The Museum Of The Horse

You'd be forgiven for expecting something grand, but The Museum of the Horse near Newark is properly intimate - the kind of place where a genuine passion for equine history shines through every corner. The collection focuses on working horses and their role in British life, from heavy hitters pulling wagons to the cavalry mounts that shaped our past. It's the sort of museum where you'll actually learn something rather than zone out after twenty minutes.

If you're the type who finds horses fascinating rather than just nice to look at, this works brilliantly. Children who've spent their holiday weeks at Eastfield Glamping or Greenacres Caravan Park will either find it absorbing or dull depending on whether they care about saddles and harnesses - no sugar-coating it. A couple of hours is about right; you're not dealing with a sprawling institution here.

The Newark location makes it a sensible addition to a broader East Midlands park holiday, especially if you're based at one of the nearby sites like Orchard Park Touring. It won't overshadow the main event, but it fills a rainy afternoon or a morning before heading to Sherwood Castle Holiday Forest or Sundown Adventureland. Contact them first to check opening times and admission charges - those details aren't freely available online, which is frustrating but worth the phone call if horses are genuinely your thing.