Durham Cathedral

Today we visited the city of Durham to see the cathedral. The cathedral was built in 1093. The cathedral is a world heritage site and UNESCO states "Durham Cathedral is the largest and most perfect monument of 'Norman' style architecture in England". High praise indeed so we took a trip to see it in person.

This is the view as soon as you exit the train station...


We walked across the river and through the city to get to the cathedral.



The exterior was having some work done on it. Unfortunately the castle was also having major refurbishment so we didn't get to tour it.


The war memorial outside the cathedral...


Looking up at the tower from the cloisters inside the cathedral...


Ricki getting a closer look at the architectural details...


Durham Cathedral is also one of the sets for Harry Potter films, with some of the Hogwarts scenes being shot here. Specifically, the cloisters form the school's quad.