work that goes on behind the scenes. You will then enjoy a delicious two course lunch in the tearooms.
£15 per person (plus normal admissions)
Cadbury's Easter Egg Trail
Friday 29 March - Monday 1 April, 10am - 3pm
Come and take part in our Easter egg hunt! Explore the heath following the clues as you go to solve the riddle! Then claim your Easter egg prize. We will be serving Easter themed food in our tearoom for you to enjoy.
£1.50 per child (plus normal admissions)
Early Morning Birdsong
Wednesday 3 April, 6:30 - 7:30am
A one hour guided walk listening to the magical early morning birdsong over Dunwich Heath followed by a hearty breakfast in the Coastguard Cottages Tearooms.
Flatford
Storytelling and Crafty Fun
Sat 2 March, 11am - 12noon
Bring along your Mum or Granny to celebrate Mother's day
£2
Boat House Gallery - Hilary Owers.
Sat 2 March - Sun 28 April, 11am - 5pm
These are exuberant drawings, many of landscape and natural forms. Hilary's work is as much about the drawing process and mark making.
Constable Country Ramble - Constable's Footsteps
Sat 23 March, 10.30am - 1.30pm
A 4 mile guided ramble visiting the places and views which inspired the artist John Constable. See the site of his birthplace and studio and follow the route he took to school.
£6.50 Booking essential 0844 249 1895
Easter Egg Trail
Fri 29 March - Sun 7 April, 11am - 5pm
Follow the trail and enjoy a yummy chocolate egg as a prize.
£2
Ickworth
Mothering Sunday guided walk
Sunday 10 March, 2pm
Park and garden admission applies
Take a journey through the history of Ickworth park with one of our expert guides. A fascinating walk taking in the Rotunda, church, walled garden and canal lake with a fun history of the park, modern park management and a look at the eccentric Hervey family. Enjoy the stunning display of daffodils that Ickworth enjoys, how about taking Mum for lunch in the restaurant followed by a walk. Meet next to the lodge at 2pm. Walk takes around 1 hour. Wear suitable shoes and clothing.
HENRO Japanese art exhibition and sale
Friday 15 March - Tuesday 9 April, 11am - 4pm
Park, garden and house admission applies.
An exhibition by Takumasa Ono, an official artist of the National Trust in Japan. The exhibition will include silk screen prints, traditional Japanese paintings, sumi-e-ink drawings and watercolours inspired by National Trust places.
Living History Opening up the house
Sunday 17 March, 11am - 4pm
House admission applies
Discover life in service in the 1930s. Explore the maze of corridors and rooms where the ghostly servants busy themselves with preparing for the grand parties and entertainments of the Hervey Family. Who has been at Mrs Sangster, the faithful Cook & Housekeeper's dripping pot? Will the Hall boy finish polishing all the boots before breakfast? Who made an apple pie bed for the Earl of Macclesfield's valet? Step back in time with Ickworth Lives in the newly restored Servants' basement.
Conservation in action - Light and textiles
Tuesday 19 March
House admission applies
The conservation team will be taking light readings throughout the Rotunda. Light is one of the main factors of deterioration for historic properties and caring for items to last for ever for everyone is a constant challenge. Come and speak to the House team and find out how they tackle the problem of light.
Easter Egg Trails
Sunday 31 March and Monday 1 April, 11am - 3pm
Children £2.50.
Plus park and garden admission.
Easter eggs have ‘eggsploded' on Ickworth's grounds. Join an Easter trail to find your Easter treats. Sponsored by Cadbury's.
On Easter Monday, have fun and join in our egg and spoon races as part of the national largest egg and spoon race competition.
Melford Hall
Cadbury's Easter Egg Trail
Saturday 30 March - Sunday 7 April ( NOT open on Tuesday 2 April), 1pm - 4.30pm
Once again Cadbury have sponsored our Easter Egg trail; come and solve the clues and claim your Easter Egg prize. Face painting at weekends.
£2 per child (+ normal admission)
Nationwide Egg and Spoon Race
Races every hour from 11.15am. Last race starts at 3.15pm
Take part in the National Trust's first nationwide Easter Egg and Spoon Race! Bring your own spoon and plenty of luck!
Booking not required, Normal Admission Charges Apply
Theatre Royal
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Thursday 21 February-Saturday 9 March
A new Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds production.
Crashing a party he knows he shouldn't be at, young Romeo's heart is stolen by the beautiful Juliet, daughter of his father's greatest enemy. But as night gives way to day, the heat of young love gives way to ancient hatred and tragedy is destined to tear these doomed lovers apart.
Featuring stirring live Italian folk music, this new production of Shakespeare's most popular tragedy strikes at the heart of the conflicts and contrasts of human existence, exploring comedy and despair, reserve and rashness, youth and age and of course, hatred and love.
Booking essential 01284 769505
Love the Dove
The complete Beery Package (fundraiser)
Sunday 3 March
Come to an evening at the Theatre, hosted by The Dove Pub, Bury St Edmunds. Included in the ticket price is a talk on the old inns and beer houses of Bury as well as beer facts and fiction, tasters galore (before, during and after the talk), your own third pint glass to take home...and as many pork scratching as you can eat...
Booking essential 01284 769505
Les Enfants Terribles
The Trench
Tuesday 12- Wednesday 13 March
From the award-winning Les Enfants Terribles comes a new play inspired by the true story of a miner who became entombed in a tunnel during World War One. As the horror threatens to engulf him, he discovers another world beneath the mud and death. Setting off on an epic journey of salvation, the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur as he questions what's real, what's not and whether it even matters. The Trench blends Les Enfants Terribles acclaimed brand of physical storytelling, verse, puppetry and live music from Alexander Wolfe.
‘Truly original' ‘Must see'-The Stage ‘Spellbinding'- HHHH Sunday Express ‘Beautiful' - The Times
Booking essential 01284 769505
The Laughing Stock
Thursday 14 March
A night of fast-paced stand-up and sketch comedy from 12 of the finest new comic acts around. Discover your new favourite comedian from this fresh, unique line-up, all in the stunning surroundings of the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. In a show not to be missed by anyone with an active funny bone, you'll be rolling on the floor laughing in aid of Focus 12, providing support for the local community here in Suffolk. An hilarious night for everyone to enjoy celebrating the comic talents of the local community.
Booking essential 01284 769505
The Bard's Missing Bits
Saturday 16- Sunday 17 March
Why is Kate the Shrew such a little madam? How do the witches pass their time when they're not waylaying Macbeth on the blasted heath? And what's the back-story about the French gift of treasure to King Henry V?
The Theatre Royal Writers' Group has answered a brief from the Community Company and written a series of short sketches based on the ‘alternative lives' of Shakespeare's characters. Funny, sad, illuminating and sometimes just plain existential - you'll never look at the Bard's well-loved characters in the same light again!
Booking essential 01284 769505
Dirty Great Love Story
Tuesday 19 March
Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 Sell Out Show
Two hopeful, hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other. In her eyes, he's a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she's perfect. He's short-sighted. This achingly funny romantic catastrophe fuses poetry and prose to ask - can a one night stand last a lifetime? A very human tale of good intentions and bad timing.
‘Laughs are frequent, unsignalled and brilliant.' Libby Purves, The Times
Booking essential 01284 769505
Hardeep Singh Kohli & Jatinder Verma
Kanjoos- The Miser
Wednesday 20- Saturday 23 March
In the money-mad maelstrom of modern Mumbai lurks Harjinder makhi choos (Hindi for "flea sucking miser"). A man obsessed with hoarding his wealth by adhering strictly to Gandhi's principles of minimum dress and food. Harjinder hates spending money with a passion, whether it be on his household or his children who themselves are desperate for marriage and obsessed with the Bolly life style of Mumbai.
Transported from 17th century France to modern India, in Hardeep Singh Kohli's brilliantly witty new version of Molière's classic farce, the age of austerity is pitched against ever-increasing consumerism and sparks fly... ‘...his warm and funny show is just the tonic to counter the cold pinch of austerity' The Stage
Booking essential 01284 769505
The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas
Sunday 24 March
A rare opportunity to see the Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas in Bury St Edmunds as they present a lively concert of military marches, as well as contemporary and Nepalese music. Renowned for their bravery and toughness, the Gurkhas have long formed an essential part of the British Army and now bring their spectacular military music to the Theatre Royal.
Booking essential 01284 769505
Babakas
Our Fathers
Saturday 30 March
What would you do if you were asked to be a father in an email? If your dad thought it was dance school that turned you gay? If you'd never seen the man behind the mask? Our Fathers is a daring leap across oceans and decades, led by three performers whose far-away fathers might just make an appearance. Taking inspiration from stand-up comedy, contemporary dance, video installation and The Sopranos, Our Fathers is a moving, unforgiving tribute to fathers everywhere who tried to do their best.
Booking essential 01284 769505
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