DURHAM

The ecclesiastical and academic wonderland of Durham with its magnificent cathedral and Norman fortress; Barnard Castle and its amazing French-style chateau housing the Bowes Museum; Newcastle upon Tyne – its bridges, including the Tyne and Gateshead Millennium, The Sage Gateshead, The Baltic, St Nicholas Cathedral and The Castle; step back into the 17th and 18th centuries at Beamish Open Air Museum; the first permanent working railway – the Stockton and Darlington; the Pennine Way with the River Tees dropping spectacularly at [...]