Flittermouse Copse Camping

With all the greenery around the site, it might be easy to forget that the seaside’s only a short car ride away. So, whether you’ve got a thing for donkey rides on the beach – the stuff of Weston-super-Mare (15 minutes’ drive) and Berrow beach (25 minutes) – or watersports – on the roll at both Berrow and Brean beach (25 minutes) – there’s much to do. Brean beach has dunes and a Victorian fort for good measure, the beginning of a whole heap of historical sights that you could add into the mix. Those might include Glastonbury (45 minutes) for abbey ruins and museums (as well as walks around Glastonbury Tor) and Clevedon's Victorian pier (half an hour), which injects some history to the town’s watersports-heavy marine lake and beach. There’s a lot of action in the city of Bristol (45 minutes), especially when it comes to the art and culture scene or nightlife, but for those of you who are keen to check out nature’s natural hidey holes, there are caves and family-friendly attractions at Wookey Hole (40 minutes) and more caverns, this time with rocksport activities, a walking trail and a museum, at Cheddar Gorge (25 minutes).