Durham School

Durham School is a school in County Durham, North East England, England which is located on South Road. Durham School is situated nearby to the university building Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre, as well as near the recreation area The Chorister School Playing Fields.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre and Church of St Mary the Less.

Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre

University building

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The Lower Mountjoy Teaching and Learning Centre is an educational building of Durham University in Durham, England. It is intended to blend into the Durham area, including views of the Durham Castle and Cathedral World Heritage Site, with a design that breaks up the bulk of the building.

Church of St Mary the Less

Church

Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of St Mary the Less is situated 1,400 feet north of 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 1,900 feet southwest of Durham School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elvet and Crossgate.

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.

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.

Durham

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Durham is a city in County Durham in North East England. The name is believed to derive from "Dun-holme", or hill-island, due to its location on a meander on the River Wear.

Durham School

Type: School
Address: South Road, Durham, DH1 3LS
Category: education
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.76802° or 54° 46′ 5″ north

Longitude

-1.57603° or 1° 34′ 34″ west

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9C6WQC9F+6H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29193019

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=school

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