The seat of the Earls of Scarborough, later the home of the Bishop of Durham and until the 1960s a hall of residence for University College, Durham, the castle is now an hotel - and a good place to go for coffee before a day's cricket at the nearby Riverside ground.
Uploaded to Geograph by John Sutton on 1 September 2016
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