Haig Crescent

Haig Crescent is a bus stop in County Durham, North East England, England. Haig Crescent is situated nearby to the community center Pelaw View Centre, as well as near the grassland The Bullring.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maiden Castle and St Giles’ Church, Durham.

Maiden Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maiden Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort in Durham, England. It is listed as a scheduled monument. Maiden Castle is situated 3,900 feet west of Haig Crescent.

St Giles’ Church, Durham

Church

Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Giles Church is a Grade I listed parish church in Gilesgate, County Durham, England. It was founded in 1112 by Bishop Ranulf Flambard as the chapel for nearby St. Giles' Hospital. St Giles’ Church, Durham is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Haig Crescent.

Green Lane Cricket Ground

Sports venue

Green Lane is a cricket ground in Durham, County Durham. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1866, when Durham City played the Northumberland Club. Green Lane Cricket Ground is situated 3,400 feet west of Haig Crescent.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Durham and Gilesgate.

Old Durham

Hamlet

Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Durham is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central Durham and south of Gilesgate. The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at Old Durham during 1940s.

Gilesgate

Suburb

Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gilesgate is a street and an eastern inner suburb of Durham in County Durham, England. The street was once the main eastern route into Durham City. It runs east from the end of Claypath on the edge of Durham City centre, steeply uphill to Gilesgate Moor where it splits into Sunderland Road and Sherburn Road.