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| Name: | Durham Castle |
| Hill number: | 18703 |
| Height: | 76m / 249ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2714 Burnhope Seat |
| RHB Section: | 35A: The Northern Pennines |
| County/UA: | Durham |
| Catchment: | Wear |
| Class: | Tump (0-99m) (Tu,0) |
| Grid ref: | NZ 27392 42371 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground on E side of motte at top of steps |
| Drop: | 37m |
| Col: | 39m NZ274426  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 88 (1:25k) 308 |
| Observations: | ground on S side of motte at NZ 27382 42349 may be as high |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 81 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Had a walk up from the town. Paid on for the tour and had a couple of hours to kill so first went into the museum then round the cathedral. Nice informative tour | The-Z-Man | 11/02/2024 |
| Walked from station, then via Framwellgate Bridge, Silver Street, Market Place and Saddler Street. | Phileas Fogg | 30/08/2023 |
| Walked from station, then via Framwellgate Bridge, Silver Street, Market Place and Saddler Street. | Phileas Fogg | 23/08/2023 |
| Walked from station, then via Framwellgate Bridge, Silver Street, Market Place and Saddler Street. | Phileas Fogg | 16/08/2023 |
| W/I. No public access to motte without a tour. | Sedge | 27/01/2023 |
| Via Diagon Alley. | Wycombe Wanderer | 21/01/2023 |
| Durham Castle from GR: NZ 27172 42510 | ronaldo333 | 18/12/2022 |
| Solo in the dark after a PiNE conference | simon and co | 26/01/2022 |
| With L & R. | Chris Ellis | 20/08/2021 |
| Was here 45 years ago with Barbara but didn’t claim the bag. Wonderful setting in which to complete Co Durham. | Campbell Singer | 11/08/2020 |
| Immediately prior to singing tenor in a Cathedral concert of Lotti, Victoria, MacMillan, Monteverdi, Tallis, Poulenc and Lauridsen. | jimbloomer | 24/10/2019 |
| No access to the keep as not safe according to one of the senior guides. He said that the whole of the mound that the Keep sits on is all man made. | Alan Caine | 15/09/2019 |
| Tour of Castle & Cathedral & a wander round the City | apricorum | 28/04/2019 |
| Castle Mound as RHW. | chalky1953 | 31/12/2018 |
| Parked NZ 2855 4271 - new housing on S edge Gilesgate, off A181. Pleasant FPs to river, cross bridge NZ 2780 4248 adjacent to which is free parking after 3pm for about 6 cars (no spaces!). Summit is, of course, barred and bolted from all sides. Alternate mound at NZ 27299 42196 easy access | carole engel | 31/12/2018 |
| Visited all points including tower mound. Easy access over by litter bin in the square or by gate, number 9 or next to it for steps. | Adrian | 18/12/2018 |
| LS | john steel | 27/07/2018 |
| With Jo, not sure where the precise top is so wandered everywhere that was publicly available. Thought the Cathedral was more interesting. Weather; fine but cold day with good visibility. | amblerbob | 21/02/2018 |
| Parked up in Gilesgate and ran here. Been here several times but never for this purpose. | madaddo | 17/03/2017 |
| Did the tour but could not get at the high point despite buttering up the very pleasant senior guide; so, not ticked. Not sure if I will be able to get over the wall as per RHW. | summitsup | 03/11/2016 |
| Visiting Uni with Eilidh. | stever | 27/06/2016 |
| Fri eve on way north (1) from path to N hopped over low wall and up ivy clad bank to access steep grass bank (flight of steps) at foot of castle wall. Castle mound man made to some extent but castle would have been built on highest ground? (2) other candidate for natural top is the mound between the cathedral entrance and the Dept of Music, on Castle Green which is open 24 hours a day, although this has the look of a manmade mound. Castle mound well worth a visit anyway. Rousing chorus of Land of Hope and Glory down in the courtyard as I summitted was a nice touch. And I like to think my Ron hills and buffalo jacket blended nicely with the students Friday night garb :-) | RHW | 09/10/2015 |
| Castle courtyard | Mariana Trench | 03/04/2015 |
| Spent £5 and joined a tour, but you don't get to see the highest part visible from outside, that was private accommodation. No, not penthouse apartments but students' quarters - not all students are poor! Took reading on R as you enter courtyard. Higher inside castle itself but GPS device didn't work inside building. | Aye Jimmy | 02/01/2015 |
| Entered as 05 May. Numerous visits | PreCambrianLife | 08/05/2014 |
| Hadn't planned this, nice surprise. Hard to say where the natural top is. | agentmancuso | 13/04/2014 |
| Very difficult to identify the precise top so wandered everywhere that was publicly available (and up the tower). | moorsman | 18/09/2010 |
| Walked around area w Jenx, got as close as possible to top. | nordicstar | 02/06/2007 |
| Castle tour with family. Exact date unknown. Hve visited several times previously and since. | John Lee | 15/05/2000 |
| with SR | Frank | 10/05/2000 |
| Was keeping for last but realised done it years ago! | peebs | 04/10/1994 |
| castle green, visits to uni. Date for visit with Mom and Dad when we had a walk round the city before starting a Hadrian's Wall holiday- in Wallsend of course. | pwheeler | 09/07/1988 |
| Now a student hall of residence so need to visit on a guided tour.. | ijpowell | 01/04/1984 |
| With Jill | Alan Moore | 23/06/1972 |
| Whilst resident in the castle for interviews for Durham University. Precise date not known. | Moorponder | 01/02/1971 |
| Rode here on my tiny bike from Hartlepool, aged 10. Didn't go in the Castle, but climbed to top of Cathedral Tower, which is much higher. I reckon that counts!! Date an estimate, but it was probably about then. | IanHHill | 10/06/1956 |
| Christo1979 | 05/03/2024 | |
| Matt | 24/07/2023 | |
| w1ght | 17/06/2021 | |
| andy.painter | 19/09/2020 | |
| Gary Heath | 26/04/2020 | |
| mae | 28/12/2019 | |
| ooo | 20/11/2019 | |
| rlcadburysimmons | 18/11/2019 | |
| matty1971b | 14/07/2019 | |
| andrew brown | 17/01/2019 | |
| PDuncan82 | 29/10/2018 | |
| holtsd | 05/06/2018 | |
| raymondwilkes | 04/11/2017 | |
| Martin R | 30/05/2017 |