Welcome to Durham
Welcome to County Durham, or to many, simply Durham.
An inspiring place to live, work, invest, visit or study. Durham boasts a world-famous city, stunning countryside and coast, innovative businesses, space for business to thrive, fascinating heritage and world-class culture.
Home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle, alongside Durham University, a globally renowned centre of research and teaching excellence, Durham is an ambitious and innovative place of international importance.
Located at the heart of North East England, we celebrate our regional, national and international role, and embrace working in partnership to further propel Durham as a county that really delivers.
Discover Durham
Durham is an innovation engine, cultural powerhouse, place of learning and unspoilt beauty, powered by a proud heritage and a DNA of inventiveness and entrepreneurship which has provided many world firsts.
This amazingly diverse place is under 3 hours from London, is home to over half a million people, and warmly welcomes over 20 million visitors and 20,000 Durham University students every year.
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Latest news
Future is bright for The Light following opening weekend
Visitors of all ages took their first steps into The Light, Durham’s brand-new cultural attraction, as it officially opened its doors to the public. An unforgettable programme of activities was held across Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August to celebrate the launch of the Durham County Council venue, which serves as the region’s latest destination…
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Chester-le-EATS reveals biggest line-up yet as festival celebrates fifth birthday
More traders, brand-new Masterclasses and a packed weekend of live entertainment are coming to Chester-le-Street this September as Chester-le-EATS celebrates its biggest ever festival for its fifth birthday. The Food, Drink and Music Festival will take over Banks Homes Riverside, Chester-le-Street, on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, with organisers Durham Cricket promising the best…
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Durham physicists part of mission to chart space and time
The NSF-DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) digital camera will allow our researchers to better understand our cosmic origins. A massive international collaboration, the LSST, began taking images. It will spend 10 years capturing the entire southern sky to create an ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse survey of our Universe. It…
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