Coppy Hill

The walk up Coppy Hill from Keighley isn't long, but it's proper steep in places and you'll feel your legs working. Once you're up there, the views across West Yorkshire spread out like someone's unfolded a map at your feet - moorland rolling away, the towns below looking suddenly small and manageable. On a clear day you can see for miles. The hill itself is open moorland, the sort of place where you can wander about freely without worrying too much about where the "path" is supposed to be.

It's decent exercise without being a full day commitment. Most people manage it in under an hour each way from Keighley, which makes it ideal if you're based at one of the local caravan parks - Brown Bank is just a mile away and Tip Top only three miles out. Families with older kids who don't mind a bit of a huff and puff will get something out of it; younger ones might find the moorland a bit featureless halfway up. Walkers heading across the Pennines often use it as a warm-up or a quick detour between longer routes.

There's nothing to spend money on up there - no café, no visitor centre, just the landscape. That's rather the point. Go when the weather's settled because on a murky day you'll see about thirty yards in any direction and wonder why you bothered. Early morning in autumn, when the mist clears by mid-morning, tends to work well. It's free, it's accessible from Keighley town centre without needing a car, and it gives you proper views without the faffing about.