Brandon
Brandon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the southwest of Durham. Brandon was originally one of the seven townships within the ancient parish of Brancepeth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 9,570 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, UK
- Also known as: “Brandon, County Durham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St John the Evangelist and Durham University Business School.
Durham University Business School
University
Photo: Alexbouditsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Durham University Business School is the business school of Durham University, a collegiate public research university in Durham, England. The school holds triple accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Durham University Business School is situated 2 miles northeast of Brandon.
Durham University Oriental Museum
Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in England. The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 Chinese, Egyptian, Korean, Indian, Japanese and other far east and Asian artefacts. Durham University Oriental Museum is situated 2½ miles east of Brandon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Browney and Langley Moor.
Browney
Village
Browney is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the south-west of Durham and adjoins Meadowfield. It is part of the parish of Brandon and Byshottles.
Langley Moor
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langley Moor is an old pit village in County Durham, England. It is located approximately 2 miles south-west of Durham City. Langley Moor is within the civil parish of Brandon and Byshottles which is itself within the City of Durham constituency, as of 2019 represented by Mary Foy MP.
Brandon
- Category: locality
- Location: Brandon and Byshottles, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.75113° or 54° 45′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.6348° or 1° 38′ 5″ westPopulation
9,570Elevation
285 feet (87 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BRAOpen location code
9C6WQ928+F3OpenStreetMap ID
node 648299280OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Brandon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brandon (Durham konderria)”
- Basque: “Brandon”
- Cebuano: “Brandon, Durham”
- Dutch: “Brandon, County Durham”
- Irish: “Brandon”
- Polish: “Brandon (Durham)”
- Polish: “Brandon”
- Swedish: “Brandon, Durham”
- Urdu: “برینڈن، کاؤنٹی ڈرہم”
- Welsh: “Brandon, Swydd Durham”
- Welsh: “Brandon”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brandon Village and Meadowfield.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Murray Independent Methodist Church and Brandon Library.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brandon”. Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.