Witham Grange Glamping

If you’re after a couple of cultural days out, this corner of Lincolnshire has lots to offer. The sprawling 19th-century Belvoir Castle (20 minutes’ drive) is open for tours of its opulent staterooms and Capability Brown-designed parkland. There’s an animal park and petting farm for the kids, and a high-end retail park if you fancy a bit of souvenir shopping. Historic Lincoln (half an hour) is home to a Gothic-style cathedral with lots of priceless manuscripts in its ornate Wren Library; you can also visit the original Magna Carta at the castle and walk around the medieval city walls. Perhaps that’s too much history for the kids? Let them wear off energy in the extensive wooded grounds of National Trust-owned Clumber Park (25 minutes), where you can all look for woodpeckers and buzzards among the trees. Also under NT management, Belton Estate (15 minutes) has an adventure playground with rope trails in its grounds. Should you hit a rainy day, there’s an indoor play centre for younger kids too.