Former Ice Rink Site Development Brief

The site of Durham's former ice rink, located off Freemans Place to the north of Millburngate Bridge,
presents a highly important and almost unique redevelopment opportunity within Durham city centre.
The potential to create a contemporary part of the city that makes a strong and enduring contribution to the city's culture and heritage could give rise not only to a locally important development, but one that is regionally - and maybe even nationally - significant. To view the design brief and supporting documents, please click here.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment is a stunning and truly international light festival celebrating Durham’s religious and industrial heritage. Four new light-based artworks show Durham as viewed through the eyes of two very different cultures. Click here to visit the festival website.

Retail Distinctiveness

As part of delivering Durham City Vision's Masterplan for Durham City Centre, specifically within its Strategy for Shopping, Miller Research (UK) Ltd led a multi disciplinary team of consultants to assess how distinctive Durham's shops and food and drink outlets are. Learn more, and view documents relating to the project here.

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Mixed use: North West

The buildings on the north side of North Road at the west end, from Station Bank to Castle Chare, are ripe for redevelopment, particularly the more recent buildings which are of poor quality.

Necklace Park

The Durham Necklace Park – 12 miles of stunning riverside environment - is a new project funded to draw together a series of existing spaces and places along the chain of the River Wear, stretching from Finchale Priory to Sunderland Bridge.

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Beyond Film
Beyond Film Festival: A visual journey into the imagination. A festival for Durham celebrating the best of artists’ film from across the world

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News

Historic City regeneration given multi-million pound boost
- Tuesday 18th Nov 2008
The regeneration of one of the UK’s most historic cities has been given a major boost with the announcement today (Tuesday) of further funding.
City Gears up for Light Festival Spectacular
- Thursday 06th Nov 2008
Durham City today sees the launch of the biggest cultural event the City has ever seen.
The Path to Enlightenment
- Monday 27th Oct 2008
Businesses in Durham are backing the City’s international light festival by transforming their windows into temporary art spaces.
Beyond Film
- Monday 18th Aug 2008
The Gala Cinema, Durham City Arts, 2020 Vision and Durham County Council have joined forces to bring the first ever artists’ film festival to Durham City, made possible with funding from ...