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Durham Bed and Breakfast,
11 Crossgate, Durham, DH1 4PS |
| Telephone: 0191 386 8070 |
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The Georgian Townhouse has been a successful family run bed breakfast establishment in Durham for over 20 years, offering a selection of high quality en-suite bedrooms and breakfasts ranging from the full English to the lighter continental or vegetarian. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the dining room. In addition to the accommodation we now have opened a small cafe specialising in sweet and savoury pancakes. The cafe is open daily from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.
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Whether you are a business visitor, on a training course or simply enjoying a few days away, we will always try to ensure you have an enjoyable stay.
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Our breakfast menu contains a number of alternative breakfast choices. For example there is the traditional full cooked breakfast, the lighter continental breakfast and a vegetarian breakfast.
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Durham Footbridge |
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In medieval times Durham was a major centre of both political and ecclesiastical power, mainly due to its strategic importance near the border with Scotland. County Durham was a palatinate, ruled by Prince-Bishops who had secular authority and considerable autonomy from Westminster, minting their own coinage, dispensing their own justice and with the right to maintain their own armies. Every Bishop of Durham from 1071 to 1836 was a Prince Bishop except for the first Norman-appointed bishop Walcher, who was an Earl-Bishop. (The term Prince Bishop, while a useful one, is not one which the Durham Bishops themselves would have recognised.) Henry VIII curtailed some of the Prince-Bishop's powers, and smashed the shrine of Cuthbert in 1538.
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Durham is situated 13 miles (21 km) to the south west of Sunderland, England. The River Wear flows north through the city, making an incised meander which encloses the centre on three sides to create Durham's "peninsula". It is a hilly city, claiming to be built upon the symbolic seven hills. Upon the most central and prominent position high above the Wear, the cathedral dominates the skyline. The steep riverbanks are densely wooded, adding to the picturesque beauty of the city. West of the city centre, another river, the River Browney, drains south to join the Wear to the south of the city.
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