Bow Cemetery
Bow Cemetery is a cemetery in County Durham, North East England, England. Bow Cemetery is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Observatory Hill, as well as near the university St Mary’s College.- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Elvet Hill Road Cemetery”
- Postal code: DH1 3TQ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Durham School.
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 980 feet south of Bow Cemetery.
Durham School
School
Durham School is a fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in Durham, North East England. Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. Durham School is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Bow Cemetery.
Prebends Bridge
Bridge
Photo: PeterGHughes, CC BY 2.5.
Prebends Bridge, along with Framwellgate and Elvet bridges, is one of three stone-arch bridges in the centre of Durham, England, that cross the River Wear. The bridge forms part of the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site. Prebends Bridge is situated 1,700 feet north of Bow Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neville’s Cross and Crossgate.
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.
Crossgate
Suburb
Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crossgate is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the Neville's Cross area of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the Elvet and Palace Green areas of the city.
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.
Bow Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.76652° or 54° 45′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.58166° or 1° 34′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C6WQC89+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 28543280OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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