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Durham Cathedral visit
Chesters Roman Fort Visit and lunch
Border Stone photo stop.
· Your choice where you do lunch today. If a large group Durham may work better, there is a café at Chesters but you do need to inform them prior to your arrival. See contact details below.
· Entrances are paid by voucher.
Durham
A small city but one with significant architectural importance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Durham Cathedral and Castle are among the greatest monuments of the Norman Conquest of Britain, and Durham Cathedral, built between 1093 and 1133, is one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in Europe.
As you approach via the A690, you will go straight ahead over two roundabouts. As you pass under a bridge you will exit immediately left onto Walkergate and drop down to the river. As you now pass under the A690 there are coach drop off bays and then the driver would continue along Freeman’s Place to the coach park.
Upon returning for departure it would be easier to walk the couple of hundred extra metres to the coach park. Durham Tourist Office: www.thisisdurham.com
Walk via Market Place, Saddler Street and Owengate to get to Palace Green.
Toilets
Indoor Market on Market Square – to the rear
Prince Bishop Shopping Centre
Palace Green
Cathedral Cloisters
Chesters Roman Fort:
A69 leave at the A6079. Pay with voucher and arrange place/time for departure. The site contains a full ground plan of a Roman Cavalry fort, a Roman Bathhouse down by the river, and a Museum full of Roman antiquities. There is also a good bit of wall with the base of a lookout turret if take the A6079 a ½ mile further south from where you met the B6318.
Facilities at Chesters
Museum
Shop
Small Café (call ahead and warn them if planning to eat there).
Toilets
Chesters Fort to Edinburgh:
Take the A68 North to CARTER BAR, England & Scotland Border, usually a piper. The A68 is a windy road. Warn passengers to take any motion sickness medication in advance. The A68 is roller-coaster like. Rest Stop at Jedburgh. Ruined Abbey has car park & toilets. Jedburgh Woolen Mill has toilets and café.