Creed Gallery

The Creed Gallery sits in Wokingham, a short drive from Bracknell, and it's the kind of place that rewards a proper look around if you're into contemporary art. It's a working gallery space where the focus is on showing emerging and established artists - the sort of venue that takes itself seriously without being pretentious about it.

What you'll find inside changes with the exhibitions, so it's not the sort of place to visit twice in a month expecting the same experience. The space itself is intimate rather than sprawling, which means you won't spend hours here unless a particular show really grabs you. Most people allow an hour, sometimes less. It's free to get in, which is always welcome, and the staff know their stuff if you fancy chatting about what's on the walls.

This works best for art enthusiasts and anyone who likes to see what's happening in the contemporary scene beyond London's big commercial galleries. Casual browsers might find it a bit hit-or-miss depending on the current exhibition. There's little for young kids to occupy themselves with, to be honest.

If you're based at California Chalet & Touring Park for a few days, the gallery makes a reasonable rainy-day detour - it's close enough to Bracknell that you could combine it with other bits of the town without losing half your day to travel. The real draw is the exhibitions themselves, not the destination.