Durham
Population 48,069 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 7 h 49 of daylight
- February: 9 h 43 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 14 h 04 of daylight
- May: 16 h 05 of daylight
- June: 17 h 17 of daylight
- July: 16 h 47 of daylight
- August: 15 h of daylight
- September: 12 h 47 of daylight
- October: 10 h 35 of daylight
- November: 8 h 28 of daylight
- December: 7 h 16 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Durham
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Durham's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 8
2 to 3 hours· 10
3 to 5 hours· 62
- Liverpool3h 01
- Burnley3h 04
- Peterborough3h 04
- Stevenage3h 06
- Wigan3h 06
- Glasgow3h 09
- London3h 12
- Accrington3h 13
- North Berwick3h 15
- Warrington3h 18
52 moreFewer
- Nottingham3h 24
- Preston3h 27
- Runcorn3h 28
- Birmingham3h 29
- Leicester3h 32
- Annan3h 35
- Altrincham3h 36
- Perth3h 39
- St Albans3h 43
- Ely3h 48
- Lanark3h 49
- Whitby3h 50
- Blackpool3h 52
- Chester3h 53
- Reading3h 55
- Cleethorpes3h 55
- Lincoln4h
- Dundee4h 02
- Coventry4h 03
- Cambridge4h 04
- Guildford4h 04
- Greenock4h 07
- Stamford4h 08
- Milton Keynes4h 09
- Chelmsford4h 10
- Crawley4h 11
- Helensburgh4h 15
- Cheltenham4h 16
- Farnborough4h 16
- Windsor and Eton4h 18
- Colchester4h 19
- Swindon4h 22
- Southend-on-Sea4h 25
- Northampton4h 27
- Nelson4h 27
- Gloucester4h 28
- Brighton4h 29
- Winchester4h 33
- Worcester4h 35
- Canterbury4h 36
- Ipswich4h 38
- Oxford4h 40
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 41
- Eastleigh4h 43
- Folkestone4h 43
- Wrexham4h 43
- Bath4h 47
- Shrewsbury4h 47
- Southampton4h 53
- Tewkesbury4h 54
- Llandudno4h 55
- Portsmouth4h 57
5 hours or more· 39
- Bristol5h 01
- Arundel5h 04
- Hastings5h 08
- Norwich5h 14
- Ludlow5h 18
- Eastbourne5h 19
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Salisbury5h 22
- Cardiff5h 27
- Bournemouth5h 29
29 moreFewer
- Aberdeen5h 30
- Aviemore5h 34
- Warminster5h 42
- Paris6h 01
- Inverness6h 12
- Exeter6h 14
- Fort William6h 15
- Cromer6h 24
- Lille6h 28
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Swansea6h 31
- Versailles6h 41
- Disneyland Paris6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- Brussels7h 08
- Plymouth7h 15
- Torquay7h 15
- Oban7h 17
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Tywyn7h 27
- Reims7h 30
- Kraainem7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Leuven7h 45
- Rouen7h 46
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Metz7h 50
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
From Durham's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 8
2 to 3 hours· 12
- Huddersfield2h 07
- Sheffield2h 21
- Kingston upon Hull2h 25
- Scarborough2h 33
- Peterborough2h 35
- Edinburgh2h 37
- Stevenage2h 37
- Manchester2h 42
- Salford2h 50
- Stamford2h 57
2 moreFewer
3 to 5 hours· 59
- London3h 03
- Bolton3h 06
- Lincoln3h 13
- Burnley3h 19
- Ely3h 19
- Stockport3h 25
- Cleethorpes3h 25
- St Albans3h 26
- Accrington3h 30
- Liverpool3h 31
49 moreFewer
- Preston3h 34
- Leicester3h 35
- Cambridge3h 35
- Wigan3h 36
- Glasgow3h 37
- Birmingham3h 39
- Reading3h 43
- Milton Keynes3h 46
- North Berwick3h 46
- Warrington3h 48
- Kirkcaldy3h 50
- Chelmsford3h 53
- Stirling3h 55
- Nelson3h 56
- Runcorn3h 58
- Perth4h 03
- Annan4h 03
- Coventry4h 04
- Altrincham4h 05
- Guildford4h 05
- Canterbury4h 06
- Windsor and Eton4h 08
- Oxford4h 10
- Swindon4h 10
- Crawley4h 11
- Farnborough4h 16
- Colchester4h 18
- Lanark4h 18
- Folkestone4h 18
- Whitby4h 19
- Southend-on-Sea4h 21
- Cheltenham4h 22
- Chester4h 23
- Blackpool4h 25
- Northampton4h 26
- Brighton4h 29
- Tewkesbury4h 31
- Dundee4h 32
- Gloucester4h 32
- Winchester4h 36
- Hastings4h 38
- Ipswich4h 40
- Helensburgh4h 41
- Eastleigh4h 47
- Greenock4h 47
- Eastbourne4h 49
- Bath4h 54
- Shrewsbury4h 56
- Southampton4h 57
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Kepier Hospital Archaeological site · 250 m
- Loggia of Heath family mansion Ruins · 270 m
- Chapel of the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, Durham Ruins · 450 m
- Gilesgate Station Memorial · 500 m
- James Finlay Weir Johnston Memorial · 570 m
- Bede College War Memorial Memorial · 650 m
- Clayport Gate Memorial · 840 m
- Market Hall Memorial · 910 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Durham Pride
May
Durham Pride is probably next held on Sa 29 May 2027
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Durham Fringe Festival
July – August
Durham Fringe Festival is next held W 29 July - Su 2 Aug 2026, multiple venues
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Durham Miners' Gala
July
Durham Miners' Gala is on the second Saturday in July, with parades and similar demonstrations of solidarity. The next is Saturday 10th July 2027
3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Durham); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
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Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.