Durham Castle
Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role as the residence of the Bishops of Durham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cosin’s Library and Palace Green.
Cosin’s Library
Library
Bishop Cosin's Library, originally the Episcopal Library or Bibliotheca Episcopalis Dunelmensis, is an historic library founded in 1669 in Durham, England. Owned by the University of Durham, the library is open to the public.
Palace Green
Grassland
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Palace Green is an open space in the centre of Durham, England, flanked by Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. The Cathedral and Castle together form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Durham and Crossgate.
Durham
Durham is a city in County Durham in North East England. The name is believed to derive from "Dun-holme", or hill-island, due to its location on a meander on the River Wear.
Crossgate
Suburb
Crossgate is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the Neville's Cross area of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the Elvet and Palace Green areas of the city.
Elvet
Suburb
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elvet is an area of the city of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the opposite side of the River Wear from Durham Cathedral and forms the south-eastern part of central Durham.
Durham Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Durham, England, UK
- Categories: historic house museum, university museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Durham Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة دورهام”
- Armenian: “Դարհեմի ամրոց”
- Basque: “Durhamgo gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Дарэмскі замак”
- Bulgarian: “Дърамски замък”
- Burmese: “ဒါရမ်း ရဲတိုက်”
- Catalan: “Castell de Durham”
- Cebuano: “Durham Castle”
- Chinese: “达勒姆城堡”
- Croatian: “Durhamski dvorac”
- Croatian: “Dvorac Durham”
- Czech: “Durhamský hrad”
- Danish: “Durham Castle”
- Dutch: “Durham Castle”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo de Durham”
- Finnish: “Durhamin linna”
- French: “Chateau de Durham”
- French: “château de Durham”
- French: “Château de Durham”
- Galician: “Castelo de Durham”
- Georgian: “დარემის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Burg Durham”
- German: “Durham Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת דרהאם”
- Hungarian: “Durhami vár”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Durham”
- Indonesian: “Kastil Durham”
- Irish: “Caisleán Durham”
- Italian: “castello di Durham”
- Italian: “Castello di Durham”
- Japanese: “ダラム城”
- Japanese: “ダラム城と大聖堂”
- Korean: “더럼 성”
- Korean: “더럼성”
- Latvian: “Daremas pils”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Durham”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta’ Durham”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Durham Castle”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Durham slott”
- Norwegian: “Durham Castle”
- Persian: “قلعه دورام”
- Persian: “قلعه دورهام”
- Persian: “قلعهٔ دورهام”
- Polish: “Zamek w Durham”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Durham”
- Portuguese: “Catedral e Castelo de Durham”
- Portuguese: “Durham Castle”
- Russian: “Даремский замок”
- Russian: “Замок Дарем”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Durhamski zamak”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Durham”
- Slovenian: “durhamski grad”
- Slovenian: “grad Durham”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Durham”
- Swedish: “Durham Castle”
- Swedish: “Durhams slott”
- Thai: “ปราสาทเดอร์แฮม”
- Thai: “ปราสาทเดอรัม”
- Thai: “ปราสาทเดอแรม”
- Turkish: “Durham Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Даремський замок”
- Uzbek: “Durham qal’asi”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Durham”
- Welsh: “Castell Caerweir”
- Welsh: “Castell Durham”
- Welsh: “Castell Dyrham”
- Western Frisian: “Kastiel fan Durham”
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