Cox Hill Glamping

If the beach is number one on the list of day trips, you have the choice of heading to the north or south Cornish coastlines. Perranporth (15 minutes’ drive) has a long, sandy beach with dunes to clamber over as well as cafés to keep you all fed and watered, while there are well-known surfing beaches (and schools for novices) up at Newquay (half an hour). If you turn south, Falmouth (25 minutes) has a mixture of sandy bays, watersports beaches and a calm estuary for paddleboarding. St Agnes Heritage Coast offers plenty of wild clifftop walks, or you can stroll sections of the South West Coast Path. Along the way, look out for historic tin mines like Wheal Coates and Wheal Charlotte (all 15 minutes), plus a sprinkling of tiny coves that you might just have to yourselves. As the campsite is only five minutes’ drive from the main A30 road, it is easy for art lovers to get down to St Ives (half an hour) for a wander around the Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden. If you’re more into food than art, Padstow (45 minutes) has a selection of restaurants from fish and chip places to high-end dining.