Entick Campsite

Get immediately stuck in on explores of pretty Yorkshire towns with a jaunt in to Beverley, 15 minutes' drive from base. As well as markets to amble through on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the town has a spectacular Minster, a community museum, and a cultural centre to wander around. Need more? Little kids can be diverted at the Jack in the Box indoor play centre, and mum and dad can put some money on the line at the Beverley racecourse, just outside of town. Further afield, days on the beach at Hornsea shouldn’t be confined to salty splashing about... Fans of creepy-crawlies should start explores of the resort at Bugtopia, wannabe naval officers might want to take to Hornsea Mere for some boating, and walkers of all stripes can set off from here on the 215-mile coast-to-coast Trans Pennine Trail. Get last bits of kids’ energy out at Let Loose! adventure park, five minutes from base, before departing on a grand tour of classic stately mansions. The closest is Burton Constable, an Elizabethan manor half an hour from the site with an 18th-century cabinet of curiosities, and it’s 40 minutes to Burton Agnes. The jewel in Yorkshire’s crown, though, is Castle Howard – the spectacular mansion (which the eagle-eyed may recognise from Brideshead Revisited, and others) is an hour away.