Tin Can 10

You wouldn't expect to find a proper adventure sports venue tucked away near Loughborough, but Tin Can 10 delivers exactly that. It's an outdoor sports park where you can have a go at everything from slack lines to climbing walls - the sort of place where adrenaline junkies and curious families alike spend a solid afternoon working their way through different challenges.

The setup is straightforward: various stations test your balance, strength, and nerve. Some bits are genuinely tricky, others are more about having a laugh and not falling off. Kids tend to love it because there's that proper sense of achievement when you conquer something that looked impossible five minutes earlier. Adults appreciate that it's not just a climbing wall - there's real variety here.

If you're staying at Midshires Way Campsite and Alpaca Farm just down the road, this makes an excellent half-day outing, especially if the weather's decent. You'll want to wear trainers and clothes you don't mind getting muddy. A couple of hours should see you through most of it unless you're genuinely keen on perfecting every single challenge.

It works brilliantly as part of a wider Nottinghamshire trip - you could easily couple it with other outdoor activities in the area. The real selling point is that it gets people off their phones and actually testing themselves physically, which feels increasingly rare these days.