Churches in County DurhamCounty Durham, England

9 churches in the Albion Guide across County Durham — see the full churches directory, or everything to explore in County Durham.

Durham Cathedral

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

Durham

One of the most complete Saxon churches in England, built around 670 from stone robbed from the Roman fort at Binchester.

Escomb

The largest parish church in the county, known as the Cathedral of the Dales, near Bishop Auckland.

Bishop Auckland

Estate church beside Brancepeth Castle, rebuilt after a fire that destroyed its rare Cosin woodwork.

Brancepeth

One of England’s oldest churches, its Saxon nave surviving at Old Seaham, a little north of the harbour town.

Seaham

Saxon-founded church with medieval screen and choir stalls and the tombs of the Neville lords of Raby.

Staindrop

Former Catholic college outside Durham with soaring Pugin chapels, cloisters, gardens and a café.

Ushaw Moor

Small moorland church near Derwent Reservoir with pre-Norman fabric behind its 12th-century walls.

Edmundbyers

Market-town church with a rare anchorage cell built into its wall and the Lumley knights' effigies inside.

Chester-le-Street