Discover Durham Tours (October 2023)

Discover Durham Tours 

Monday 23rd October - Friday 27th October.

Discover Durham Tours are a great way to see Durham, both the city and the university.

Tours take place each day between Monday 23rd October and Friday 27th October. They begin at one of our undergraduate colleges, where you'll receive an introductory talk from a member of college staff followed by a tour of the college by current students. As our tours are during the academic year, it may not always be possible to show you a student room as they're occupied, but we will show you the college facilities and talk a little about the college ethos.

Our wonderful student ambassadors will then show you the main University site taking in some of the sights of the city. If you wish to see a particular area of the University please let your ambassador know and they will try to work this into your tour as we try to make our tours bespoke to the needs of the attendees.

Tours begin at 1.00pm (BST) and last approximately two and a half (2.5) to three (3) hours depending on what attendees wish to see. The tour will normally finish on Palace Green in front of the cathedral. You can, of course, leave the tour at any time, just let the ambassador know.

Please note that Discover Durham Tours will not incorporate tours inside of individual departments or meetings with academic staff.

When are you visiting?

Our Discover Durham Tours take place between Monday 23rd October - Friday 27th October 2023.

We have several tours taking place on each day departing from different colleges. Select the date you wish to visit and the available tours will be displayed.

Discover Durham Tours are very popular. To provide maximum opportunity to people to visit, only one guest per prospective student is permitted.

Please note: Tours on the same day take place simultaneously, please only book one tour on a certain day. Additionally, if multiple bookings are made for the same tour these will be cancelled. 

Select a tour date above and then select tickets below to attend the tours. Please note only 1 guest per prospective student is allowed.

Advice for Blue Badge Holders

The University, including the College buildings, have a number of blue badge-holder parking bays. Unfortunately, it's not possible to pre-book accessible parking bays for blue badge holders. Further details regarding university parking can be found on our website. 

You can view the access to our Colleges by using; AccessAble.

If you have additional support needs other than parking or needing an overview of the accessibility of our Colleges please select Yes above and tell us a little bit more using the additional information box which will appear below.