Walshes Farm Caravan Park Ltd

Walshes Farm Caravan Park sits just outside Stourport-on-Severn, a proper working riverside town where the Severn and Stour rivers meet. If you're after a base camp for exploring Worcestershire's canal country, this is the kind of place that gets the job done without fuss.

It's a caravan and camping site - the sort you'd use as your launchpad rather than the destination itself. The real appeal here is location. You're close enough to Stourport's locks and towpaths that walkers can head out straight away. The town itself has a decent high street and riverside pubs if you can't be bothered cooking after a day out.

With so many parks clustered in this area - Lickhill Manor and Lincomb Lock within walking distance, plus Amber's Bell Tent Camping if you fancy glamping instead - the Severn Valley has clearly caught on as a holiday spot. That's either good news (infrastructure, facilities, plenty of stuff nearby) or a drawback depending on whether you want solitude.

For families with caravans or tents, this works well enough. Younger kids might find the static nature of it dull after a day or two, but combine it with visits to the riverside walks, the Stourport locks themselves, and maybe a trip up to Kidderminster, and you've got enough to fill a week. The area's low-key rather than flashy - no theme parks or major attractions - so come here expecting gentle countryside breaks, not excitement.