Kimbridge Barn is a destination tea room and café on the River Test near Romsey. You can combine your visit with this walk that crosses the river via the pretty village of Mottisfont.

Shere is about as quintessentially English as a village can get with quaint cottages, timber framed houses, cosy pubs, tea-rooms and a river trickling through it. If you fancy a festive walk, you can follow in the footsteps of the stars of the Christmas movie The Holiday.

Children will want to head straight to the play area and pump track at Beggarwood Park, so it is a good job the walk is super short and easy!

Follow paths through the lower wooded slopes of Leith Hill, passing an intermittent waterfall and a coffee van hidden in a garden at the edge of the woods that you can only get to on foot.

We were really excited to visit Hampshire Pantry after it opened and a quick study of the map showed us that we could walk directly to the farm by starting at the superb play area at Oliver’s Battery and hiking over Compton Down with lovely views.

Cripplegate Lake is at the centre of Southwater Country Park near Horsham. It has a paddling beach and a Dinosaur Island adventure play area.