Kynren at Bishop Auckland, County Durham
Kynren is performed only on Saturday evenings. The cast, crew and stewards are all volunteers from Bishop Auckland and nearby. Well over 1,000 people give up their time to ensure Kynren can be staged.
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Durham Miners’ Gala
“I think it’s a celebration of working class life in the north East. The pits have gone but it hasn’t broken the spirit of people or the communities. It’s now become a great festival, a carnival. Some people come for the fun fair, some people come for the speeches, some people come for the bands, some people come for the banners, some people come for the laughs. It brings people together,” said Kevin Maguire, associate editor of the Daily Mirror, talking after the 2016 Durham Miners’ Gala.
Festival of Fire and Ice Durham
Fire and Ice InDurham is a free-to-visit event. There's no need to pre-book tickets to attend the 2022 edition. The theme of the 2022 Fire and Ice festival is Science.
Things to do in County Durham
Beamish open-air museum offers insights into North East England’s industrial heritage. Causey Arch, the world’s oldest single-arch railway bridge, stands close to the popular attraction.
11 things to do in Darlington
Darlington’s market hall opened in 1863. It features a Gothic Revival clocktower that rises over the town centre.
Visiting Lumiere Durham festival of lights
“Lumiere was born in Durham in 2009 and became a blueprint for later festivals elsewhere,” said Helen Marriage MBE, the director of Artichoke, the creative agency that initiated Durham Lumiere in 2009. The event spawned Lumiere London plus a festival of lights in Northern Ireland’s second city.
Food and cocktails at Turtle Bay Durham
Turtle Bay operates more than 40 restaurants serving Caribbean style cuisine across the United Kingdom. The Durham Turtle Bay restaurant opened in mid-October 2021.
8 places with American names in northeast England
The former pit village of Philadelphia in North East England was also named after an American city. The name was chosen after British forces captured the city in Pennsylvania during the American War of Independence.
Magna Carta and where to see it
In 1215 King John put his royal seal on the Magna Carta. The document is regarded by many historians and libertarians as the most significant ever written in England’s history. It influenced the Constitution of the United States of America and laws in several other countries of the world.
The Rib Room Ramside Hall restaurant, Durham
The 20-ounce rib eye is a special of the house. The Chateaubriand and 32-ounce tomahawk are both for sharing.