Easter in Oxford

Find out about Easter in Oxford, what events to look forward to and check out our Easter games below! For another Easter egg hunt, help us find our little pal Amelia Egg-hart who's gone walkabout in Oxford.

Easter events

St John Passion New College Chapel This event ended on 19th April 2019 Browse similar events?

Easter Woodland Trail High Lodge Farm, Culham, Abingdon. Access is from A415 Abingdon Road, approximate postcode OX14 3BN This event ended on 24th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Eggcellent Polish Easter Egg Decorating Pitt Rivers Museum This event ended on 13th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Easter Holiday Fun at Farmer Carters, Millets Farm Millets Farm Centre This event ended on 15th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Easter Forest Fun Earth Trust, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4QZ This event ended on 12th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Easter Woodland Adventure Earth Trust, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4QZ This event ended on 12th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Easter Forest Fun Earth Trust, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4QZ This event ended on 20th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Maundy Thursday at Magdalen College Chapel Magdalen College Chapel This event ended on 28th March 2024 Browse similar events?

Writers' Retreat Braziers Park This event ended on 2nd April 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter Day at Magdalen College Chapel Magdalen College Chapel This event ended on 31st March 2024 Browse similar events?

Haydn: The Seven Last Words from the Cross, with poems by Ruth Padel Worcester College This event ended on 2nd March 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter at Cogges Manor Farm Cogges Farm This event ended on 16th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Children's Easter Garden Activities All Saints' Church (Headington) This event ended on 29th March 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter Family Activity Drop Ins at SOFO Museum Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum This event ended on 14th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Easter party Grace Church Cowley This event ended on 2nd April 2023 Browse similar events?

Bishop's Court Farm Lambing 2024 Bishop's Court Farm This event ended on 14th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter Sunday Methodist Church Hall (East Oxford) This event ended on 9th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Story Explorers: Frivolous Feathers and Foolish Wings The Story Museum This event ended on 9th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Palm Sunday Methodist Church Hall (East Oxford) This event ended on 2nd April 2023 Browse similar events?

Hungry Birds Easter Trail Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre This event ended on 3rd April 2024 Browse similar events?

Explore Easter - All Age Event St Mary the Virgin, University Church This event ended on 4th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Hungry Birds Easter Trail Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre This event ended on 9th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Cygnets Art School for Children in Botley and Headington, Oxford Old Headington Village Hall This event ended on 14th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Easter Sunday Celebration, join us to mark Easter in style! Hope Oxford, 4 The Square, Templars Sq. Shopping Centre, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 3XD This event ended on 31st March 2024 Browse similar events?

Golden Egg Hunt Part And Parcel, Witney, OX28 6AN This event ended on 16th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Easter Family Wetland Adventurers Earth Trust, Little Wittenham, Oxfordshire, OX14 4QZ This event ended on 20th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Easter Family Fun Banbury Museum This event ended on 12th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Holy Week Meditation at Magdalen College Chapel Magdalen College Chapel This event ended on 27th March 2024 Browse similar events?

Cutteslowe Park Community Garden Centre Easter Event Cutteslowe Park This event ended on 19th April 2019 Browse similar events?

Easter Sunday Online Celebration Service Zoom meeting - https://zoom.us/j/6166464263 This event ended on 12th April 2020 Browse similar events?

Easter Adventures at Waddesdon Waddesdon Manor This event ended on 16th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Easter Trail in Warborough, 9th - 24th April
Easter Trail Post Office, OX10 7DD

A Spiritual Concert with the Oratory Choir The Oxford Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga This event ended on 8th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Easter Fun Workshop For Children St Margaret’s Institute 30 Polstead Road, Oxford OX2 6TN This event ended on 14th April 2022 Browse similar events?

Good Friday at Magdalen College Chapel Magdalen College Chapel This event ended on 29th March 2024 Browse similar events?

Spring Craft Market Quarry Village Hall This event ended on 9th March 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter Open Workshop Weekend - free event! Lula James, Edith Road Workshops, Oxford OX1 4QB This event ended on 31st March 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter Adventures at Waddesdon Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, HP18 0JH This event ended on 14th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter crafting for families Summertown Library This event ended on 4th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Easter Oratorio New College Chapel This event ended on 20th April 2019 Browse similar events?

Easter 'Put on a play in a week' Wolvercote Primary School This event ended on 12th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Cygnets Art School for Children in Botley and Headington, Oxford Ox39by This event ended on 14th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Celebrate Easter at Fairytale Farm Fairytale Farm This event ended on 14th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Easter Sunday Methodist Church Hall (East Oxford) This event ended on 9th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Hungry Birds Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre This event ended on 2nd April 2024 Browse similar events?

Good Friday Methodist Church Hall (East Oxford) This event ended on 7th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Hungry Birds Easter Trail Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre This event ended on 4th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Eggstraordinary Easter Crafts Pitt Rivers Museum This event ended on 5th April 2023 Browse similar events?

Free Easter Egg Hunt in Oxford Hope Oxford, 4 The Square, Templars Sq. Shopping Centre, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 3XD This event ended on 30th March 2024 Browse similar events?

Palm Sunday Methodist Church Hall (East Oxford) This event ended on 2nd April 2023 Browse similar events?

Eggstraordinary Easter Eggventure Family Trail Pitt Rivers Museum This event ended on 14th April 2024 Browse similar events?

Daily Info's Easter game: Bunny's Battle

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Easter opening hours

Most shops (even those that are normally open on Sundays and Bank Holidays) will be closed on Easter Sunday. There will also be changes to transport timetables - so it's probably best to check in advance whether the buses and trains are running! A brief overview is provided here, but specific companies' websites can provide opening hours in greater detail.

Transport

Trains, buses, and coaches will all be operating reduced services, while many services will be suspended. Oxford Tubes will be operating a Sunday service on Friday, Sunday and Monday while the Oxford Bus Company's timetable varies depending on the service. If you're planning to visit London this weekend, bear in mind that there will be tube closures , Overground disruption (on many of the branches), and significant roadworks.

Shops

Shopping centres will be operating reduced hours on Easter Monday, and closed on Easter Sunday. For supermarkets, the larger stores (i.e. Tesco Metros and Sainbury's Superstores) will all be closed on Easter Sunday, and operating reduced hours on Good Friday and Easter Monday. The smaller shops (i.e. Tesco Express, Sainbury's Local) will remain open as usual throughout the weekend.

Fun Easter facts

  1. The first story of a rabbit hiding eggs in a garden was published in 1680.
  2. In 2014, sales of chocolate at Easter time made up 10% of UK chocolate spending for the whole year.
  3. The traditional act of painting eggs is called Pysanka.
  4. Pretzels used to be associated with Easter because the twists of the pretzel were thought to resemble arms crossing in prayer.
  5. The name Easter is said to originate from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon (and previously, German) goddess of dawn. According to one of the Grimm brothers, she is "goddess of the growing light of spring." She was later associated with hares. But there is only one respected source for information on Eostre, a work by the monk and scholar, Venerable Bede.
  6. The Easter Bunny gained his characteristics in Germany, where he was a kind of Springtime Santa Claus, delivering Easter treats to children. He was known as Osterhase. The children would build a nest for him to leave their eggs in. This eventually became our modern Easter basket.
  7. The earliest Easter Eggs were hen's or duck's eggs decorated and painted in bright colours with vegetable dye and charcoal.
  8. If you placed all the Cadbury Creme Eggs made in a year from end to end, they would stretch from Bournville to Sydney, Australia and if you stacked them up on top of each other, they would be ten times higher than Mount Everest.
  9. The tradition of eating lamb at Easter comes from the Jewish Passover holiday. Christians adopted the lamb as a symbol of Jesus and kept the tradition going.
  10. During the 19th century, when many families were unable to get to the closest town hall to file a birth certificate, you could inscribe an egg with the newborn's name and birth date to use as identification. It was completely legal and accepted by courts and other authorities.
  11. It is good luck to find a double-yoked egg on Easter.

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