What's on at Flambards this Easter

This Easter holidays, Saturday 28 March – Sunday 12 April, Flambards Theme Park has an eggciting calendar of events. From Ferdi's BIG Easter Egg Hunt to a veritably Victorian Easter experience in the Victorian Village. Enjoy Historical Musicals, Quiz Trails, New Rides and much more for all the family.

On Sunday 5 April don't miss Ferdi's BIG Easter Egg Hunt! Explore the theme park to see how many Easter eggs you can find and win a chocolatey treat from Ferdi himself.

Start the Easter Holidays with a thrilling ride on the New SkySwinger, taking you up to 13 metres high with top speeds of 70kph. Flambards fans will also be eggcited to know that the Demon Drop Slide is back! It's the biggest one of its kind in Cornwall and a lot of fun.

Throughout the Easter Holidays the Victorian Village, with over 50 shops lining real cobbled streets, will be home to Dreadful Jack's rogues. The interactive experience is perfect for all the family – find a Victorian rogue on the streets of the Village and grab a Penny Dreadful. The Easter Quiz trail leads you around the hidden nooks and crannies for an eggcellent adventure.

Travelling through time from the Victorians to the Britain in the Blitz, on Thursday 9 April celebrated musical 'The Vackees' will be visiting Flambards, Helston for a series of sensational shortened shows. The Vackees, a youth theatre production, is set in 1939-1940 and tells the story of evacuated children. The talented theatre group will be putting special shows at 11.00am and 2.00pm lasting approx. 50 mins.

With plenty of thrilling rides, interactive entertainment and Easter treats to enjoy Flambards is a must-visit this Easter. Don't forget that there is a 7 day free return!

Top Easter Egg Facts from the Victorian Village

• Easter Egg hunts were introduced to England during the Victorian Era. Initially real eggs were used, which had been painted with bright colours
• The Easter Parade has Victorian origins. A gentlemen hoping to propose would present a lady with a pair of gloves, if she wore them during the parade it would mean she accepts their engagement.
• The first Easter Card was created when a stationer looked at a drawing of a rabbit and added an Easter greeting to it.
• J.S. Fry and Sons of Bristol made the first chocolate egg in the UK in 1873.It would've been made from grainy and bitter dark chocolate with elaborate marzipan flowers for decoration.
• Cadbury's released their first chocolate egg in 1875. Their dark chocolate egg was replaced after the launch of the Cadbury's Dairy Milk bar in 1905, subsequent eggs were made with milk chocolate.