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County Durham is a county in North East England with a population of 510,800. It's north of Yorkshire and south of Newcastle, astride the main north-south transport route.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Durham and Darlington.

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is a city in County in North East . The name is believed to derive from "Dun-holme", or hill-island, due to its location on a meander on the River Wear.

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is a town in County Durham, with a population of 93,015 in 2021. Locally known as "Darlo", it's best known for its role in the development of the railways in the 19th century.

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is a post-industrial town on the coast of County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 92,600 in 2024. From 1974 to 1996 it was assigned to a new county, Cleveland, but this was then abolished and returned to County Durham.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Stockton-on-Tees and Chester-le-Street.

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is an industrial town in County Durham in northeast England, straddling the River Tees. In 2021 it had a population of about 85,000. From 1974 to 1996 Stockton was part of a new county, Cleveland.

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is a town in County Durham, with a population of 23,500 in 2021. It's a commuter town for Newcastle 8 miles north; the main reason to visit is Durham CCC cricket ground, which stages county and international matches.

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is a former steel-making town in County Durham, in the hills 14 miles southwest of Newcastle. In 2021 the population was 29,885.

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is a market town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 5800 in 2021. It has a picturesque ruined castle and the over-the-top Bowes Museum.

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is a town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 23,000 in 2021. The main reason to visit is the fine castle, for eight centuries a bishop's residence.

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is a market town in County Durham, with a population just under 1600 in 2021. It's in the valley of the River Wear, surrounded by the North Pennine moors, which are designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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is a town in County Durham, . It’s about 7 miles from City. It was a coalmining town during World War II and since the decline of that specific industry has developed into an industrial estate.

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is one of the largest settlements in County Durham. It offers fewer activities and sights than other towns in the region, but it is easy to reach and worth a stop.

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is a village in County Durham, ten miles northwest of Barnard Castle. It's in the scenic Tees valley, where the main visitor attraction is High Force waterfall, and in 2021 had a population of 1100.

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is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.

County Durham

Latitude of center
54.6766° or 54° 40′ 36″ north
Longitude of center
-1.7665° or 1° 45′ 60″ west
Population
920,000
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609048
Wiki­data ID
Q23082
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“County Durham” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Durham-graafskap”
  • Afrikaans: “Durham”
  • Arabic: “درم”
  • Arabic: “دورهام”
  • Aragonese: “Durham”
  • Armenian: “Դարհեմ”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Durham”
  • Azerbaijani: “Darem qraflığı”
  • Balinese: “County Durham”
  • Basque: “Durham”
  • Belarusian: “графства Дарэм”
  • Belarusian: “Дарэм (графства)”
  • Belarusian: “Дарэм”
  • Bengali: “কাউন্টি ডারহাম”
  • Breton: “Durham”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Durham”
  • Bulgarian: “Дърам”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Durham”
  • Cebuano: “County Durham”
  • Chinese: “County Durham”
  • Chinese: “對衡郡”
  • Chinese: “杜倫郡”
  • Chinese: “杜咸郡”
  • Chinese: “达勒姆郡”
  • Chinese: “達勒姆郡”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Durham”
  • Czech: “Hrabství Durham”
  • Danish: “County Durham”
  • Dutch: “Durham”
  • Esperanto: “County Durham”
  • Esperanto: “graflando Durham”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando Durham”
  • Estonian: “Durhami krahvkond”
  • Finnish: “County Durham”
  • French: “comté de Durham”
  • French: “Durham”
  • Galician: “Condado de Durham”
  • German: “County Durham”
  • German: “Durham”
  • Gujarati: “કાઉન્ટી ડરહામ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “County Durham”
  • Hebrew: “דרהאם”
  • Hindi: “काउंटी डरहम”
  • Hungarian: “Durham”
  • Icelandic: “Durham-sýsla”
  • Ido: “Durham Komtio”
  • Ido: “Durham”
  • Indonesian: “County Durham”
  • Interlingua: “County Durham”
  • Irish: “Contae Durham”
  • Italian: “Durham”
  • Japanese: “ダラム”
  • Kannada: “ಕೌಂಟಿ ಡರ್ಹಾಮ್”
  • Korean: “더럼주”
  • Kurdish: “County Durham”
  • Ladin: “Contea de Durham”
  • Latin: “Dunelmensis comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Darema”
  • Latvian: “Daremas grāfiste”
  • Lithuanian: “Daramas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grofschaft Durham”
  • Macedonian: “Дарем”
  • Manx: “Coontae Durham”
  • Marathi: “ड्युरॅम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “County Durham”
  • Mirandese: “Durham”
  • Northern Frisian: “County Durham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Durham”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Durham”
  • Norwegian: “Durham”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dūnholmscīr”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Dūnholmsċīr”
  • Ossetian: “Дарем (графад)”
  • Ossetian: “Дарем”
  • Persian: “کانتی دورام”
  • Persian: “کانتی دورهام”
  • Polish: “Durham”
  • Portuguese: “Durham (condado)”
  • Portuguese: “Durham”
  • Romanian: “Durham”
  • Russian: “Дарем”
  • Scots: “Coonty Durham”
  • Serbian: “Дарам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “County Durham”
  • Sicilian: “Durham”
  • Slovak: “Durham”
  • Slovenian: “Durham”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Durham”
  • Spanish: “Durham”
  • Swedish: “Durham”
  • Tajik: “Конти Дурҳам”
  • Tamil: “கவுண்டி டர்ஹாம்”
  • Telugu: “కౌంటీ దుర్హం”
  • Thai: “เดอรัม”
  • Turkish: “County Durham”
  • Turkish: “Durham Kontluğu”
  • Turkish: “Törensel Durham Kontluğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Дарем”
  • Urdu: “کاؤنٹی ڈرہم”
  • Venetian: “Durham”
  • Vietnamese: “Durham”
  • Volapük: “County Durham”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Durham”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Durham”
  • Western Panjabi: “ڈرہم”
  • Wu Chinese: “达勒姆郡”
  • Yiddish: “קאנטי דארהאם”
  • Yue Chinese: “對衡郡”
  • Yue Chinese: “杜倫郡”
  • Yue Chinese: “杜咸郡”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “County Durham”. Photo: Roberto Strauss, CC BY 2.0.