Best churches

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2. Camdridge: King's College Chapel, home of the acclaimed King's Chapel Choir, with an altarpiece by Peter Paul Rubens.

3. St Albans: like Canterbury a centre of medieval pilgrimage.

4. Salisbury: built in just 38 years during the 13th century it is topped by England's tallest spire, and holds a copy of the Magna Carta.

5. York: York Minster is the largest Gothic structure north of the Alps.