Finchale Priory, Durham

Name: Finchale Priory
Address: Finchale Avenue, Durham, DH1 5SH, United Kingdom

#7 among attractions in Durham

Monastery, Historical place, Gothic architecture

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Finchale Priory sometimes referred to as Finchale Abbey was a 13th-century Benedictine priory. The remains are sited by the River Wear, four miles from Durham, England. It is a Grade I listed building. ()

Established: 1196 (828 years ago)Coordinates: 54°49'6"N, 1°32'26"W

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Finchale AvenueDurham DH1 5SH United Kingdom

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Finchale Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Giles Church, Concangis, Crook Hall, St Mary and St Cuthbert.

2.9 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
St Giles Church, Durham
74 min walk • St. Giles Church is a grade I listed parish church in Gilesgate, Durham, England. The church was constructed as the hospital chapel of the Hospital of St Giles and was dedicated in on St Barbara's Day, June 1112 by Bishop Flambard to "the honour of God and St Giles".
2.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Concangis, Chester-le-Street
75 min walk • Concangis was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain. Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, Durham, in England, and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort. It is situated 6 miles north of Durham and 8 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne.
2.8 miSW
Historical place, Garden, Park
Crook Hall, Durham
72 min walk • Crook Hall is a Grade I listed house built in the 13th or 14th to 18th centuries, located in the Framwelgate area of the City of Durham. The oldest part is an open hall house dating from the 13th or 14th century, built in sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. It is the only known domestic open hall in County Durham.
2.9 miNW
Church
St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street
74 min walk • The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is a Church of England church in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. The site has been used for worship for over 1100 years; elements of the current building are over 950 years old.
2.6 miS
Neighbourhood
Gilesgate, Durham
67 min walk • Gilesgate is a place in County Durham, England. It is situated east of the centre of Durham. It is also a ward of Durham with a total population taken at the 2011 census was 8,074.
2.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Pittington Hill
67 min walk • Pittington Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies adjacent to the village of Pittington, some 6 km north-east of Durham city. A disused quarry occupies part of the site.
2.2 miNE
National park
Joe's Pond, Sunderland
56 min walk • Joe's Pond is a four hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest that lies to the east of, and adjacent to, the Rainton Meadows nature reserve in Tyne and Wear, England.
2.8 miNW
54°51'14"N • 1°34'24"W
Market Hall Shops Chester-le-Street, Chester-le-Street
72 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.9 miNE
54°49'46"N • 1°29'45"W
Rainton Meadows, Sunderland
50 min walk • Park
2.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Cade's Road, Chester-le-Street
74 min walk • Cade's Road is a postulated Roman Road in north-east England. It is named after John Cade of Durham, an 18th-century antiquarian who in 1785 proposed its existence and possible course from the Humber Estuary northwards to the River Tyne, a distance of about 100 miles.
2.9 miNW
Street
Chare, Chester-le-Street
74 min walk • A chare, in the dialect of North-east England, is a narrow medieval street or alley.