You don't say how you will travel on your day trips. We use the train.

We did the Bath trip May of last year and enjoyed it. We also went down to Brighton and really enjoyed that.

I can recommend Cambridge, with a side trip to Ely for its marvelous cathedral.

There is a circulating tour bus in Cambridge, Guide Friday or something like that, which you can hop on and off, and it will take you to the American Cemetery, which can be a moving experience.

I'm not sure how to get from the train station at Duxford to the Imperial War Museum air museum, but the museum is definitely worth the trip.

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