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Recommended towns & villages near Durham Cathedral

Elvet Bridge, over the River Wear; Durham City

Durham

(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)

Durham as a town reflects the long history of its magnificent castle and cathedral with its winding streets, ancient market place and alleyways and other old churches to discover.....

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Spennymoor High Street, County Durham

Spennymoor

(5.2 miles, 8.4 km, direction S)

Long before Spennymoor ever existed there was... Spenny Moor. Spenny Moor was a vast area of common land, and we are indebted to noted historian and antiquarian Robert Surtees.....

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A picture of Kelloe

Kelloe

(5.5 miles, 8.9 km, direction SE)

Kelloe has pleasant riverside areas and is in close proximity to historic Hartlepool Quay and the seaside resort town of Peterlee on England's northern coast...

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St John the Evangelist Church, Kirk Merrington, Durham, 2012-03-15

Kirk Merrington

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction S)

Kirk Merrington is a pretty, hilltop village overlooking the Wear Valley and the Cleveland Hills...

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Beamish, County Durham: Tram

Beamish

(7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction N)

Beamish is famous for its lovely open-air museum which so vividly brings to life how the folk of the region lived at the turn of the 20th century...

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Penshaw Monument 14th June 2009

Penshaw

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction NE)

Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...

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Coundon in County Durham.

Coundon

(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction S)

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Bishop Auckland Town Cemetery, South Church Road

Bishop Auckland

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction SW)

This was the busy social and commercial centre of the south-west Durham coalfield, but the town is actually much older than the Industrial Revolution, although that historic.....

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Washington Old Hall. Washinton, Tyne and Wear.

Washington

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction N)

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A picture of Escomb

Escomb

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction SW)

Lying in a prominent position ringed by the River Wear, Escomb is best known for its magnificent Saxon Church reputed to be built from stones brought from the near-by ruined Roman Fort at Binchester...

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Durham Castle from the river side, next to bridge

Durham Castle

(0.8 miles, 1.3 km)

Durham Castle is another one of Durham's magnificent buildings. It was founded in 1072 and such was the impregnability of the.....

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Inside Brancepeth Castle

Brancepeth Castle

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction SW)

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Waldridge Fell Moor, County Durham

Waldrige Fell Country Park

(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction N)

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Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

Lumley Castle

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction N)

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Hypocaust at Binchester Roman Fort, County Durham

Binchester Roman Fort

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction SW)

For over 300 years, Binchester Roman Fort was occupied for. To begin with, soldiers in this fort did not come from this area;.....

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Herrington Country Park

(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction NE)

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Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Auckland Castle

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction SW)

With its grand arch, Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace or the Bishop's Castle, is the official residence of the.....

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Beamish Open Air Museum

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction N)

Beamish Museum lies in a basin of stunning countryside covering over three hundred acres. This is no ordinary museum, but an.....

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Penshaw

Penshaw Monument

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)

The Penshaw Monument is a 70 ft high folly built on Penshaw Hill in 1844 in honour John Lambton (1792–1840), 1st Earl of Durham.....

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Washington Old Hall. Washinton, Tyne and Wear.

Washington Old Hall

(9.2 miles, 14.9 km, direction N)

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington..

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