Newbarn Lakes Camping

Wild walks are a breeze to access from this park. Drive five minutes to the Chichester Harbour Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, an undeveloped coastal area, to wander through a 3,733.5-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Made up of shoreline, salt marshes and mudflats, the landscape is lovely and varied. Fishbourne Roman Palace (10 minutes) is around here too, the biggest ever residential Roman building dug up in Britain to date. Built just 30 years after the Roman conquest, this historical hotspot is well worth a look. Seeking city times? Check out Chichester (15 minutes) for the 12th-century cathedral or travel a touch further on to Portsmouth (25 minutes). The latter has a dockyard housing the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the wooden HMS Victory warship, where Admiral Nelson died in the Battle of Trafalgar. Another ace bit of architecture to admire in the area is Arundel Castle, a restored medieval structure with grand gardens (half an hour). Or perhaps you've got a need for speed? Race around the Goodwood Motor Circuit (15 minutes), the famed track for two- and four-wheeled motorsports, instead.