The fascinating five bedroom property is Grade II listed and has many original features as well as magnificent views over the River Wear to Durham Cathedral. It can be found on South Street ...

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 ...

A cathedral which trialled welcoming dogs inside has made the move permanent. Durham Cathedral opened its doors to pooches on 18 November on a trial basis until 31 March. Chief visitor officer ...

Durham Cathedral was built on top of a hill looped by the River Wear Durham Cathedral has been voted the country's best heritage site by readers of BBC Countryfile magazine. Here are just some of ...

Durham Cathedral was built in the late 11th and early 12th centuries to house the relics of St Cuthbert (evangelizer of Northumbria) and the Venerable Bede. It attests to the importance of the early ...

A historic English cathedral has created a miniature replica of its distinctive building using 300,000 Lego bricks in a bid to raise money. The miniature model of Durham Cathedral will be a ...

Over 15,000 paper doves created by visitors with messages of peace will be suspended in Durham Cathedral this summer. Peace Doves, a mass-participation artwork by Peter Walker, is set to take ...

Speakers will broadcast the sound of swift calls from Durham Cathedral to try to encourage the birds to breed. Last August nest boxes were fitted 60ft (18m) above the ground in the cathedral's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Durham Cathedral held its very first Christmas Eve service since the start of the pandemic with the public in attendance in-person. The service, The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols ...

Durham Cathedral has been voted the country's best heritage site by readers of BBC Countryfile magazine. Here are just some of the secrets and stories to be found in the 920-year-old building.

Hazel Isgate said it was "lovely" to take her dog Wilson inside the cathedral A cathedral which trialled welcoming dogs inside has made the move permanent. Durham Cathedral opened its doors to ...