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Durham School

Durham School is a fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in , . Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation.
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  • Type: School
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: school in Durham, UK
  • Also known as: “Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation”
  • Address: Quarryheads Lane, Durham, DH1 4SZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham University Observatory and Prebends Bridge.

University building
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The is a weather 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. is situated 720 feet south of Durham School.

Bridge
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, along with Framwellgate and bridges, is one of three stone-arch bridges in the centre of , , that cross the . The bridge forms part of the Durham Castle and Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site. is situated 1,200 feet east of Durham School.

University building
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Norman castle in the city of , which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role as the residence of the Bishops of Durham. is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Durham School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neville’s Cross and Crossgate.

Suburb
Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in , England. It is also a ward of with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940.

Quarter
is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the area of , in , England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the and areas of the city.

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is a city in in North East . 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

Latitude
54.77014° or 54° 46′ 13″ north
Longitude
-1.58495° or 1° 35′ 6″ west
Operator
Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation
Named after
Durham
Open location code
9C6WQCC8+32
Open­Street­Map ID
way 340285834
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q5316554
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Durham School” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դարհեմ դպրոց”
  • Belarusian: “Дарэмская школа”
  • Catalan: “Durham School”
  • Chinese: “达勒姆学校”
  • Chinese: “達勒姆學校”
  • Chinese: “達拉謨公學”
  • Czech: “Durham School”
  • French: “Durham School”
  • French: “école de Durham”
  • French: “École de Durham”
  • Hebrew: “בית ספר דרהאם”
  • Hungarian: “Durham Iskola”
  • Japanese: “ダラム・スクール”
  • Japanese: “ダラム校”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Durham School”
  • Portuguese: “Durham School”
  • Russian: “Даремская школа”
  • Russian: “Школа Дарема”
  • Slovenian: “Durham School”
  • Swedish: “Durham School”
  • Ukrainian: “Даремська школа”
  • Welsh: “Ysgol Durham”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Durham School”. Photo: Teach46, CC BY 3.0.