The Highgate development of flats and houses was completed in 2004 but could easily be mistaken for long-established part of Durham city. Its design has won from praise from CABE and the fiercely-protective City of Durham Trust amongst others.
The landscaped hill [54 46 46 N, 1 35 0 W] behind Durham railway station was donated to the City in the 1850s to become a classic Victorian town park, Wharton Park.
A rather limited and random set of pictures since the batteries (again) gave out early…
This enormous mast (for mobile phones?) [54 49 19 N, 1 42 52 W] dominates the settlement of Burnhope.
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Pictures from the same batch as the previous post.
The weather in early June has been faultless (beginning to tail off now) providing the perfect opportunity to get some late evening shots (about 8 pm) of Durham city. This first batch is from around the cathedral.
