A weekend in Blackpool with older parents

Blackpool makes a sensible base for a weekend that asks very little of anyone's legs. Saturday opens at Haigh Hall, a stately home and palace with wide paths and plenty of places to pause, then it's 9.8 miles to lunch at The Lancashire Bread House, a bakery holding a 5/5 food hygiene rating. The afternoon is a 12.2-mile run to Horwich Heritage Centre, a compact local museum you can take at a browsing pace. Sunday travels 28.8 miles to Thurnham Hall, with lunch a mere 0.9 miles on at The Stork (also 5/5, doors open from 08:00 daily), and the Ruskin Library 1.8 miles after that.

For a base, Greenbank Farm sleeps five and sits 1.2 miles from Kirkham & Wesham station, while West Boundary Farm Cottage 1 sleeps four and is 4.6 miles from Fleetwood beach, rated Good for bathing water by the Environment Agency. Coming by train, Blackpool North is the nearest station.