Press release 18 February 2015
Make time for Wiltshire this Easter
18 February 2015
Easter is the perfect time for a trip away and Wiltshire has so much to offer.
There are plenty of events and activities to keep you and your family entertained over the holiday period, in addition to some special accommodation offers. So, if you want to know what’s on in Wiltshire this Easter then look no further.
Easter Trails
There will be Easter Trails at Old Sarum and Lydiard Park or the annual egg-citing Easter Egg Hunt at Stourhead gardens.
Why not hop aboard the Easter Egg-press train on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway or how about visiting Crofton Beam Engines for their Easter Steaming Days when the engines will be working from 10.30am to 4.30pm on 4, 5 & 6 April?
Salisbury Cathedral will be running an Easter trail as well as other craft events for children and check out the newly opened Salisbury Escape Room too.
Religious events at Easter
Salisbury Cathedral will be holding various services over the Holy Week and Imber Church, which is now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, will be open 3, 4, 5, 6 April, with an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. This is a rare opportunity to visit the ‘lost’ village of Imber in the heart of MOD-controlled land on Salisbury Plain.
Other events taking place during the Easter holidays include the annual Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race which passes through the town and theatrical performances at Wyvern Theatre in Swindon and Salisbury Playhouse in the south of the county too.
Spring is also a time where visitors to the county can enjoy gardens bursting into flower and alive with scents! Garden Walks at Bowood, The Peto Garden at Iford Manor and Larmer Tree Gardens are amongst many that will be blooming marvellous at this time of year!
Accommodation - Special Offers
This Easter, Whatley Manor Hotel & Spa, near Malmesbury, is offering total flexibility with the option for guests to stay just the one night, arriving on either 3, 4, 5 or 6 April. Relax in the award winning spa, enjoy Michelin two-starred cuisine and take a stroll through the spring flowers in the 12 acres of English country gardens. Prices from £260 per room.
Church Farm Country Cottages, near Bradford on Avon, have an ‘Eggcellent offer’! They are giving away six free range eggs, a free bottle of Champagne and a welcome cream tea, when an Easter getaway for 2 (minimum 2 night stay) from £375 is booked. Please quote ‘VisitWiltshire’. These tastefully converted 4 star single storey cottages are situated on a working sheep farm in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and with a heated luxury indoor pool and games room, free Wi-Fi and farm shop/café it makes for a superb Easter getaway!
In celebration of Guyers House Hotel’s recent success in becoming a four star hotel, they are offering a one night stay for £119 per room per night between 1 – 31 March. Offer includes a complimentary glass of Champagne on arrival, one night stay with a two-course dinner from the 2AA Rosette restaurant, followed by a sumptuous full English breakfast.
With the dark evenings drawing to a close and the spring now within our grasp, Milford Hall Hotel, Salisbury, celebrates the season with a special offer for 1 - 4 night stay from 3 – 6 April from £99 per night when you dine in the Salisbury Seafood & Steak House.
• VisitWiltshire offers a variety of events and activities over the Easter period so for further information see www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/whats-on/easter
• For accommodation options from luxury hotels to farm stay, guest houses to glamping. See www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/accommodation for further information.
• For all VisitWiltshire offers please visit www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/special-offers
• Follow us on Twitter @VisitWiltshire #timeforwiltshire or like us on Facebook.
• Please note that all offers are subject to availability and terms and conditions may apply.
For further information or to arrange a press visit contact Florence Wallace, PR Manager, flowallace@visitwiltshire.co.uk or tel. 01722 341309 or 07436 588860.
Note to editors: VisitWiltshire was established in August 2011 and is the official Tourist Board for Wiltshire. It is a private sector membership organisation representing over 550 partners. VisitWiltshire's priority is to grow the county's Visitor Economy by raising awareness of the destination and generating additional tourism visits and spend. Wiltshire's Visitor Economy currently generates an estimated £1.5billion and supports over 28,000 jobs.