5 of the best outdoor city spots

You don’t need to leave the city for an outdoors retreat with our pick of the 5 of the best outdoor city spots

Vitamin D, is essential for maintaining healthy teeth and bones, and the main way of absorbing this nutrient is from sun exposure. It comes as no surprise therefore that one in five Brits are vitamin D deficient, causing Public Health England to recommend that we take supplements to compensate for the UK’s grey weather.

But when the sun does sporadically shine it’s not always possible for all of us to maximise those rays. City-dwellers can’t just take a quick trip to the beach or sunbathe in some grassy fields. Rather than miss out, cities are now offering their take on the great outdoors. Rooftop bars, street-food markets and lidos have popped up throughout the UK. Here are 5 of our favourite urban summertime destinations.