Milberry Green Meadows

If you’re keen to see something of the Surrey countryside, the Greenwich Meridian Trail is five minutes’ stroll away, and the North Downs Way, popular with both cyclists and hikers, runs past Botley Hill Farmhouse (half an hour’s walk). Keep the kids entertained with days out at Biggin Hill (10 minutes’ drive) to tour the hangars and see Spitfires, or the British Wildlife Centre (20 minutes), where they can listen to keeper talks and get up close to badgers and pine martens. Let them run off any excess energy playing games at Laser Quest and VR Centre Bromley (25 minutes), or take younger kids to follow the dinosaur trail and meet the donkeys at Godstone Farm (15 minutes). To combine family fun with a bit of culture, visit moated Hever Castle and Gardens (25 minutes) to tour fine Tudor rooms packed with antiques as well as the sculpture-filled water gardens. See the study where Charles Darwin wrote “On the Origins of Species” at Down House, or how Winston Churchill spent his downtime at National Trust - Chartwell (both 15 minutes).