A weekend in Paignton with older parents

This is a weekend built around short hops and unhurried lunches. Day one keeps the driving modest: 3.2 miles from Marker's Cottage to a lunch stop at Starbucks, which holds a 5/5 food hygiene rating, then 4.7 miles on to Killerton House for a relaxed National Trust afternoon. Day two has the one longer leg, 15.6 miles to The Forge. From there it is a 3.1-mile run to Frydays, another 5/5-rated stop, with the Axe Valley Heritage Museum under a quarter of a mile away.

Base yourselves in Brixham. The Centry Glamping Pods each sleep four and sit 0.5 miles from Breakwater Beach (Shoalstone), whose bathing water is rated Excellent by the Environment Agency. Ranscombe House sleeps 20, is pet friendly and is just 0.3 miles from the same beach. Coming by train? Paignton is the nearest station, 3.7 to 3.9 miles from both.