ATTRACTIONS across Ryedale will be opening their doors to visitors this weekend with Easter fun for all the family.

In what is expected to be a busy year of celebrations, Scampston Walled Garden opens on Good Friday, March 25, with the Easter Eggsplorer’s Trail, which runs until April 10.

To mark the 300th anniversary of Capability Brown, the landscape architect, Scampston will be offering a number of family trails and craft events throughout the year, which will teach children about the work of Brown and the habitats he created for birds, animals and mini-beasts.

On March 31, at 2pm, a guided heritage walk "Walking in the Footsteps of Mr Brown" will explain all the remarkable features Brown created at Scampston and offer an introduction to the work of a forward thinking 18th century man.

Families are invited to learn about one of the early head gardeners at Scampston, William Speechley, and the pineapples he grew in to the conservatory on Tuesday, April 5, from 11am to 3pm.

Isobel Pritchard, visitor services manager at Scampston, said: "We are delighted to be opening to the public once again, and have put together an exciting line-up of events for school holidays. This year we are celebrating the 300th anniversary of Capability Brown, the landscape architect behind the parkland at Scampston. We are welcoming all to come and learn a little bit more about him, and to explore and enjoy the gardens here. Do check our website for our full events diary, and for interesting courses and lectures.”

At Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, there is plenty to see and do over the Easter holiday, including a quiz with a chocolate treat for those who take part.

The quiz will be available everyday from Friday to Sunday, April 10, from 10am to 4pm, and is £1 to enter.

A Bakers Dozen Easter egg trail is also on offer at Ryedale Folk Museum, in Hutton-le-Hole, with prizes on offer. The trail is free and normal museum admission applies.

Castle Howard will be hosting a traditional fair this Easter rides, games and face painters from Saturday to Monday, March 28.

In the gardens, the Easter fairground will include children’s train, chair-o-planes, swing boats and helter-skelter, plus enjoy sweeping views across the house, gardens and estate from the top of the big wheel.

Spot the giant decorated Easter eggs hidden around the grounds, big blooming flowers dotted among the early daffodils, snowdrops and crocus and meet Molly the Rabbit and the Lost Explorers, who will be getting up to mischief in the gardens.

The gardens open at 10am with the house open from 10.30am, Easter activities begin at 11am. Included in admission, small additional charge applies for big wheel and game stalls.