Finchale Priory is located on the River wear, where the remains of Finchale Priory stands, the castle was founded in the 1196, where the hermitage of St Godric, who was a retired sailor and [...]

The Museum of Archaeology founded in 1833, It was the second University Museum in England to open its doors to the public. The Museum has collections from Ancient Greece, Prehistoric and Roman to [...]

The name “Durham” comes from the Old English “dun”, meaning hill, and the Old Norse “holme”, which translates to island, ‘Hill Island’ Durham [...]

Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries It was founded as a monastic cathedral built to house the shrine of St Cuthbert, ‘Evangelizer of Northumbria’, [...]

The Durham university Botanic lawn is a botanical lawn located in Durham, the garden is is 25 acres of mature woodlands inside the southern outskirts of the city. The botanic gardens had been [...]

Durham in numbers POPULATION Source: UK National Statistics TOTAL TRAFFIC on major roads, in thousand vehicle miles, Year: 2016 source: Department of Transport  CASUALTY TYPES Source: Durham [...]

Crook Hall is a 14th century Manor, located less than a mile from the centre of Durham. The manor was built in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof, one of the oldest parts of the manor can be dated [...]

The Durham Castle was built in 1072, orders of William the Conqueror and supervision of Earl of Northumberland, Waltheof, However he rebelled against William and was executed in 1076. The castle [...]

The Law is located on a Mountain Peak in Dundee, Scotland. It’s predominant feature is an extinct volcano, which gives it its name. It’s also said that the Dundee Law was given [...]

Durham is a city located northeast of England, The Durham Cathedral and the Norman Durham Castle has the River Wear that goes around both the cathedral and the castle.