We've rounded up all the free and lower cost (mainly less than £5 per person) activities happening over Easter. Activities taking place here in Harpenden are marked in bold.  Other activities may involve travelling, so please note we haven’t factored in any travel or car parking costs.  We have also done our best to check that the places listed below do not incur additional entry charges over and above the activity cost, but please follow the links and check the venue website for full details.

FREE Activities

Easter Hunt Harpenden Library

Holiday Activities Programme for Young People (Booking required) Harpenden Young People’s Centre

Ashtons Easter Drawing Competition 

Easter Family Fun (Booking required) St Hilda’s School

Eastmoor Park Easter Trail around Eastmoor Park

Crack the Easter Egg Joke Hunt St Albans City Centre

Pets At Home EasterWorkshops - Luton 

Pets At Home Summer Workshops - St Albans

Creative Crowns Workshop Wardown House, Museum & Gallery

Bird Feeders with the RSPB Natural History Museum at Tring

Fantastic Feathers Natural History Museum at Tring

Lower-Cost Activities

Bunny Baskets Easter Craft (£2 per child) Harpenden Library

The Big Herts Hero Hunt (£4 per ticket) Harpenden Library

Grove Schools' PTA Easter Hunt (£5 per child) Around Southdown

Harpenden Easter Egg Hunt (£6 per child) Harpenden Common

Spring Open Day (Adults £3, Children £5, under 2s free) The Walled Garden at Luton Hoo Estate

Easter at Stockwood (£5 per child)

Family Film Club: Planes 2: Fire & Rescue (U) (£4 or 4 tickets for £12) Hat Factory Arts Centre

Family Film Club: Migration (U) (£4 or 4 tickets for £12) Hat Factory Arts Centre

Easter Egg Hunt and Sensory Easter Egg Hunt (£3.50 per trail) Dunstable Downs

Easter Holiday Family Activities (£4 per child) Hertford Museum

Eggsplore Eggs Trail (£1 per trail) Natural History Museum at Tring

Don’t forget to take also  a look at our Things To Do page which is full of ideas of places to go and activities to try, and you can filter it to show you those that are free.