Scorpius

Scorpius is an university building in , , . Scorpius is situated nearby to the university , as well as near .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Mount Oswald.

Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in . The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 , Egyptian, , , and other Far East and artefacts. is situated 650 feet north of Scorpius.

Building
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a manor house in , , England. The house, which is now Durham County Council's The Story museum, is a Grade II listed building. is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Scorpius.

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 1 mile north of Scorpius.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghall and Neville’s Cross.

Hamlet
Photo: boyward, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet in , in . It is situated approximately 1.5 miles to the south of city centre. It is also the location of the Campus of , associated gardens, a small number of houses and a restaurant.

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.

Suburb
Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Scorpius

Latitude
54.76218° or 54° 45′ 44″ north
Longitude
-1.58239° or 1° 34′ 57″ west
Levels
4
Open location code
9C6WQC69+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 918842155
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
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