Bluebell Retreat Glamping

Keen to get out onto the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (five minutes’ drive)? There's plenty of choice when it comes to walks and cycle rides, from short family rambles around Summer Hill (15 minutes) to a blood-pumping hike on the End to End linear walk, stretching from Chase End in the south to North Hill (both 10 minutes), with superb Worcestershire views from the summit ridge-line. Lovely old towns abound in these parts – make ancient Ledbury (25 minutes) number one on your to-do list for its black-and-white half-timbered architecture and winding cobbled alleys lined with indie shops and lots of cosy bars. Put some more history into your holiday mix with a day trip to Tewkesbury (half an hour), famous for its majestic abbey and a series of medieval-themed summer festivals with battle enactments. More local summer festivals include blues, jazz and pop jamborees in Upton-upon-Severn (20 minutes), while horse-racing fans congregate in Cheltenham (50 minutes) for the Gold Cup in March and literary types flock to the Cheltenham Literature Festival in October.