Feather Down Farm - Gwel Teg

You can’t possibly come to Cornwall without going to the coast, can you? A good place to start is in Looe (10 minutes’ drive), which has a sandy beach, watersports shops for paddleboard and kayak hire and a harbour where you can join speedboat or glass-bottom boat tours. For a different way to arrive, drive to the Looe Valley Line station at Causeland (10 minutes) and head down on a pretty riverside rail journey. The South West Coast Path is of course, always worth a wander too – and there are lots of little villages around to visit, including Polperro (25 minutes) and Fowey (40 minutes). Looking inland, there are adventures to be had at Adrenalin Quarry (10 minutes), exotic animals to meet at Porfell Wildlife Park & Sanctuary (20 minutes) and the fabulous attraction of the Eden Project (half an hour), where you can experience rainforest life and zoom down the zipwires.