Brickyard Lakes Country Park

If you’d like to get a bit more active out in the fresh air, it’ll take you around 20 minutes or so to get up to the North York Moors for hikes, bike rides, horse riding and watersports. More rambles can be had in Dalby Forest or along the coast from seaside towns such as Scarborough or Whitby – all are within a 45-minute drive. Those who like their days out to have a cultural tint will do well around these parts too: Castle Howard is 10 minutes away by car, and Rievaulx Abbey, Ryedale Folk Museum and Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum are all within half an hour. Not strictly falling under the cultural banner but still rather splendid is Flamingo Land, 10 minutes from Brickyard Lakes. Once you’ve worked up an appetite, you’re highly recommended to take it along to Malton, three miles away and dubbed Yorkshire’s Food Capital for its range of street food markets, cookery schools and other foodie treats, including a rather enticing gin festival.