Celebrating Spring with the National Trust

Spring is a wonderful time of year to visit National Trust places in Surrey. With the longer days and warmer weather, it’s great to get outdoors and celebrate the arrival of the new season. Join in the national #BlossomWatch and share your photos on social media. 

Why not bring the family on an Easter adventure in nature. Hopping like an Easter bunny, making a home for wildlife, or peeking into veg patches are just some of the different experiences families can enjoy. Trails cost £3 plus normal admission charges (price includes a Rainforest Alliance Certified National Trust Easter egg).

Find out what’s going on at a National Trust property near you

Polesden Lacey

• Easter Trail at Polesden Lacey (2 to 18 April 2022). Join us for an Easter adventure in nature at Polesden Lacey. Discover a family-friendly trail with fun activities for you to do along the way and a chocolate egg.
• Treasured Possessions – Riches of Polesden Lacey exhibition (25 April to 30 October 2022) features some of the most significant treasures in Mrs Greville’s collection. Get up close to masterpieces by some of the world’s greatest artists, as well exquisite objects by Cartier and Fabergé. 
• The Secret Language of Trees tour (Mondays and Wednesdays, 28 February to 27 April). This fascinating tour focuses on the estate’s trees and woodlands. Discover amazing facts about these majestic plants and learn about what goes into conserving the woodland to ensure it can be enjoyed by generations to come.
• Treasures of Spring guided walk (23 April and 30 April). Learn about the traditional woodland management techniques, visit the historic coppice coops, discover the amazing benefits to woodland flora that coppicing brings, and spot some of our wildflowers along the way.

Open daily, 10am to 5pm. Normal admission applies. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/polesdenlacey

Hatchlands Park

• The house at Hatchlands Park opens 6 days a week for the first time in 2022 to give visitors even more access to the remarkable house and collections. Open from Sunday 6 March, daily except Saturdays.
• Easter Trail at Hatchlands Park (9 to 24 April 2022). Join in an Easter adventure in nature at Hatchlands Park. Discover your local family-friendly trail with fun activities to do along the way and a chocolate egg.
• Bluebells: Little Wix Wood at Hatchland Park is a much loved bluebell wood. This quiet patch of ancient woodland was first recorded in the Chertsey Chronicles during the 13th century. Take the Wix Woods Walk, following the blue way-marker posts, to get there. 

Open daily, 10am to 5pm. Normal admission applies.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hatchlands

Winkworth Arboretum

• Easter Trail at Winkworth Arboretum (2 to 19 April 2022). Discover a family-friendly trail with fun activities for you to do along the way and a chocolate egg.
• Bluebells: as April turns to May, the bluebells along Spring walk and into Bluebell Wood, are a glorious Spring attraction. These breath-taking fields of purple are one of Winkworth's most famous and beloved sights. 
• The Azaleas Steps, down to the boathouse, offer a stunning riot of colour in May. Rhododendrons and camelias bring bursts of colour from the entrance kiosk and throughout the upper arboretum. 

Open daily, 10am to 5pm. Normal admission applies.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/winkworth

Surrey Hills

• Easter Egg Rolling at Box Hill (11am and 3pm, 15, 16, 17 & 18 April 2022). Bring your decorated eggs for the annual egg rolling at Box Hill. Prizes awarded to best decorated eggs at the start.  
• Easter Trail at the Devil’s Punch Bowl (9 to 19 April 2022). Join in an Easter adventure in nature at the Devil’s Punch Bowl. Discover your local family-friendly trail with fun activities to do along the way and a chocolate egg.
• The Rhododendron Wood, near Leith Hill Place, starts springing into life in April and May.  Pick up the woodland trail from the Rhododendron wood park or join one of our guided walks. 
• From 1 May take part in our Summer of Butterflies events, walks and activities. Take time out to learn about butterflies and why the Surrey Hills is such a haven for them. 

Open access countryside, open dawn to dusk, small charge for parking. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/surrey

River Wey Navigation

• Easter Trail at Dapdune Wharf. Over the 4 days of the Easter weekend, discover a family-friendly trail with fun activities and a chocolate egg. Dapdune Wharf is open daily during the Easter holidays.
• Boat trips run every hour from Dapdune Wharf, Thursday to Monday, April to October. Cruise gently along the waterway on a 40 minutes trip - either upstream through Guildford town centre, looking at the navigation’s industrial heritage. Or downstream towards Stoke Lock, past leafy green banks, on the look-out for kingfishers. For boat trips please book tickets in advance, £35 per boat trip for up to 10 people.

The tearoom and historic barge buildings at Dapdune Wharf are open from 26 March, every Thursday to Monday, 11am to 5pm. Entry to Dapdune Wharf is free with a small parking charge for non-members. The towpath is open access countryside, open dawn to dusk. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/riverwey

Claremont Landscape Garden

• Easter Trails at Claremont Landscape Garden (2 to 19 April 2022). Join in an Easter adventure in nature at Claremont Landscape Garden. Discover your local family-friendly trail with fun activities to do along the way and a chocolate egg.
• Come on a guided tree walk or history walk, each once a month.

Open daily, 10am to 5pm. Normal admission applies.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/claremont

Runnymede

• Easter Trail at Runnymede (15 to 18 April 2022). Join in an Easter adventure in nature at Runnymede. Discover your local family-friendly trail with fun activities to do along the way and a chocolate egg.
• Look out for art installations such as Haymaking by Willow Twisters (a willow depiction of pre-industrial life), The Jurors by Hew Locke and Writ in Water by Mark Wallinger. 
• Enjoy exploring nature with activities and a scrapbook for 50 Things to do before you’re 11 ¾.

Open access countryside, open dawn to dusk, small charge for parking. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/runnymede

Clandon Park 

• From 7 May 2022, Clandon house reopens every weekend for special guided tours. The intimate tours shed light bring to life the extraordinary discoveries and unexpected stories made since the fire, giving you behind-the-scenes access to one of the UK’s biggest heritage challenges.

Gardens open daily 11-4pm from March 5, entry free for all. House tours, weekends from May 7 – September 25, booking required.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/clandon-park