Wear
Wear is an university building in County Durham, North East England, England. Wear is situated nearby to the meadow Tees Lawn, as well as near South Pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Mount Oswald.
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 550 feet north of Wear.
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 1,200 feet southwest of Wear.
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 Wear.
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.
Wear
- Type: University building
- Categories: building and education
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.76235° or 54° 45′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.58133° or 1° 34′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C6WQC69+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 104052847OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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