Willow Fields Camping

Keen to see some Lincolnshire flora and fauna? First stop might be the circular walk around Rush Furlong nature reserve – right outside the site gates – a wildflower meadow scattered with rare green-winged orchids, oxeye daisies and primroses. Potteric Carr Nature Reserve (25 minutes’ drive) is another wildlife haven teeming with wading birds in the lagoons and reed beds, plus meadows full of butterflies in summer. Yorkshire Wildlife Park (20 minutes) has a daily schedule of keeper talks and animal encounters to keep the whole family entertained, as well as a dinosaur trail and soft-play centres for younger kids – who will also probably adore meeting goats, ponies and wallabies at Shepherds Place Farm (five minutes). Rainy day? The historic market town of Epworth has a leisure centre with pool and gym to keep everyone distracted from the weather, as well as indie boutiques to browse. Red-brick Epworth Old Rectory (both five minutes) was the childhood home of John and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism, and is open in summer for tours of its period rooms.