Bath Hills

The Bath Hills near Bungay rise out of Norfolk's flatlands like someone's forgotten a proper hill in the wrong place. They're ancient - Iron Age fort earthworks, if you're into that sort of thing - and you can walk straight up them for views across the Waveney Valley that stretch for miles on a clear day.

It's not a manicured tourist trap. There's no visitor centre, no gift shop, no one trying to sell you a souvenir mug. You park up, walk through fields, and there they are. The walk itself takes twenty minutes or so from the road, depending on how you approach it, and the slopes are manageable though a touch muddy after rain. History types will find the concentric earthworks genuinely interesting; families with kids will appreciate that there's actual climbing involved and proper views as a reward at the top.

What you won't find is crowds. That's rather the point. It's the sort of place you'd stumble upon by accident while exploring Norfolk's quieter corners, or deliberately seek out if you're staying at Wardley Hill Campsite - barely three miles away - and want something more substantial than a village stroll.

Free to visit, no entry fees, no nonsense. Allow an hour if you want to linger and take in the landscape properly. Go in autumn when the light's low and golden, or spring when the fields aren't waterlogged. Summer gets muggy down in the valley.