Get out of the City: Oxford

You only need to travel a stone's throw away from London to feel as if you're in the middle of the countryside, but if you want to go a bit further afield, but not too far, Oxford is a great shout. Although I have lived in London for almost 4 years, I feel as if there are a lot of places in the South that I'm yet to see (I should make more effort to do this on a weekend, but it's so easy to get trapped in your "London bubble").

Direct trains run fairly regularly between Marylebone and Oxford, and the journey time is about an hour. It's a nice day out and even nicer if you top it off with a Sunday roast. There isn't a lot to do in Oxford per se, but there's a lot to see. It's a historic city and obviously home to one of the world's grandest university, which houses lots of really beautiful buildings.