You don't have to be a kid to enjoy a maze. There's something thrilling about losing yourself in a winding labyrinth of manicured hedges, encountering twists, turns and dead ends as you try to find the middle before your companions. With maize crops in season until mid-October, now is a great time to visit one of these magnificent living puzzles.

Hampton Court Palace Maze, London

Commissioned around 1700 by William III, this trapezoid-shaped labyrinth is the UK's oldest surviving hedge maze. It's "notoriously tricky", with "more dead ends than wives of Henry VIII, a former palace resident", said The Times . Once you've completed it, "roam" the palace's "grand halls and extensive gardens", or, for an action-packed day out, pop down the road to Chessington World of Adventures Resort to

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