2 Best Sights in Salisbury, The South

Eighty acres of rolling lawns and splendid period architecture provide one of Britain's finest settings for a cathedral, the largest cathedral close in the country. Laid out in 1220, it is bordered by 21 historic buildings and contains three museums: the Mompesson House, the Salisbury Museum, and the Rifles Museum, which is devoted to the county's infantry regiments.

Dating back to 1226 and initially built as a chapel for the workmen who would go on to construct the cathedral, this still-active church contains a rare medieval Doom painting (a term for paintings in medieval churches of Judgment Day), a fresco that is considered to be the best preserved of the few such works left in Britain; it's also the largest. Created around 1470 and covering the chancel arch, the scenes of heaven and hell served to instill the fear of damnation into the congregation. Restored in 2019, it's best seen on a spring or summer evening when the light through the west window illuminates the details.