Haynes Fine Art

Haynes Fine Art sits quietly in Broadway, that honey-coloured Cotswold village that pulls in coach loads of day-trippers. This is where you go if you actually want to see something rather than queue for cream tea.

It's a proper art gallery - contemporary work, mostly - housed in one of those characterful high street premises that makes you wonder how many lives this building has lived through. The quality of what's on display genuinely varies, which is refreshing. Sometimes you'll walk in and think "yes, that's worth my time." Other visits, less so. That's galleries for you.

You're looking at an hour, maybe ninety minutes max if you're the type who reads every label. It's not enormous. Free entry, which always helps. The crowd tends to be older, quieter - folk who've actually chosen to come in rather than wandered past.

It works well as a break from the relentless Broadway tourist grind. Pop here after a walk in the surrounding countryside or between visiting the other galleries and antique shops that pepper the high street. If you're camping at Broadway Caravan and Motorhome Club Campsite just down the road, it's a ten-minute stroll and beats another lap of the gift shops.

Worth a look if you're in the area. Don't go out of your way specially. Kids will get bored within twenty minutes unless they're the genuinely arty sort.