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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Credit: ITV TYNE TEES An historic cathedral's central tower once again dominates its city's skylinefollowing three years of repair work. The doors of Durham Cathedral's majestic central tower have ...

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 ...

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 ...