Easter Bunny Hunt Returns to Southwold Play Park
The popular family-friendly Easter event at Old Hall Farm near Southwold is back for the Easter Holidays, alongside a busy summer schedule.
Each year, the Play Park, which is home to Southwold Maize Maze during the summer months, opens its gates for its popular Easter Event, which includes an Easter Bunny Hunt and the Golden Egg Challenge.
The event will run from Saturday 28th March – Sunday 12th April, for the duration of the school Easter holidays. It’s a fun day out for the whole family, with seven cheeky bunny character boards hidden discreetly around the play park. It’s the task of visitors to find the bunnies and complete their sticker card to receive a prize.
The Golden Egg Challenge is becoming a firm favourite; each day, a golden egg is carefully hidden in the play park, with a prize up for grabs for the winner, including summer maize maze family tickets! It’s best to arrive in good time for this one as, once the Golden Egg is found each day, you’ll have to wait until the next day for another chance.
Alongside the Easter activities, tickets include access to all facilities within the play park, which includes three jumping pillows, double zip line, ride on tractors, nest swing, climbing towers and slides, downpour derby water play, two giant sand pits, and the recent addition of play cafés and kitchens.
Owner Bella Hall shares her plans for 2026 at Old Hall Farm, including the Café, maize maze and play park:
“After a busy 2025, where we celebrated a milestone 20 years of Southwold Maize Maze, we are excited to bring you yet another year of fun and excitement at Old Hall Farm,” she says.
“We will be kicking off the year with our Easter event, opening the gates to our play park for family entertainment over the Easter Holidays. And we will soon be announcing our theme for this year’s maize maze.
“We are also thrilled to share our plans for a broader and more exciting events programme in our Big Barn, starting with an Antiques and Vintage two-day Market on Good Friday and Easter Saturday, our Makers Market in May, and a new Fine Art and Sculpture Fair in June,” she adds.
Over the Easter weekend, on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th April, Wendy Rabbit will be joining the bunny hunt at the venue, adding extra fun for young visitors. The two-day Easter Antique and Vintage Fair will also take place on the same dates in the big barn.
The play park will be open from 9.30am – 4.30pm each day during the Easter Holidays, with last entries at 2.30pm.
Old Hall Southwold Café and Walks, which shares the site overlooking the River Blyth, will also be open for the duration of the Easter holidays, with a seasonal menu featuring freshly baked spring and Easter specials.
“We are also delighted to be hosting the first ever Southwold Sausage Summer Festival in conjunction with the original Southwold Sausage Walk founder, Laura from Empire Training. We hope to see hundreds of Sausage Dogs (and their owners!) descend on Old Hall for a day of live music, food, walks, market stalls and more, all focussing on celebrating the brilliant Dachshund!” Bella adds.
The event will take place on Saturday 4th July, and will be a ticketed only event. Tickets go on sale very soon, with information on where to get tickets shared on social media.
Visitors should note: the maize mazes are not planted until May, which means the mazes and go kart track will not be open until late July. Until then, the play park and the accompanying events offer a day full of fun for everyone.
Tickets for the Easter event are available online (£2.50 for adults, £7.50 for children), where there is an advantage over gate prices (£3 for adults, £8.50 for children). For further information and to book tickets: https://www.southwoldmaizemaze.co.uk/easter.