Taylor Park

Taylor Park sits just outside Crieff and serves as a proper woodland haven if you're after something low-key between caravan park sessions. It's a nature reserve rather than a formal garden - think mature trees, open grassland, and the kind of place where you might actually spot something interesting rather than just walk round manicured beds.

The park works well for families who don't mind a gentle wander without the crowds. Kids aged six upwards will find enough to occupy them for an hour or so - there's woodland to explore and space to run about. It's not dramatic stuff, but on a decent day it's the sort of spot you'd kick yourself for missing if you were staying nearby.

Walkers will appreciate it more than casual strollers. The paths wind through proper woodland, and if you're based at Braidhaugh Holiday Lodge just down the road or Comrie Croft a few miles south, you could do worse than adding this to a morning's potter. It's free to access and there's no faffing about with opening hours.

The main limitation is that it's genuinely quiet - which is either brilliant or dull depending on what you want. If you're expecting formal facilities or a visitor centre, you'll be disappointed. But if you fancy stretching your legs in actual countryside rather than the gardens-with-gift-shops circuit, Taylor Park delivers.