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Ramside Hall Hotel is set in a magnificent 350-acre estate, featuring 2 golf courses with a combined 72 holes, 2 restaurants and luxury bedrooms. Surrounded by countryside, the hotel is 10 minutes’ drive from Durham centre.

Within easy driving distance of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland, the magnificent spectacle of Lumley Castle has dominated the County Durham landscape for over 600 years.

In scenic Croxdale, the Honest Lawyer Hotel is just 5 minutes’ drive from Durham centre. With a restaurant and sun terrace, the hotel offers modern, motel-style rooms with free parking outside your room.

Featuring free WiFi, The Avenue offers accommodation in Durham. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Rooms come with a flat-screen TV. You will find a kettle in the room. For your comfort, you will find free toiletries and a hair dryer.

Set in Durham, this holiday home is 1.3 km from Durham Cathedral. The property is 1.5 km from Palace Green and free private parking is offered. There is a dining area and a kitchen complete with a dishwasher and an oven.

This 18th-century house is just 2 miles from the historic centre of Durham, and boasts free Wi-Fi and free parking on site.

Located in the cathedral city of Durham, The City, Durham inn offers a bar and free WiFi access to all guests. Just a short 7-minute stroll from Durham Castle and Durham University Library, Durham Cathedral is also less than 6 minutes' walk away.

Overlooking the West Durham Hills, The Moorings Hotel is just 5 minutes’ drive from Chester-le-Street. With a stylish bistro and cosy bar, the hotel offers modern rooms with free Wi-Fi.

Located in Chester-le-Street, The Lambton Worm offers en-suite bed-and-breakfast accommodation with free on-site private parking. The B&B boasts a restaurant and a bar, as well as a 24-hour front desk and room service.

Just off junction 62 of the A1(M) and less than 2 miles (3.2 km) from the very heart of Durham's city centre, the hotel offers comfortable, great-value rooms and free parking.

Farnley Tower provides stunning views over Durham Castle and Cathedral. The guesthouse is a prominent Victorian mansion, renowned for its architecture and gardens, and has free WiFi and free parking on site.

The hotel is just off junction 64 of the A1(M), less than 12 miles from Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham. It has free parking, a restaurant, a lounge bar and air-conditioned rooms.

This hotel offers free Wi-Fi, and is just off the A1 motorway next door to the state-of-the-art Bannatyne Health Club, with free access to guests.

Home-cooked food is served in The Garden House Inn’s wooden-beamed, contemporary restaurant and a roaring open-fire features in the bar.

Just 1 mile from Durham Rail Station and city centre, the Radisson BLU Durham has fantastic views of Durham Cathedral. It offers stylish rooms, free Wi-Fi, a restaurant, bar and modern health club.

Colepitt Cottage offers accommodation in Spennymoor, 29 km from Newcastle upon Tyne. The property is 7 km from Durham and free private parking is available. The unit fitted with a kitchen with an oven and toaster.

On the A167, north of Durham city centre and just a short drive from junction 63 of the A1, the hotel offers comfortable, great-value rooms, a family-friendly restaurant and free parking.

Dating back to 1840, this stone-built Moor End Guest House features real log fires and provides free Wi-Fi, free parking and a free electric vehicle charging point. Durham city centre is just 2 miles away.

Featuring stunning views over Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle, this penthouse suite offers free WiFi and spacious rooms. In a prime city centre location, the Durham Cathedral View Suites is 500 metres from Palace Green.

Dating from 1724, this traditional English country inn is located on the edge of picturesque Shincliffe village, 2.4 km from Durham and Durham University.