Skateboarding Hedgehog

You walk into what feels less like a formal gallery and more like someone's genuinely brilliant idea that actually got made. The Skateboarding Hedgehog is exactly what it sounds like - a collection of work centring on a hedgehog, on a skateboard, and the artist's obsession with making it happen across different mediums. It's wonderfully daft in the best possible way.

The pieces range from paintings and sculptures to installations that play with the absurdity of the concept. There's something refreshingly honest about a gallery that doesn't take itself too seriously. Kids find it instantly engaging - the visual is immediate, funny, and memorable. Adults tend to appreciate the craft underneath the silly premise, which is rather the point. You're looking at genuine skill wrapped up in something that made you smile the moment you heard the name.

It works brilliantly if you're staying at either Riddings Wood or Golden Valley, both within easy reach of Nottingham and this corner of Derbyshire. A couple of hours here breaks up a park-based holiday nicely without requiring commitment or complicated planning. It's the sort of place you'll remember more fondly than you'd expect.

Check ahead for opening times and admission charges before you travel - details aren't widely publicised, but it's worth ringing through. The fact that it exists at all, that someone pursued this vision seriously, makes it worth the detour.