On this day in 2015, a unique 1216 edition of the Magna Carta went on display in the North-East for the first time in its 799 ...

Criterion (ii): Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect monument of ‘Norman’ style architecture in England. The small astral (castle) chapel for its part marks a turning point in the ...

Other than the cathedral, there are no A-list sites, nothing to draw the big tour buses off the motorway. But Durham is a perfect microcosm of the idealized England so beloved by Americans ...

Durham Cathedral has been voted the country's best heritage site by readers of BBC Countryfile magazine. Here are just some of the secrets and stories to be found in the 920-year-old building.

Durham Cathedral is demanding Covid passes from worshippers – in defiance of official Church of England guidance. Those attending Christmas services will need to show proof either that they ...

Then we play a little cricket, hike Hadrian’s Wall, and are dazzled by Durham’s Norman cathedral. Hiking through the Cumbrian Lake District—England's green and pristine mountain playground ...

The Royal Maundy Service is now held in a different church each year, and the 2025 event took place at Durham Cathedral in the northeast of England. During the service, King Charles presented two ...

Dozens of bats dehydrated during the recent heatwave have been nursed back to health after falling from a cathedral roof. Durham Cathedral has a colony of about 600 pipistrelle bats and many have ...

Charging may have been ruled out at Durham Cathedral and Hexham Abbey but almost half of England's cathedrals who responded to a BBC local radio survey say they are worried or have concerns about ...

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 ...