County Durham

County Durham er et af Englands tre ceremonielle palatinatsgrevskaber. (De to andre palatinatsgrevskaber ligger også i det nordlige England. Det er Cheshire og Hertugdømmet Lancaster).

Durham Countys placering i England

County Durham ligger i regionen Nordøstengland.

Nutidens administrative grevskab består af City of Durham og seks mindre kommuner.

Det ceremonielle grevskab består af det administrative grevskab samt tre selvstyrende kommuner (Hartlepool, Darlington og Stockton-on-Tees (delvist i North Yorkshire)).

Byer

#	Navn	Council område	Indbyggertal[1][2]
			2001	2011	2021
1	Darlington	Darlington	86,460	92,363	93,015
2	Hartlepool	Hartlepool	86,030	88,855	87,995
3	Stockton-on-Tees	Stockton (North Tees)	80,060	82,729	84,815
4	Durham	Co. Durham	43,220	47,785	50,510
5	Billingham	Stockton (North Tees)	34,760	35,392	33,920
6	Consett	Co. Durham	21,060	24,828	29,885
7	Newton Aycliffe	Co. Durham	25,660	25,964	25,765
8	Chester-le-Street	Co. Durham	23,946	24,277	23,560
9	Bishop Auckland	Co. Durham	23,830	24,908	23,355
10	Seaham	Co. Durham	21,160	22,373	21,665
11	Spennymoor	Co. Durham	17,270	17,766	20,410
12	Peterlee & Horden	Co. Durham	29,936	27,871	19,750 6,805
13	Stanley	Co. Durham	19,455	20,995	19,415
14	Egglescliffe/ Eaglescliffe	Stockton (North Tees)	7,908†	8,559†	10,250
15	Crook	Co. Durham	8,540	10,019	9,715
16	Shildon	Co. Durham	10,080	9,976	9,645
17	Brandon	Co. Durham	9,082	9,566	9,505
18	Ferryhill	Co. Durham	10,554	9,805	8,860
19	Annfield Plain	Co. Durham	9,824	7,774	7,785
20	Murton	Co. Durham	6,820	7,413	7,240
21	Easington & Easington Colliery	Co. Durham	7,123	7,193	6,965
22	Barnard Castle	Co. Durham	6,720	7,040	5,785
23	Willington	Co. Durham	6,105	6,633	5,685
24	Pelton & Ouston	Co. Durham	5,249 5,490	5,278 5,303	7,305
25	Sacriston	Co. Durham	4,394	4,611	5,190
26	Wingate	Co. Durham	4,660	5,134	5,035
27	Castleside	Co. Durham	4,480	4,881	N/a
28	Blackhall Colliery	Co. Durham	5,223	4,785	N/a
30	Langley Park	Co. Durham	4,529	4,545	N/a

Seværdigheder

• Apollo Pavilion, Peterlee, concrete art designed by Victor Pasmore in 1969.
• The Barnard Castle, a castle the adjoining town having a Butter Market folley
• Beamish Museum, Stanley, open air living museum
• Binchester Roman Fort
• Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
• The Castle Eden, a castle with adjoining village which is famous for the Castle Eden Brewery.
• Castle Eden Dene Nature reserve, coal mining heritage.
• Causey Arch, near Stanley
• Crook Hall and Gardens
• Fox & Parrot Wood
• Hamsterley Forest
• Hardwick Hall Country Park, Sedgefield
• High Force and Low Force waterfalls, on the River Tees
• Lambton Castle
• North of England Lead Mining Museum, including Killhope Wheel, Cowshill
• Locomotion railway museum, in Shildon
• Longovicium ruin auxiliary Roman Fort, Lanchester
• Raby Castle, Staindrop
• Seaham Hall
• Sedgefield Racecourse, the town has a notable Cosin woodwork in St Edmund's Church.
• Whitworth Hall, Spennymoor
• Tanfield Railway
• Ushaw College, Catholic Seminary of great religious heritage.
• Weardale Railway, at Stanhope, County Durham, Wolsingham and Bishop Auckland

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• Bishop Auckland
  • Kynren, theme park and night show depicting British History
  • The Auckland Castle
  • Gothic Revival style Bishop Auckland Town Hall
• Escomb Church, near Bishop Auckland
• Durham City
  • Durham Castle and Cathedral, a World Heritage Site
  • Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads
  • Durham University Oriental Museum, Asian artefacts and information.
  • Finchale Priory
• Darlington Borough
  • Head of Steam
  • South Park, Darlington
  • Rockcliffe Hall, Hurworth
  • Darlington Market Hall
• Hartlepool Borough
  • Ward Jackson Park
  • National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool
  • Heugh Battery Museum
  • Hartlepool Art Gallery
• Stockton-on-Tees Borough
  • Preston Hall og Preston Park, museum
  • Ropner Park
  • Stockton Globe Theatre
  • Stockton ARC Theatre
  • Tees Barrage International White Water Course

Se også

• Durham County Council