The Igloo

The Igloo is an university building in County Durham, North East England, England. The Igloo is situated nearby to the university John Snow College, as well as near South College.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Mount Oswald.

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 930 feet northeast of The Igloo.

Mount Oswald

Building

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Oswald is a manor house in Durham, County Durham, England. The house, which is now Durham County Council's The Story museum, is a Grade II listed building. Mount Oswald is situated 810 feet south of The Igloo.

Durham Castle

University building

Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role as the residence of the Bishops of Durham. Durham Castle is situated 1 mile north of The Igloo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghall and Neville’s Cross.

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.

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.

The Igloo

Type: University building
Address: Durham, DH1 3FR
Categories: building and education
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.76244° or 54° 45′ 45″ north

Longitude

-1.58497° or 1° 35′ 6″ west

Levels

Height

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

9C6WQC68+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 851250749

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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