Feather Down - Canfields Farm

Choose between the North and South Down Ways for tons of walking and cycling (hire bikes 10 minutes’ drive away) challenges, or go easier on yourselves and follow scenic towpath walks along the Wey and Arun Canal. Anglers can go casting for carp at the local fishing lake (10 minutes), and there are several golf courses within 15 minutes by car. For dressy days out, there’s racing at Goodwood (45 minutes), Fontwell Park (40 minutes) or Ascot (an hour). If you should need a new outfit for the occasion, the market towns of Chichester (50 minutes) and Horsham (20 minutes) have plenty of indie shops to plunder, as well as museums and art galleries to nose around. If a day on the beach is what’s needed, Worthing (45 minutes) has a sandy strip as well as a pier to mooch around and lots of street-food cafés to graze in. When only wildlife will do, treat the kids to flying displays at Huxley’s Birds of Prey Centre and Gardens (25 minutes), or take them to meet the penguins and reindeer at Birdworld (45 minutes).