Barmston Farm Holiday Park

Bring bikes or boots to Barmston, as it’s a fab base for rural roaming – a generous 200 acres of common pasture land can be easily wandered from here. Bring buckets and spades along too if you fancy a beachy day or two: the sands of Hornsea and Bridlington are 25 and 40 minutes away by car respectively. Bringing the bairns along on your break? Never need you hear the moan of ‘nowt to do’ around here: they can roam around in the open at activity centre William’s Den (20 minutes’ drive), swing through the trees at the Let Loose! adventure park (five minutes) or come face-to-face with underwater beasties at The Deep aquarium in Hull (20 minutes). An indoor play centre is a few minutes away in Beverley. In summer, stash your binoculars in your bag and scoot off to Spurn National Nature Reserve for a wildlife-spotting boat trip. Another trip not to be missed by fans of a certain boy wizard is a ride on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway from Pickering (an hour’s drive) – the station here had a starring role in the first Harry Potter film. Travelling sans small sorts? You may prefer more stately outings to Burton Agnes Hall (35 minutes) and Castle Howard (an hour) or poking about in Beverley’s antique arcade. A wander through Wolds Way Lavender (50 minutes) is a most fragrant idea too.