for your best chance to spot  Common and Grey seals, which sometimes come right up to boats.4 Chesil Beach in Dorset is most well known for fossils but you can also go hunting at Whitehaven in Cumbria, Staithes in West Yorkshire and Hastings in Sussex.5

. One night’s B&B for a family of four costs from £225. DEER SHED FESTIVAL JULY 22–24Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, Yorkshire (www.deershedfestival.com) Capacity 5,000 What’s the vibe Nominated in its inaugural year as Best New Festival, this is a family