The Bench
The Bench is an outdoor gym in County Durham, North East England, England. The Bench is situated nearby to the university Josephine Butler College, as well as near the outdoor gym Seated Row.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Durham High School for Girls.
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 2,000 feet north of The Bench.
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 1,700 feet southwest of The Bench.
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. Mount Oswald is situated 1,600 feet northwest of The Bench.
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.
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.
The Bench
- Type: Outdoor gym
- Categories: recreation area and sports location
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7584° or 54° 45′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.57903° or 1° 34′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C6WQC5C+99OpenStreetMap ID
node 4582603539OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=fitness_station
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