Hart Plain Church

The church sits quietly on Hart Plain, just outside Waterlooville, and honestly it's the sort of place you stumble upon rather than plan for. If you're staying at Glamping at Wallops Wood or ScottsHaven Caravaning, it's close enough for a morning walk without being a proper expedition.

It's a modest building - nothing that will make you gasp - but there's something rather settling about rural Hampshire churches. The churchyard itself is peaceful, the sort of spot where you can actually hear birdsong without traffic drowning it out. The walk here from either holiday park takes you through proper countryside rather than residential sprawl, which matters more than you'd think.

You'll want to allow about an hour if you're combining it with a walk through the surrounding area. Go on a weekday morning if you can - fewer people, less intrusive. The church isn't a destination in itself, but it works brilliantly as part of a longer ramble from your caravan or glamping pitch. Families with older children will find it fine, though younger kids might get restless after ten minutes.

It's free to have a look around the churchyard and the exterior. Opening hours aren't always reliable with smaller churches, so don't make a special trip relying on getting inside. The real draw is the walk itself and the sense that you've found somewhere the coach tours miss entirely. That's the whole appeal of Hart Plain, really.