The Story
The Story is a museum in County Durham, North East England, England. The Story is situated nearby to the building Mount Oswald, as well as near the government office Durham Register Office.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Oswald and Durham University Oriental Museum.
Mount Oswald
Building
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Oswald is a manor house in Durham, County Durham, England. The house, which is now Durham County Council's The Story museum, is a Grade II listed building.
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 1,600 feet northeast of The Story.
Durham High School for Girls
School
Durham High School is a coeducational independent day school for children aged 3 to 18 years old in Durham, United Kingdom. Until September 2025 it was a single-sex school for girls. Durham High School for Girls is situated 1,400 feet south of The Story.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houghall and Neville’s Cross.
Houghall
Hamlet
Houghall is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Durham city centre. It is also the location of the Houghall Campus of East Durham College, associated gardens, a small number of houses and a restaurant.
Neville’s Cross
Suburb
Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is also a ward of Durham with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940.
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.
The Story
- Type: Museum
- Address: Durham, DH1 3TQ
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.76034° or 54° 45′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.58595° or 1° 35′ 9″ westOperator
Durham County CouncilOpen location code
9C6WQC67+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 12488901980OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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