Prince of Wales

Early on in your stay, you’re going to want to make tracks for the Goodwood Estate, whether you’re a fan of the gee-gees or not – there’s plenty here for all tastes, including tours and afternoon tea in the house, fab gardens, a couple of golf courses, a motoring track (time your stay for the Festival of Speed or the Goodwood Revival), and airborne trips from the aerodrome. Goodwood isn’t the only old stately pile in the area, so anyone with a penchant for landed estates and glamorous history should glide to Arundel, Uppark, Parham and Petworth for house tours and turns through the gardens. Like your history a little less grand? History buffs are well served nearby and trips to the Bignor Roman Villa and Fishburne Roman Palace come highly recommended. For kids tiring of traipsing through the past, give them one last chance to learn something at the Weald and Downland Living Museum – an open-air museum covering 1,000 years of history – before heading to Bognor Regis for miniature golf, a miniature railway and a boating lake.