The Bar

The Bar is an university building in County Durham, North East England, England. The Bar is situated nearby to the peak Elvet Hill, as well as near the university St Aidan’s College.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Durham University Observatory.

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 790 feet southeast of The Bar.

Durham University Observatory

University building

Photo: Teach46, CC BY 3.0.

The Durham University Observatory is a weather observatory owned and operated by the University of Durham. It is a Grade II listed building located at Potters Bank, Durham and was founded in 1839 initially as an astronomical and meteorological observatory by Temple Chevallier, until 1937 when the observatory moved purely to meteorological recording. Durham University Observatory is situated 1,200 feet north of The Bar.

Durham School

School

Photo: Teach46, CC BY 3.0.

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 1,800 feet north of The Bar.

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.

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.

The Bar

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

54.76513° or 54° 45′ 54″ north

Longitude

-1.58431° or 1° 35′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C6WQC88+37

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32495359

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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