Spend a late-summer day in Canterbury: catch the high-speed from St Pancras, graze at the Goods Shed market, book a timed tour of the Cathedral, then drift through Mercery Lane and Westgate Gardens before a Westgate Towers view.

A late-summer day in Oxford: arrive by train, choose a Bodleian tour or admire the Radcliffe Camera, climb St Mary’s for skyline views, then swap crowds for Port Meadow and end with a pint at The Perch