Riverside cathedral above the Severn, King John's tomb.
Worcester Cathedral stands right above the Severn, its tower a landmark from the county cricket ground across the water. King John asked to be buried here and his tomb sits before the high altar, the oldest royal effigy in England; nearby is the delicate chantry built for Prince Arthur, Henry VIII’s elder brother, who died at Ludlow in 1502. Below is a Norman crypt from the 1080s, and off the cloister a circular chapter house reckoned the first of its kind. Open daily, donation suggested; Foregate Street station is a few minutes north.
