Durham is a cathedral city and civil parish in the county of Durham, England. It is the county town and contains the headquarters of Durham County Council, the unitary authority which governs the district of County Durham. The built-up area had a population of 50,510 at the 2021 Census.
Image: Durham Cathedral from Palace Green
Image: Framwelgate Bridge crossing the River Wear (geograph 5640690)
Image: Durham, Market Place
Image: Durham Elvet Bridge 01rect 2010 09 10
County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington.
Image: Pasture south of Middleton in Teesdale geograph.org.uk 2186636 (cropped, edited (2))
Image: Rock Formation on Seaham Beach geograph.org.uk 3245188 (edited, cropped)
The Church of St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street, on the site of the wooden ninth century church built by the Lindisfarne monks
The entrance to Durham Castle, the bishops' palace until 1832 when it moved to Auckland Castle