Butterby Oxbow

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

1.7 km N

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

3 km N

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

3.3 km N

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

3.6 km N · County Durham

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

4 km N

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

4.3 km N