Flax Farland Camping

Combine some good old English heritage with your exercise and head to National Trust-owned Canons Ashby House (10 minutes’ drive) for a potter through Elizabethan rooms or a walk in landscaped parkland. Majestic, 18th-century Blenheim Palace has guided buggy tours of the Capability Brown-designed gardens, and if you’ve built up a thirst exploring, there are plenty of tempting pubs and tearooms in pretty Woodstock (both 45 minutes). For a real dose of culture, take in a play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in beautiful, riverside Stratford-upon-Avon (45 minutes) – or get down with the students in Oxford’s (55 minutes) mellow-stone colleges. While you’re there, you might like to admire the ancient treasures in the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology or tour the Harry Potter film locations. If you’ve got the kids in tow, treat them to immersive driving games at Silverstone Interactive Museum (25 minutes) or wear out teens on the quad bikes and karting track at Whilton Mill Karting and Outdoor Activities (25 minutes).