Events: What’s On This Week
Victorian Games in the Pleasure Gardens
Saturday, 5 April 2008
This Easter holiday come and enjoy traditional Victorian games and activities for all the family. Take a ride on the miniature train to the Pleasure Gardens and have a go at traditional games like croquet, the hoola-hoop challenge or test your strength on the striker.
After exploring the Marlborough Maze, the Butterfly House and ‘Blenheim Bygones’ exhibition, families can recharge their batteries in the Gardens Cafe with hot and cold refreshments, as well as ‘make-your-own Easter cookies’.
To make your day complete, take a stroll up to the magnificent Palace where the Marlborough table is decorated in an Easter theme with the flowers of spring. Family tours will be available every hour on the hour from 11am – 4pm, and music will be played on Sunday afternoons in the Long Library.
Blenheim Palace is set in 2,100 acres of spectacular parkland in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds and is only eight miles from Oxford.
For more information about Blenheim Palace call 08700 60 20 80 (24 hour recorded information) or visit www.blenheimpalace.com
