Bizarre BUT True!

You'll find this oddball collection just outside Hastings, and frankly, it's exactly what the name promises - bizarre. Think eccentric museum meets curiosity cabinet, packed with the sort of stuff that makes you do a double-take. We're talking oddities and peculiarities that someone's actually bothered to gather and display, the kind of place where you genuinely can't predict what's round the next corner.

It's not going to eat up your whole day. An hour or so does it comfortably, depending on how long you linger over the weirdness. Kids either love it or find it a bit much - depends on their tolerance for the genuinely strange. Adults with a taste for the unusual and a sense of humour will get more from it than families expecting a conventional day out.

Since you're staying at one of the local parks - Beaulieu Farm, Combe Haven or Coghurst Hall are all within easy reach - this works as a quirky afternoon diversion rather than a main event. Hastings itself offers plenty more in the way of proper attractions, beaches and the pier, so Bizarre But True slots in nicely as something a bit different when you've done the standard seaside circuit. Worth a look if you're passing, though ring ahead if you can to check current opening and admission details, as information's a bit thin on the ground for this one.