Course Venue

The course will be held at Hamsteels Hall near Esh village, about six miles west of Durham city, north-east England. It is an elegant Georgian Country House which is a Grade II* listed building, full of character, and dates back to the 1700s. It also offers bed and breakfast and slef catering accommodation so you can stay there too if you want.

Hamsteels Hall, the venue for the course

The city of Durham is dominated by the Norman cathedral and castle, a designated world heritage site. The Durham tourist board keeps a list of other attractions in the area, including Beamish open-air museum, the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural beauty and Diggerland. There is also an excellent network of cycle paths.

Getting Here

Durham station is on the east coast main line and can be reached by train from London in less than three hours and from Edinburgh in under two hours. There are also direct trains to Manchester and even Penzance! Newcastle airport and Durham Tees Valley airport give options if you are coming from further afield. If you want to come by car, it will take about 20 minutes from junction 62 of the A1.

If you need a taxi you could try these

There are about four buses a day (number 52/725) from Durham to Wilks Hill (the nearest bus stop) and there are about four buses an hour (numbers 13 and 14) from Durham to Langley Park, about a mile and a half away.


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Directions

The post code of the hall is DH7 9RS.

Travelling North on A1M leave the motorway at Junction 62. Follow the A690 to Durham and pick up the A691 Road towards Consett.

Stay on this road for approximately 3 miles - turn left at roundabout signposted Langley Park/Quebec.

Go through Langley Park towards Quebec.

As you leave Langley Park and go out of the 30 mph limit, and before you reach Quebec, you will come to a bend in the road with two roads on the right hand side. The first turn-off is a no through road. Take the second turn-off into Hamsteels Lane. This takes you downhill, then uphill. When you get to the very top of the hill, Hamsteels Hall is on the right hand side. Parking is in the garden area in front of the Hall.

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