Durham Castle Society

The Castle Society

The Castle Society was formed as the Durham Castlemen's Society in 1947 by a group of Castlemen who had been at College just before the Second World War. The aim of the Society is to ensure regular support for and contact with the College and its resident students. Anyone with academic connections to the College is eligible to join the Society. When women were admitted to the College in 1987 the name was changed to the Durham Castle Society.

The focal point of the Society is its annual reunion in Durham, now in September, each year. At this meeting the Society's business is transacted, the Annual Reunion Dinner is held and Members have the opportunity to meet, mix and reminisce. Each year the Society publishes a magazine Castellum to stimulate interest in the Society and the College and to provide members with details of current College matters, and news of the whereabouts and achievements of Members.

The Society has the well-being of the College at heart. Over the years it has made donations to the Library, the Chapel, the College Prize Fund and the Boat Club. The Society also raised money for the Moatside Court development, the Garden Stairs/Fellows Garden project which provided additional student accommodation, and for the West Courtyard Common Room. As a vehicle for funding improvements, the University College Durham Trust was established in 1990 with the specific aim of establishing an endowment fund for the benefit of the College.

The booking form for the next reunion, 13-15 September 2013, is now available on this website (click Reunions on the left).