The Cygnet Healthcare Stadium

The Cygnet Healthcare Stadium is home to Somerset County Cricket Club, and if you're anywhere near Taunton during the season, it's worth timing a visit around a match. The ground itself is a proper working cricket venue - nothing flashy, but there's real character in watching a county game unfold on the Somerset Levels. The pavilion's seen decades of cricket, and on a sunny day with a decent crowd, you get that very English sense of summer doing what it's supposed to do.

You'll get the most from this if you actually like cricket, to be honest. A full day match is absorbing if you know the game; a T20 evening fixture is shorter and easier for younger kids to stick with. Families often make an afternoon of it, bringing picnics. Admission varies depending on the fixture - check the club's website for current prices and what's on when you're planning to visit.

If you're basing yourself at one of the nearby parks - Cornish Farm Touring Park is barely a mile and a half away, or Ashe Farm if you want something slightly further out - the stadium works well as a half or full day out without eating into your holiday time. The ground's right on the edge of Taunton itself, so you're minutes from proper restaurants and pubs if you want something more substantial after play. Summer holidays here mean the season's in full swing, so June through August is your window. It's not a theme park, and it won't entertain you for hours unless cricket genuinely appeals - but that's precisely why locals rate it.