A historic English cathedral has created a miniature replica of its distinctive building using 300,000 Lego bricks in a bid to raise money. The miniature model of Durham Cathedral will be a ...

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Speakers will broadcast the sound of swift calls from Durham Cathedral to try to encourage the birds to breed. Last August nest boxes were fitted 60ft (18m) above the ground in the cathedral's ...

Visitors to Durham Cathedral will be able to enjoy the incredible views from the central tower when it reopens to the public. The tower has been closed for more than three years while conservation ...

More than 27,000 hours have gone into making the cathedral A 300,000 brick Lego model of Durham Cathedral has been completed, three years after work on it began. The creation stands 5ft 6in (1.7m ...

Bell-ringers are returning to Durham Cathedral's tower for the first time in more than a year after coronavirus restrictions were eased. The cathedral has 10 bells in its tower but since March ...

Durham Cathedral was built on top of a hill looped by the River Wear Durham Cathedral has been voted the country's best heritage site by readers of BBC Countryfile magazine. Here are just some of ...

Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede. It attests to the importance of the early ...

We reported how Durham Cathedral has been voted the best building in the North East by Chronicle readers. The magnificent structure was cited as TV Architect George Clarke’s favourite building ...