Tom Hulatt's Mile (South end)

Tom Hulatt's Mile is a gallery space tucked away in Derbyshire, near Sutton-in-Ashfield, that celebrates local and contemporary art. The south end location is where you'll find rotating exhibitions and installations - it's a proper working creative space rather than a stuffy museum affair. The gallery tends to focus on emerging artists and regional work, which means you're often seeing pieces that haven't been picked over by every visitor in the East Midlands.

It's best suited to art enthusiasts and anyone who prefers intimate gallery spaces over the grand national institutions. If you're camping nearby at Silverhill Woodland Retreats or Yew Tree Farm Camping, it's a decent afternoon detour when the weather turns grim. Allow an hour, maybe ninety minutes if there's a show that grabs you. The layout is compact, so you won't be trudging endless corridors.

I'd recommend ringing ahead to confirm current exhibitions and opening times - details are thin on the ground for this one. Admission is usually free or a small donation, which feels fair for independent spaces like this. It works well as part of a wider Derbyshire gallery crawl rather than a standalone trip, especially if you're based at one of the surrounding campsites for a week. Not a thundering tourist draw, but that's rather the point. You'll likely have breathing room to actually look at things without elbows in your ribs.