Salisbury Library

Salisbury Library sits right in the town centre, a proper working library that locals actually use - not some dusty archive frozen in time. It's the sort of place where you can spend an hour browsing without paying a penny, grab a coffee, maybe settle in with a book about Stonehenge or the cathedral while the kids raid the children's section.

What makes it worth a visit during a caravan park holiday is that it's free and it breaks up a rainy afternoon brilliantly. The children's area is decent - you're not fighting crowds of school groups - and there's usually a good selection of regional history books if you're keen on Wiltshire's archaeology. The staff know their stuff about local walking routes too.

It's not thrilling, let's be honest. You're not going to spend the whole day here unless you're genuinely after a specific book. But if you're camped at Salisbury Camping and Caravanning Club Site or Bake Farm and the weather's turned, it's a solid 90-minute stop. Free admission is the big draw - you just walk in. The cathedral's five minutes away on foot if you want to pair it with something grander.

Really, it's the kind of place that justifies itself only if you need shelter and a reason to stay in town for a bit. Worth knowing about, but don't plan your holiday around it.