Alder

Alder is in , , . Alder is situated nearby to the college , as well as near the ruins .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Maiden Castle.

Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in . The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 , Egyptian, , , and other Far East and artefacts. is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Alder.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an Iron Age promontory fort in , . It is listed as a scheduled monument. is situated 4,200 feet north of Alder.

Sports venue
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as the Graham Sports Centre and the Durham University Sport and Wellbeing Park, is the main sports complex at Durham University and the home for many of the university's teams. is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Alder.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghall and Shincliffe.

Hamlet
Photo: boyward, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet in , in . It is situated approximately 1.5 miles to the south of city centre. It is also the location of the Campus of , associated gardens, a small number of houses and a restaurant.

Village
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. The parish population was 1,796. It is situated just over 1 mile to the south-east of city centre, on the A177 road to .

Hamlet
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , in . It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central and south of . The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at during 1940s.

Alder

Latitude
54.75847° or 54° 45′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.56725° or 1° 34′ 2″ west
Open location code
9C6WQC5M+93
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2698597620
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­information
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