Tipi Adventure

Cram your days full of adrenaline-fuelled adventures if you wish, but it's highly possible you'll need a little breather now and then: a good place to start is Goodrich Castle, a well-preserved medieval number a five-minute drive or 40-minute walk away. Checking out the pretty flutterers at Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo (five minutes' drive) is a good way to spend a laidback couple of hours, as is watching the rather grander flying displays at the International Centre for Birds of Prey (20 minutes). Tintern Abbey and Clearwell Caves (both 25 minutes) are good additions to the schedule too. If you’d rather keep the activity going but at a gentler pace, take a walk on one of the trails within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or make your way to the local cycle centre (15 minutes' drive), to hire bikes to take out on 11 miles of traffic-free Forest of Dean trail. Segway tours and a Go Ape adventure park are in the forest too, 20 minutes’ drive away.