Fungate
Fungate is a work of art in County Durham, North East England, England. Fungate is situated nearby to Sakura Friendship Garden, as well as near the university Josephine Butler College.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Durham Castle.
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 1,800 feet northwest of Fungate.
Durham Castle
University building
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Durham Castle is situated 1 mile north of Fungate.
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 2,500 feet southwest of Fungate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houghall and Elvet.
Houghall
Hamlet
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.
Shincliffe
Village
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shincliffe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish population was 1,796. It is situated just over 1 mile to the south-east of Durham city centre, on the A177 road to Stockton.
Fungate
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.75999° or 54° 45′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.57634° or 1° 34′ 35″ westInception
2019Open location code
9C6WQC5F+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 276689222OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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