Durham is known for...

• Durham is a historic city and the county town of County Durham in North East England
• The city lies on the River Wear, to the west of Sunderland, south of Newcastle upon Tyne and to the north of Darlington.
• The castle has been the home of Durham University since 1832
• In the Roman period, Durham was a military outpost supporting the defense of Hadrian’s Wall, which was erected to contain the peoples of what, in large part, became Scotland.