Directions

By Train

60 InterCity trains from most major centres in the country call at Durham daily including regular trains from London. The high speed service takes under 3 hours from London King's Cross on the main East Coast line.

Durham is just over 3 hours from Birmingham, 2 hours from Manchester, 1 hours from Edinburgh and 45 minutes from York.

By Road

Durham is well-signposted off the A1, and is approximately 264 miles from London, and 125 miles from Edinburgh. On reaching the City of Durham, you are well advised to park in one of the public car parks at the edge of the city or take advantage of Durham's Park and Ride system www.visitcountydurham.com/site/tourist-information-and-maps

The two P signs respectively ENE and ESE of the Market Place on the University map are probably the ones to go for, but the latter of these which is built into the shopping centre at the perimeter of the peninsular city often has a queue. In general you should allow 30 minutes to park your car and make your way on foot to St Cuthbert's.

Parking on the peninsula itself is restricted, always full and expensive. For those with access problems of various kinds, please call ahead and discuss your needs, and we will do everything we can to help.

Once you're in Durham...

St Cuthbert's is a good 30 minutes walk from the station, but a 50p bus ride (including the return, if you need it) on the Cathedral bus service from the station (every 20 minutes, 9am to 5pm), will take you to the Cathedral, and from there St Cuthbert's is a five minute walk further down the Bailey (see No.17 on the University map).

If you take this route, as you leave the Green in front of the Cathedral, going down the narrow Dun Cow Lane alongside the left front wall of the Cathedral, you pass the Theology Department, turn right at the bottom and you are on the Bailey. Just follow the road and you will eventually end up at St Cuthbert's Society, passing St Chad's College and St John's College on your way.  Look out for the green shutters and green doors.  The college is at the very end of the Bailey and if you go beyond the archway leading to the Prebends Bridge, you have gone too far.