Mayday Retreats

Active types are likely to find a calling from Mayday Retreats… perhaps walking, cycling, watersports or boat trips in the country park at Ferry Meadows in Nene Park (half an hour’s drive) or cycling, walking and more splash-worthy pursuits at Rutland Water (half an hour) - namely, swimming, watersports and the aqua park for a slippy and slidey start to the day. To continue your peaceful pedals around these parts, there’s bicycle hire available at the Grimsthorpe Castle Park & Gardens (15 minutes) or for more lazy wanders, you might want to choose the gardens, café and deer park at Burghley House Gardens & Deer Park (25 minutes) or Bowthorpe Oak (10 minutes), a park that’s home to England’s oldest oak tree. Keep up the pace with more walking routes around Bourne Wood (25 minutes) or take it up a notch with theme park rides at Twinlakes Park (50 minutes). When you’re finally ready to wind things down and poke your nose into somewhere with some local history, the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, Woolsthorpe Manor House (half an hour) is a fitting place for that.