Covering some 2,000 hectares, Hamsterley Forest has something for everyone. It is a delightful oasis of broadleaved and coniferous woodland, sprawling along the sides of...

Harperley POW camp was purpose-built during WW2 to house Italian and German prisoners. The camp consists of 49 huts - the most complete of only...

Cherryburn is the birthplace of a great artist. Thomas Berwick, Northumberland’s greatest wood engraver, was born here in 1753. Famous for his illustration of birds,...

The Durham Light Infantry Museum and Art Gallery share premises and make quite comfortable bedfellows, although at immediate consideration of the names, you might not...

Located in a beautiful old mill building in Durham, this archaeology collection is owned by the University of Durham, and is one of the chief...

The Durham Heritage Centre and Museum is one of the most well loved and visited attractions within the county, and tells the story of both...

Gibside is an 18th Century landscape garden and the former home of the Bowes-Lyon family, with miles of walks through wooded slopes, not to mention...

The present Cathedral has stood on this spot as a place of prayer and pilgrimage for over 900 years. It contains the remains of Cuthbert,...

This unique museum recreates living conditions in the North of England in 1825 and 1913. Set in more than 300 acres, it features some...

The Oriental Museum is part of Durham University, an institution that has had a long and interesting connection with the orient. The museum houses...

Wylam Railway Museum opened in 1981 in celebration of the bi-centennial of George Stephenson, the ‘Father of Railways’, a Wylam born man. The small collection...

Durham University is one of the most prestigious in the country and has a long and distinguished history associated with academic excellence. The University...

Dating from 1072, Durham Castle is one of the largest Norman castles and one of the grandest Romanesque palaces to survive in England. The castle...

The Derwentcote Steel Furnace was constructed in the 1720s and is the earliest and most complete remaining example of a complete steel-making furnace in Britain....

A National Trust property today, this magnificent house has been preserved so that future generations can appreciate the significance of it. One of the...