Higginson Building (Engineering)

Higginson Building (Engineering) is an university building in County Durham, North East England, England. Higginson Building (Engineering) is situated nearby to the peak Mountjoy, as well as near the tourism office Palatine Reception.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maiden Castle and HM Prison 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 2,000 feet northeast of Higginson Building (Engineering).

HM Prison Durham

Prison

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

HM Prison Durham is a Georgian era reception Category B men's prison, located in the Elvet area of Durham in County Durham, England. Built in 1819, the prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. HM Prison Durham is situated 2,300 feet north of Higginson Building (Engineering).

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 2,600 feet southwest of Higginson Building (Engineering).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elvet and Houghall.

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.

Houghall

Hamlet

Photo: boyward, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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.

Higginson Building (Engineering)

Type: University building
Categories: building and education
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.76678° or 54° 46′ 0″ north

Longitude

-1.56993° or 1° 34′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C6WQC8J+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29193007

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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