A free supply of drinking water is now available in Canterbury’s Longmarket Square.

To find the new Portland stone and stainless steel column, where you can fill a bottle or flask, walk just 80 yards beyond the Mercery Lane turning to the cathedral.

The £150,000 feature is a gift to Canterbury from the city’s Rotary Club to mark its recent centenary.

The twelve foot high column was unveiled by Lady Colgrain, the Lord Lieutenant of Kent before the Lord Mayor Jean Butcher tasted the water.

On the column are the words: ‘Behold ye, how these crystal streams do glide, to comfort pilgrims by the highway-side,’ from John Bunyan’s Pilgrims Progess.

The designer is architect Andrew Clague, the church conservation expert, whose work includes the masterplan for Peters Village on the Pilgrims’ Way.