Evesham Vale Caravan Park

History buffs can get started on interesting stays in Evesham, 10 minutes’ drive away, where the Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre will get guests started, as will trips to the site where Evesham Abbey once stood (and where a major conservation effort is underway) and journeys on the heritage railway. The town’s also a jumping off point for further-flung watery adventures with boat trips along the Avon. More outdoorsy time is to be had with scenic drives, hikes, bikes and horse riding tours in the Cotswolds (20 minutes away), or at All Things Wild (also 20 minutes), where kids can meet the farm animals and lemurs, try out the dinosaur experience, and make the most of indoor and outdoor play areas. Dip a foot back into the past with visits to the stately piles hereabouts: it’s 20 minutes to Snowshill Manor and Gardens, 25 minutes to the Tudor House Museum, Croome Park, Ragley Hall and Sudeley Castle, and half an hour to Tewkesbury Abbey. Urban excursions should begin in Stratford-upon-Avon (30 minutes), which bookish types will know as Shakespeare’s birthplace. It’s also home to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and a lovely butterfly farm. A little further afield, visits to the city of Worcester (35 minutes) come highly recommended for its Tudor-period architecture, its museums, its shopping and Greyfriars’ House.