Attwell Park Campsite

Forgotten everything you learnt at school about the Industrial Revolution? Refresh your memory at a few of the 10 excellent museums dotted across the Ironbridge Gorge heritage site (20 minutes’ drive), including the interactive Enginuity, where visitors are invited to attempt pulling a locomotive by hand or test how quick their reactions are against a robot. For somewhere a little more authentically old, bound over to Blists Hill Victorian Town (15 minutes), an open-air museum with staff recreating what life was like in the 19th century at shops, houses and schools from the period. Don’t miss the Iron Bridge that Ironbridge is named after either – it's a 100-foot cast-iron spectacle dating back to 1781. Wander in Weston Park (10 minutes) next – set in the memorably named village of Weston-under-Lizard – with its fancy 17th-century mansion and landscaping by famed gardener Capability Brown before embarking on a lengthier amble up to Wrekin Hill (25 minutes). Fan of flying? Zoom over to The Royal Air Force Museum (15 minutes), a must for those who like to amble around aviation-themed artefacts.