National Trust - Basildon Park

Basildon Park is an impressive Georgian mansion and has a lovely surrounding parkland which was rescued from ruin for future posterity by Lord and Lady Iliffe in the 1950s.

Now a fully explorable domain once more, you and the kids can enjoy exploring places like the 1950s Kitchen which often hosts volunteers doing ye olde baking demonstrations! Be sure to ask about the Eye Spy Trail around the house: it's a terrific way of keeping the kids interested and moving along and they regularly change the items hidden about, too, so even if you've done it before it's still loads of fun!