What's Durham centre like on a morning?
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The city gets busy (traffic wise) from 0730 until after 0900.
If you are heading up from Harrogate, come up the A-1 and follow the city centre signposts. Its so small you can hardly get lost.
Park in the Milburngate multi storey carpark and you are right on the doostep of the passport office.
Park in ANY of the car parks, and you are still only a few minutes walk away, so do not worry about where to park up.
Leaving at 0715 should be OK I would have thought.............Provided the A-1 is moving OK.
Good luck.
If you are heading up from Harrogate, come up the A-1 and follow the city centre signposts. Its so small you can hardly get lost.
Park in the Milburngate multi storey carpark and you are right on the doostep of the passport office.
Park in ANY of the car parks, and you are still only a few minutes walk away, so do not worry about where to park up.
Leaving at 0715 should be OK I would have thought.............Provided the A-1 is moving OK.
Good luck.
I did indeed - Now all set to flee the country tonight.
Most of the roadworks are on the southbound A1 so I got there with plenty of time.
As a bonus, had free parking because all the meters along the river outside the passport office were broken by the flood the other day. I've not seen the news for a couple of days so I didn't even know that there had been flooding in Durham, but they were pumping out the lower floors and there seemed to be lots of builders in the town.
It was a shame that it rained so much. I had a wander round the cathedral (pity that photography isn't allowed) then sat around in cafes and read the papers until my passport was ready.
Most of the roadworks are on the southbound A1 so I got there with plenty of time.
As a bonus, had free parking because all the meters along the river outside the passport office were broken by the flood the other day. I've not seen the news for a couple of days so I didn't even know that there had been flooding in Durham, but they were pumping out the lower floors and there seemed to be lots of builders in the town.
It was a shame that it rained so much. I had a wander round the cathedral (pity that photography isn't allowed) then sat around in cafes and read the papers until my passport was ready.
Mrs Bomb works in that building next to the passport office.
It floods on a regular basis, but last week was extra ordinarily 'high tide' !!
The furniture in the basement is still floating.
Glad to hear you had a sucessful visit. Its a nice town for a few hours walkabout.
Enjoy your holiday.
It floods on a regular basis, but last week was extra ordinarily 'high tide' !!
The furniture in the basement is still floating.
Glad to hear you had a sucessful visit. Its a nice town for a few hours walkabout.
Enjoy your holiday.
I wouldnt say durham city is really busy! (well the way i come, Coxhoe>Bowburn>Durham) takes me all of 15-20 min to get from Sedgefield to County hall going straight throught the city center!
Its even quieter now that the uni has finished.
Here's the route:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a...
And then at the end of the junction, turn left and the car park is right on your left
Its even quieter now that the uni has finished.
Here's the route:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a...
And then at the end of the junction, turn left and the car park is right on your left
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