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Bishop Auckland Food Festival in the Durham Dales (11/12/2009)
Durham Mystery Plays (11/12/2009)
Northern Rocks - The North Pennines Festival of Geology and Landscape (11/12/2009)
Durham food festival receives a makeover (25/02/2010)
Tickets on sale for Durham Mystery Plays (23/02/2010)
Build your own outdoor activity break this Easter (23/02/2010)
Cathedral and Churches
The iconic Durham Cathedral and Castle World Heritage Site was the first to be designated. Experience one of the finest surviving examples of Romanesque architecture at Durham Cathedral, where the breathtaking vaulted ceiling soars skyward like the choristers' voices. Marvel at the work of Saxon stonemasons who created Escomb's tiny Saxon Church - a place of worship for over 1,400 years.
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Durham Castle
Durham Castle is part of the Durham City World Heritage Site. Entrance by guided tour only. Opening can vary - please telephone 0191 334 3800 to check days open and guided tour times.
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- Type:
- Castle / Fort
- Location:
Durham
Durham Heritage Centre and Museum
Local history museum housed in historic church near cathedral. Tells the story of Durham from 10thC to present day using displays, models and artefacts. Brass rubbing and shop.
- Type:
- Heritage / Visitor Centre
- Location:
Durham
Weardale Museum and High House Chapel
High House Chapel is the oldest Methodist chapel in the world in continuous weekly use since 1760. Wesley room, period cottage, tapestry, local history and collection of minerals.
- Type:
- Museum
- Location:
Ireshopeburn
Durham Cathedral
Thought by many to be the finest example of Norman church architecture in England, with the tombs of St Cuthbert and The Venerable Bede. Please check opening times before travelling.
- Type:
- Cathedral / Minister
- Location:
Durham
Beamish Museum
Beamish - The Living Museum of the North, is an open air museum vividly recreating life in the North East in the early 1800s and 1900s.
- Type:
- Museum
- Location:
Beamish
Escomb Saxon Church
One of England's finest Saxon churches, Escomb dates to the 7thC and contains a Roman arch and stonework. If locked keys available from 26 Saxon Green.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Escomb
Newbiggin Methodist Chapel
Believed to be oldest Methodist chapel in continuous use. Visited by John Wesley in 1700s. Primitive Methodist and lead mining displays. Open at any reasonable time.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Newbiggin
St Helen Auckland Parish Church
The 12thC church of St Helen. Daily Mass times: Sunday and Wednesday 1000, Monday 1900, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 0930.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Bishop Auckland
St Laurence Church
Believed that a wooden church existed on the site of the present church which dates from AD1000. About AD1180 the beautifully decorated north aisle arches were added.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Pittington
Auckland Castle
Historically the Prince Bishops' country residence, home to the Bishop of Durham. Visit St Peter's Chapel, state rooms and deer park.
- Type:
- Castle / Fort
- Location:
Bishop Auckland
St Mary the Virgin Church
One of the finest small churches in the country. Late Saxon, early Norman nave, Elizabethan pulpit, Georgian box pews, late Saxon windows, about 6thC or 8thC.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Seaham
St Andrew's Church
Ancient ecclesiastical centre. Collection of 2 Saxon crosses dating from the 9thC, Saxon interior and Jacobean pulpit, altar, organ screen and pews.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Newton Aycliffe
Ankers House & St Mary and St Cuthbert's Church
The cathedral church and shrine of St Cuthbert from AD883 to 995 with attached anchorage containing displays on Roman, Saxon and medieval times.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Chester-le-Street
Shotley, St. Andrew
On a hilltop almost 300m above sea level, St Andrew’s was built in 1769 to a cruciform plan on the site of a medieval church, and remodelled in 1892. In the churchyard is a magnificent domed mausoleum built by Humphrey Hopper in 1752.
- Type:
- Church / Chapel
- Location:
Blanchland
Croxdale Hall
Croxdale Hall, home to the Salvin family since 1402, stands boldly over the River Wear. All visits by prior appointment - please telephone 0191 378 0911 to book.
- Type:
- Historic House / Palace
- Location:
Croxdale
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