Battle of Neville's Cross

Restored hilltop park above Durham station with the classic postcard view over the cathedral and castle.

1.2 km E

Graceful three-arch bridge over the Wear giving Durham's most-painted view of cathedral and wooded banks.

1.5 km SE

The great Norman cathedral on its rock above the Wear, shrine of St Cuthbert and the Venerable Bede.

1.6 km E

A cathedral city looped by the River Wear, its Norman cathedral and castle rising together above the wooded riverbanks and cobbled Bailey.

1.8 km E · County Durham

Series of intimate walled and cottage gardens around a medieval hall on the edge of Durham city.

1.9 km E

Ten hectares of woodland, glasshouses and themed plantings on the wooded southern edge of the city.

2.4 km SE