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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Durham Cathedral has been named among the top ten best free activities in the UK this summer. The near 1,000-year-old Norman-built structure, a World Heritage site, was given a ninth-placed cost ...

Durham Cathedral is asking for public feedback ahead of an independent safeguarding audit. The audit, commissioned by the Church of England, will be conducted by the INEQE Safeguarding Group.

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 ...

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.