Silverstone Farm Campsite

If you’re not into motorsport, or want to extend your rural break, there’s plenty to fill a few days with around these parts. Whittlebury Hall is a few minutes’ drive away for rounds of golf and spa days, and you can trek through country lanes in the company of friendly llamas 15 minutes’ drive away. Guests with a penchant for a country estate or two are well served, too – you’re within a half-hour drive of Stowe, Canons Ashby and Althorp (ancestral home and resting place of Diana, Princess of Wales, and home to a memorial exhibition). Bletchley Park, codebreaking HQ in World War II, is also about half an hour away. See the scenic surrounds on a canal boat trip from Stoke Bruerne, 15 minutes away by car, or make the 45-minute journey to Oxford to view the historic colleges on a walking tour, a boat trip or while mastering the tricky technique of punting.