Durham (http://www.durhamcity.gov.uk/) is a city in the county of County Durham in North East England.
It is a cathedral city with a fine Norman Castle, dating from 1073 currently a college of Durham University and the oldest student accommodation in the world and lies within a loop of the River Wear, locally known as The Peninsula.
Bill Bryson was quite taken by Durham, writing in Notes from a Small Island 1995, "Why, it's a perfect little city. If you have never been to Durham, go there at once. Take my car. It's wonderful." The compliment was returned in 2004 when Durham University made Bryson its Chancellor.
