Entrance (Artwork)

If you're staying at one of the caravan parks near St Albans - Cherry Green Trees is practically on the doorstep - Entrance is worth a quick detour. It's a contemporary art installation rather than a traditional gallery space, which means you're not walking into hushed rooms full of oil paintings. Instead, you get something more immediate and interactive, the kind of work that makes you stop and think about what you're actually looking at.

The piece itself plays with the idea of arrival and threshold - fitting given the name. It works best if you go in without too many expectations. Art students will find it interesting; families with young kids might find it a bit abstract for their liking, though older teenagers could spark some decent conversations about it. The location, just outside St Albans, makes it an easy add-on to a day exploring the town itself or the surrounding countryside.

Since details on opening hours and admission aren't widely publicised, ring ahead before you go - nothing worse than turning up to find the gates closed. Allow 20-30 minutes maximum. It's free or very cheap, the kind of thing you visit on a whim rather than planning around. If you're doing a proper parks-based holiday in the area, this works as a cultural pit stop between sites like Commons Wood or Frogmore, though it's never going to be the main event of your week.