Some fourteen miles to the north of Birmingham, the pocket-sized town of LICHFIELD is a slow-moving but amiable place that demands a visit for one reason - its magnificent sandstone Cathedral (daily 8am-6.30pm; £3 donation requested). Begun in 1085, but substantially rebuilt in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the cathedral is unique in possessing three spires - an appropriate distinction for a bishopric that once extended over virtually all of the... [More]