Easter events on Teesside: Eggs, art and lambing live

There are plenty of places to take the family this Easter weekend :: Here are just some of the local events on offer

Gisborough Priory

In Gisborough Priory Woodland Gardens between 1pm and 3.30pm on Easter Monday, April 21, visitors, young and old, can search for clues hidden throughout the gardens to discover the name of the Easter bunny.

There will also be Easter crafts to try and seasonal stories will be told in the woodland storytelling area by Katherine Appleton, one of the Gisborough Priory Project volunteers.

There is free entry to the gardens through the Gisborough Priory entrance on Church Street between 1pm and 3.30pm.

Alternatively, visitors may enter through the gate at the end of the Bow Street Centre car park.

Kiplin Hall

Kiplin Hall, near Scorton, in North Yorkshire, is open over the weekend and children can enjoy Easter hunts, mask-making, colouring activities and more.

There will be Easter hat and egg judging each day at 4pm.

A new, small garden museum opens to the public today and on Easter Sunday North Yorkshire Vintage Machinery Society are showing displays of items from their collections.

Duty Calls – Kiplin Hall in Times of War, which commemorates the role of the Hall, its owners, extended families and local communities in wars from the Civil War to the Second World War, continues this year.

For more information please visit www.kiplinhall.co.uk or telephone 01748 818178.

mima

There’s a range of Easter events to enjoy at Middlesbrough’s art gallery.

Get creative with the Easter holidays art trolley, from April 15-18, 11am-noon. There will be 1950s-themed activities inspired by the make do and mend post-war culture and recycled materials. This event is free.

The Easter holidays art trolley is inspired by the gallery’s exhibition Art And Optimism In 1950s Britain which runs until June 29.

There’ also a family art trolley event on Saturdays from 1-4pm.

Saltholme

Lambing Live - until April 22

This is the main Easter themed event at the wildlife reserve and discovery park just of Seaton Carew Road, near Port Clarence and is the chance to see the newest arrivals.

However, there are not only the lambs to see, as Saltholme is hosting plenty of woolly crafts and activities for children throughout the holiday.

Saltholme has a flock of around 200 sheep, which graze the wet grassland reserve.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The heritage railway’s 2014 season is now under way. Throughout the Easter bank holiday weekend - April 18-21 - young visitors will be challenged to complete a trail, spotting clues at Pickering, Goathland and Grosmont Stations, before returning back to the Learning Centre at Pickering (between 10am-3pm) to claim a delicious chocolate treat.

Details at www.nymr.co.uk or call 01751 472508.

Cleveland Ironstone Museum

Special Easter events are being held at the Skinningrove museum including traditional games from 11am-3pm today, April 18. The event is free, just drop in.