If the summer budget is dwindling, do not fear; there are plenty of places in the UK designed for enjoyment that will not have you reaching for the piggy bank dregs.
South East England
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxfordshire
With a striking domed glass ceiling, the Neo-Gothic building is flooded with light that shines on the impressive collection of artefacts, because at Oxford University they don’t keep their skeletons in a closet; instead, they proudly hang from every corner of their museum. It’s impossible to miss the gigantic hanging whale, the plesiosaur, which swam in the area that is now Britain 165 million years ago, and the dodo soft tissue remains – the only ones that exist anywhere in the world. oumnh.ox.ac.uk
Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex
