Biggest mistake people make heading to the North of England: skipping beautiful Durham. Durham is one of those places that ...

On a wide promontory above the River Wear, which cuts through this bustling university town, a vast cathedral, ringed by medieval battlements, rises into the cloudy sky. When the cathedral was founded ...

The King and Queen are in Durham, England, for the annual distribution of Maundy money after the monarch missed the event last year amid his cancer treatment Victoria Jones/Shutterstock King Charles ...

Durham Cathedral's annual St. Cuthbert's Festival is returning for the first time since 2020 with two-days of celebrations to mark the occasion. A programme of special services and events to celebrate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. When one thinks of the quintessential English experience, images ...

15:34, Mon, Jan 12, 2026 Updated: 15:39, Mon, Jan 12, 2026 There’s plenty of stunning cathedrals in the UK, and even more scattered across Europe. From Notre Dame to Westminster Abbey, there’s no ...

DURHAM, ENGLAND—Excavation of the Great Kitchen at Durham Cathedral has uncovered “a vast amount of food waste,” according to Norman Emery, the cathedral archaeologist. The kitchen was used from the ...

The service will celebrate the railways and the north-east of England A cathedral service will be held to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). Durham ...

Amost unexpected sound greeted me as I pushed open the heavy oak door of the thousand-year-old cathedral in Durham: laughter. It wasn't coming from a tittering school group, but rather from a cluster ...

Redhills Durham Miners Hall has reopened to the public after a £14m restoration. This follows the awarding of a grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore its historic cultural importance.