’s crown is the National Motor Museum, which houses a fleet of shiny vehicles. Also on the action front are the World Of Top Gear, the James Bond Experience plus a Secret Army Exhibition, while the Palace House, Beaulieu Abbey’s and gorgeous gardens provide

and colours this secret garden has to offer so pack a picnic and seek out the wooded walks and canals as well as newly opened Italian and rose gardens.Framlingham CastleNow OpenOnce the refuge of Mary Tudor before she became queen, Framlingham Castle

lunch and come along and enjoy the music and children’s entertainment at the Coronation Gardens in Waltham Forest.Park and Pond ExplorersJuly 30Engage your child’s curiosity about nature, both on land and underwater at Bedfont Lakes in Ashford.  Keen

and perform the dance moves to the pre-recorded snoopy disco. By day five, my sister and I had all the moves memorized; by day 14, we were pros! They gave us a cassette of the songs to take home from holiday and we performed it in our front garden with all

afternoon at Portsmouth’s Bandstand. This is one of the most popular free events in the region and offers a variety of different music from urban to swing to country and western.Go on an Art HuntAugust 1Follow the Sculpture Trail around the gardens

flagship store at rue de Tournon, where you can indulge in afternoon tea in the pretty courtyard garden. We also stopped in at one of Paris’s best-kept fashion secrets: the Little Fashion Gallery studio. Here, owner Marie Soudré-Richard has cherry-picked a

’ll also be treated to a meet-and-greet with Father Christmas at a secret location in the forest, and a cross-country trip via tundra, ice sheet and forest floor to the home of  Rudolph, Donner and Prancer.Departures to Nellim are available from Nordic