Durham Cathedral
A great Norman cathedral on a loop of the River Wear, the mother church of the diocese of Durham. It holds the shrines of two Anglo-Saxon saints, Cuthbert and Bede, and together with the castle beside it forms a World Heritage Site.
- Where
- Durham, England, United Kingdom
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 54.7735, -1.5762
Get the Durham Cathedral stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Durham Cathedral. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your England volume with your photos and a note.
Near Durham Cathedral
Angel of the North 16 km
Antony Gormley's steel figure on a hill above Gateshead, finished in 1998 and modelled, like much of his work, on his own body. It stands 20 metres tall with wings 54 metres across, and its weathering steel has turned the colour of rust.
Hadrian's Wall 54 km
A Roman frontier begun in AD 122 under the Emperor Hadrian, running from Wallsend on the Tyne to Bowness-on-Solway across the width of the island. Soldiers manned forts, milecastles and turrets along it, and its best preserved stretches still ride the crags of Northumberland.
Yorkshire Dales 65 km
A series of valleys cut into the Pennines, mostly in North Yorkshire, crossed by dry stone walls and dotted with field barns. Most of the dales lie within a national park created in 1954, and all are within the historic boundaries of Yorkshire.
Alnwick Castle 72 km
A Norman castle, remodelled many times, that is still the family home of the Duke of Northumberland. Its courtyards and battlements stood in for Hogwarts in the first Harry Potter films, and the Alnwick Garden lies next door.
Fountains Abbey 74 km
The ruins of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1132 near Ripon, which grew into one of the wealthiest in England before it was dissolved in 1539. Its roofless church and cloisters now stand within Studley Royal, an 18th-century landscaped garden.
Castle Howard 84 km
A grand country house about 24 km north of York, home to the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. It stood in for Brideshead in the 1981 television series Brideshead Revisited and again in the 2008 film.
Ullswater 88 km
A glacial lake about 11 km long and up to 63 metres deep, second only to Windermere in the Lake District. It once marked part of the border between Cumberland and Westmorland, and the daffodils of Wordsworth's poem grew along its shore.
Bamburgh Castle 93 km
A castle on a basalt crag above the village of Bamburgh, looking out over wide sands to the North Sea. The rock was the seat of the old kings of Northumbria, and the castle you see today was largely restored in the late 19th century.
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Questions
Where is Durham Cathedral?
Durham Cathedral is in Durham, England, United Kingdom. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Angel of the North (16 km), Hadrian's Wall (54 km), Yorkshire Dales (65 km).
How do I get the Durham Cathedral stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Durham Cathedral and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your England volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Durham Cathedral before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your England volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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