3 Best Sights in Bath and the Cotswolds, England

In 1902, the Guild of Handicraft took over this former silk mill. Arts and Crafts evangelist Charles Robert Ashbee (1863–1942) brought 150 acolytes from London, including 50 guildsmen, to revive and practice such skills as cabinetmaking and bookbinding. The operation folded in 1920, but the refurbished building now houses the intriguing and very full workshop of a silversmith and has a café and gallery on the ground floor.

Acclaimed writer Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the world's first science fiction novel, while living in Bath, and this spot (although not the original house she lived in) has become one of Bath's spookiest attractions, combining a museum and an immersive experience in a historic house. Inside you'll find a Frankenstein-themed escape room (from £25), a gruesome mystery to solve, and plenty of unusual artifacts and vintage items. It's not suitable for younger children.

Built in 1937, this knee-high model of Bourton-on-the-Water took five years to complete. It is the only model village to have been given special historical status by English Heritage. As you walk down its tiny lanes, you'll see how little has changed over the past decades. The small exhibition at Miniature World shows miniature scenes and rooms; some you can make come to life. Particularly entertaining is the model village within the model village, which, much like an infinity mirror, is perpetuated to an increasingly smaller scale.