All Saints Church, Bexhill

All Saints Church sits quietly on the edge of Bexhill-on-Sea, the kind of place you could walk past without noticing if you weren't looking for it. But step inside and you're met with proper medieval stonework - the sort of thing that makes you realise this building was already old when your great-great-grandparents were young.

It's genuinely worth twenty minutes of your time if you're staying nearby. The architecture tells its own story - Norman features mixed with later additions, windows that let light fall in unexpected ways. If you're into ecclesiastical history, you'll find yourself lingering longer than planned, picking out details in the masonry and thinking about the centuries of services held within these walls.

Families with younger kids might find it a bit too quiet and still, but older children who like exploring old buildings will get something from it. There's no theatre to it, no gift shop faffing about - just a genuine medieval church doing what it's always done.

If you're camping at Beech Estate, just five miles south, this makes an easy morning trip before heading to the seafront or exploring more of the Sussex coast. Bexhill-on-Sea itself has enough going on - the De La Warr Pavilion, decent seafood spots, proper Victorian architecture - to make it a worthwhile base, and All Saints slots nicely into a half-day itinerary without feeling forced.