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Useful contacts for our Doctoral School team, admissions enquiries for existing and potential applications, and links to our academic departments. Check out our information for travel by road, air, rail and sea. We have also included a map of Durham University facilities, which includes the location of our seventeen colleges.

 

Durham University

The Palatine Centre
Durham University
Stockton Road
Durham
DH1 3LE

Switchboard: +44 (0)191 334 2000
Security Office: +44 (0)191 334 2222
University Library: +44 (0)191 334 3042

Directions

Getting here by road

Durham city centre is only two miles from the A1(M). Leave the motorway at Junction 62 on the A690 Durham - Sunderland road and follow signs to Durham City Centre.

Durham is 264 miles from London, 187 miles from Birmingham, 125 miles from Edinburgh and 67 miles from York.

Public transport

There are several express coach services daily from most major cities. Durham is well served by both regional express services and the local bus network. From the city bus station - a short walk from the railway station - a bus service runs every 15 minutes past the Colleges on South Road.

Queen's Campus directions

Getting here by air

Durham is 30 minutes' drive from Newcastle International Airport and about 40 minutes from Teesside International Airport. Both have regular domestic and international flights. Durham is linked to Newcastle Airport by rail and metro.

Getting here by train

A number of train operators offer direct and regular routes to Durham Railway Station, including London and Edinburgh. Durham is around 3 hours from London, just over 3 hours from Birmingham, 2½ hours from Manchester, 1½ hours from Edinburgh and 45 minutes from York.

A taxi will take you from the station to any College in about 5 minutes and you can walk to the city centre in 10 minutes.

Getting here by sea

Scheduled ferry services link the River Tyne to The Netherlands.