Historic Buildings and Gardens

Durham Castle

The College, Durham, County Durham DH1 3EH
Tel: 0191 3864266

 

In 1069, three years after landing in Britain, William the Conqueror finally subdued the North of England. William recognised the defensive potential of the rocky peninsula of Durham and a castle was founded there in 1072. Nine centuries later, Durham Castle remains one of England's largest and best-preserved Norman strongholds and one of the grandest Romanesque palaces. Since 1836 it has housed the Foundation College of Durham University, England's third oldest university after Oxford and Cambridge.

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