Height Gate Camping Barn

Fancy a springtime walk among fields of bluebells – or an any-time-of-year scramble through wooded ravines crossed by streams? Head to National Trust - Hardcastle Crags (20 minutes’ drive), which has paths for all abilities, plus the off-the-grid Gibson Mill, with displays on the history of this early 19th-century building and a café. For a literary pilgrimage, Haworth (half an hour) is just the ticket. This small village is known for the Brontë Parsonage Museum, once home to writing sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne. In addition to displays of period furniture and decorative arts, it has a comprehensive collection of their manuscripts. Fans of the Winter Olympics should make a beeline for Ski Rossendale (35 minutes), where they’ll be able to have a go at snowboarding or skiing on artificial slopes. If you prefer to slide down the hill in (relative) comfort, there are also tubing sessions.