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Probably have more luck posting this in the Caravanning & Camping Abroad section but I'm sure you'll get lots of well informed advice.

Personally I would say that the importance of the "good weather feeling" is the major factor in deciding where to go. Normandy and Brittany can be super if the weather is fine but can be like a wet week in Cornwall if it's not.If it's nice weather the Carnac area takes some beating. Generally speaking though the weather improves once you get below the Loire River. You don't need to got to the Med' the West Coast around the Vendee and La Rochelle down to Royan is super. 

Hi happyharwoods

My wife and I went down to Royan this year for our 1st time abroard we finished up at st Augustin sur mer on the le logis de bruill site we stayed 5 weeks we think that it is a brillant site for adults and kids as our family decended upon us over the last two weeks

I would recomend that you go via Dover on the DFD seaways its cheap and the motorways are very good with plenty of stop off sites

make sur that you stop off about 50 miles after getting off the ferry so that the kids can burn off energy then travel on down the next day

Happy holidays

you might get more information via the 'caravanning abroad' section of the forum pages if you repost this there.

IOf you don't want to go too far, stay on the coastal area of Picardy around St valery. Lots of people try to advise new starters to go to the atlantic coast.  That's fine if you want to drive that far.  but if you stay close and enjoy your first trip, then you can expand your horizons the following year.  Our daughter has 4 kids (8-3)and the last 4 trips have been to paris then to the northern coast.  They are experienced vanners and are happy doing that.  Long haul is for people with time on their hands like good old grandad. Val ' d'authie - ferm des aulnes   chateau de drancourt are 3 i can think of in the area.  Plent otherws to choose from,    If you want to travel on, then west of rouen to the normandy beaches is another good area.   colder than the south of france, but still good in a normal summer.