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Durham Monks Miners and cathedral secrets tour with mobile app

By Tourific
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$26 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Durham was built around a dead man's bones — monks fleeing Vikings carried a saint's body to a hilltop, and an entire city grew from that moment. This self-guided audio walking tour lets you uncover that storey straight from your phone, at your own pace. It also includes a free tour of the Durham cathedral.

Walk past the bridge where England's first Tower of London escapee left his mark, hear about Britain's most prolific female serial killer, and learn why Durham's bishops minted their own coins and raised their own armies. You'll follow the river beneath ancient oaks and end at the cathedral still sheltering a thousand-year-old body.
No fixed start time, no group to keep up with. Pause for coffee, linger at a viewpoint, or skip ahead — it works offline too. Over 20,000 travellers have used our self-guided tours, and yours comes with a full refund guarantee.

If you'd rather explore Durham on your own terms than be herded between stops, this Durham audio tour is for you.

Activity location
  • Durham Cathedral
    • The College,
    • DH1 3EH, Durham, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Durham Market Place
    • DH1, Durham, England, United Kingdom

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Durham Monks Miners and cathedral secrets tour with mobile app in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • Opening hours: Tue 8:30 am-6:00 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$7.83 x 1 AdultNZ$7.83
Paid at activityNZ$18.04
Total
Price is NZ$25.87

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Check or search your inbox for an email from us with tour access instructions.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Audio and written guide included
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
  • What's includedWhat's included
    1-year access on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance to Cathedral treasury GBP 8.00 per person
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance to Durham Castle is GBP 7.50 . The entrance is not included in this tour.

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

8 Millennium Pl (Pass by)
The Journey Sculpture – Stand before the wooden figures bent under a coffin that sparked an entire city into existence.
Durham Market Place (Pass by)
The Market Tavern – Step into the birthplace of a movement that outlived the very industry it was built to protect.
27 Market Pl (Pass by)
The Market Place – Spot the hidden clay animals scattered above the square where severed heads once hung on poles.
Durham Town Hall (Pass by)
Durham Town Hall – Meet the three-foot-three celebrity who charmed European royalty and won a grave inside the cathedral.
Durham Cathedral
  • 1h
This tour begins at the entrance of Durham Cathedral, where you'll discover its remarkable history and architectural journey. You'll then explore the knockers on the portals, uncovering the stories they depict. As you step inside, the tour guides you through the cathedral’s awe-inspiring stained glass windows, sacred relics, and the tombs of influential bishops—each with its own storey and significance. You’ll learn why these figures were laid to rest here and how they shaped the city’s past. The tour concludes at the very place it began: the humble entrance. In total you will go through 25+ stops on this tour.
Statue of Neptune (Pass by)
Statues of Neptune and the Soldier – Trace a granite timeline born from a ten-year-old boy's letter to the local newspaper.
Durham Riverside Walk (Pass by)
The Riverside Walk – Follow the river gorge where a shepherd boy's vision set off a chain that shaped northern England for centuries.
Framwellgate Bridge (Pass by)
Framwellgate Bridge – Cross the bridge built by a man who escaped the Tower of London hidden inside a barrel of wine.
South Bailey (Pass by)
The Bailey – Walk one of England's finest medieval streets, once held by soldiers whose rent was paid in loyalty.
Palace Green (Pass by)
Palace Green – Weigh the power of bishops who minted coins, raised armies, and answered to no king.
Silver Street (Pass by)
Silver Street – Search for the plaque marking where a raven dropped a gold coin at the feet of a penniless boy.
12 S Bailey (Pass by)
The Watergate and City Walls – Pass beneath the medieval gate that helped a castle stay unconquered for nearly a thousand years.
Durham Castle (Pass by)
Durham Castle – Enter the oldest inhabited university building in the world, haunted by a student who misread a notice board.
Shakespeare Tavern (Pass by)
Saddler Street and Shakespeare Tavern – Hear why Durham's most haunted pub still rattles a sewing machine no one has touched.
Prebends Bridge (Pass by)
Prebends Bridge – Pause where a saint's coffin suddenly refused to move — and a lost cow showed the monks where to go.

Location

Activity location
  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Durham Cathedral
    • The College,
    • DH1 3EH, Durham, United Kingdom
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Durham Market Place
    • DH1, Durham, England, United Kingdom

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