Edmunds Farm

The green-fingered among you can check out local gardens, including the sculpture-filled water gardens at Borde Hill Garden (10 minutes’ drive) and the colourful acreage at National Trust-owned Standen House and Garden (20 minutes). Have a wander through woodland planted with exotic trees at Wakehurst Place (15 minutes),which is also home to the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, where you can watch scientists at work at one of the biggest seed repositories in the world. If you’re keen to hone your handicap, have a round of golf – there are several courses within 15 minutes’ drive), and when it’s time to take the weight off your feet, have a chug through West Sussex countryside on the Bluebell Railway from Sheffield Park Station (20 minutes). Holidaying en famille? Take the kids to see raptors in flight at Huxley’s Birds of Prey Centre and Gardens, or to keeper talks at the British Wildlife Centre (both 20 minutes), populated by badgers, foxes and red squirrels.