6 Feb 2023

Easter Egg Trails 2023

A little boy and a young woman crouch down and look at some bright yellow daffodils. Both are holding Easter Egg Trail sheets.

Hoppy days! It’s one of our favourite times of the year at the National Trust for Scotland! Easter Egg Trails will take place at 32 Trust places from Friday 7 to Monday 10 April 2023.

Please note: we expect some of our Easter Egg Trails to sell out, so please check the property’s Facebook page before setting off.

Use your chocolate detective skills to find clues in our gardens, castles, houses, towers and hills. There’s lots of family fun to be enjoyed in the fresh air all across Scotland, from Brodie Castle in the Highlands to Threave Garden in Dumfries & Galloway.

Follow the trail, collect the clues, solve the puzzle and win your chocolate-y reward! The trail at each place is completely different (the perfect excuse to try more than one!) and will help you and your family explore and learn more about the stories of the property. Each trail sheet costs £4.

You can also keep an eye on our property Facebook pages for more information about each trail.

Our 2023 Easter Egg Trails

(listed regionally)

Aberdeenshire & Angus

Barry Mill, Angus: Sat 8 & Sun 9 April, 11am–3pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

Castle Fraser, Garden & Estate, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10.30am–4pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

Crathes Castle, Garden & Estate, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Book your trail in advance

Drum Castle, Garden & Estate, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7–Sun 9 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Book your trail in advance

Fyvie Castle, Garden & Estate, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 11am–3pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

Haddo House, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7, Sat 8 and Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)Book your trail in advance

House of Dun, Garden & Estate, Montrose: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 11am–3pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

J M Barrie’s Birthplace, Angus: Sat 8 & Sun 9 April, 11am–3pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

Leith Hall, Garden & Estate, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7–Sun 9 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm)Book your trail in advance

Pitmedden Garden, Aberdeenshire: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)
**SOLD OUT**

A little girl peeks out from behind a large tree. She is carrying an Easter Egg trail sheet.

Exploring the woodland on a National Trust for Scotland Easter Egg Trail

Ayrshire & Arran

Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park, Isle of Arran: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 4pm)
Usual Garden & Country Park admission prices apply.

Culzean Castle & Country Park, South Ayrshire: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10.30am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Usual Country Park admission prices apply.

Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 4pm) Book your trail in advance

Dumfries & Galloway

Threave Garden & Nature Reserve, Castle Douglas: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10.30am–3.30pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Usual Garden admission prices apply.

Two young children, holding hands, skip across a lawn towards the camera. Behind them is a stone garden building, with large windows and a set of exterior stone steps.

Two children run through a field of white daffodils.

Edinburgh & the Lothians

House of the Binns, Linlithgow: Sat 8 & Sun 9 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)
**SOLD OUT**

Newhailes House & Gardens, Musselburgh: Fri 7–Sun 9 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

Fife

Royal Burgh of Culross, Fife: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 4pm)

Hill of Tarvit Mansion & Garden, Fife: Fri 7–Sun 9 April, 11am–4pm (last entry 4pm)
Book your trail in advance

Kellie Castle & Garden, Pittenweem: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 11am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Book your trail in advance

Forth Valley

Alloa Tower, Clackmannanshire: Sat 8 & Sun 9 April, 12–4pm (last entry 3pm)

Two young women hold the hands of a little boy as he balances across a series of logs in a woodland.

Newhailes

Glasgow and Argyll

Ben Lomond (Rowardennan), by Drymen: Sun 9 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)

Geilston Garden, Argyll: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 11am–5pm (last entry 4pm)
Book your trail in advance

Greenbank Garden, Glasgow: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3.30pm)
Usual entry prices apply.

The Hill House, Helensburgh: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 11am–5pm (last entry 4pm) Book your trail in advance

Holmwood, Glasgow: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–5pm (last entry 4pm)
Book your trail in advance

Pollok House, Glasgow: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 4pm)
Usual entry prices apply.
Book your trail in advance

The Tenement House, Glasgow: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–5pm (last entry 4pm)
Usual entry prices apply.
Book your trail in advance

Weaver’s Cottage, Kilbarchan: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–5pm (last entry 4pm)
Usual entry prices apply.
Book your trail in advance

Two young children sit in a garden with their arms round each other, surrounded by daffodils.

A family group of two women and three young children hold hands in a line and run across the lawn, towards the camera, in front of the Hill House. They are smiling and laughing.

Highlands

Brodie Castle & Estate, Moray: Fri 7–Mon 10 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)

Glencoe National Nature Reserve, Lochaber: Fri 7–Sun 9 April, 11am–4pm (last entry 4pm)
Book your trail in advance

Torridon, Ross-shire: Friday 7 April, 11am–3pm (last entry 3pm)

Perthshire

The Hermitage, Perthshire: Sat 8 & Sun 9 April, 10am–4pm (last entry 3pm)
Book your trail in advance

A large white sculpture of a bunny lies on its back in a walled garden with a number of daffodil beds.

Spend the Easter holidays with us

Whether you want to live like royalty in a castle, cosy up in one of our cottages or stay by the sea, we have your perfect Easter holiday destination. We offer breaks either for the Easter weekend (from Good Friday to Easter Monday) or for a longer stay for the whole family over the school holidays.

Find out more about our egg-cellent Easter breaks

Visit our cafés and shops during Easter

Our wonderful range of cafés, restaurants and tearooms will also be open over the Easter weekend – the perfect place to relax and refuel after searching for the trail clues!

Many of our places have National Trust for Scotland shops, filled with unique gifts and souvenirs inspired by our places. They also have a great range of pocket money toys.

Every penny spent in our cafés and shops goes towards helping us protect the places you love, so they can be enjoyed now and for generations to come.

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Easter Egg Trails 2023