VR Hire Durham

We know Durham's venues

Durham has the distinction of running Britain's original road-user charge, on the cathedral peninsula around Saddler Street and Market Place. It currently costs a couple of pounds between mid-morning and late afternoon, with an increase and longer hours under discussion. For an event at the Castle or anywhere inside the peninsula that shapes the whole load-in plan — we arrive outside the charging window where we can, and factor it in where we can't. Either way it's on our side of the invoice.

Most larger events actually happen off the peninsula, and they're straightforward. Ramside Hall sits in 350 acres just off the A690 with rooms for two to six hundred, Seat Unique Riverside — Durham Cricket's ground — is four miles out at Chester-le-Street rather than in the city itself, and the Radisson Blu sits by the river with proper meeting space. Worth flagging one date: the Miners' Gala closes the entire centre for several days in July, and it's not a partial closure.

Venues we cover across Durham and the county. Note the cricket ground is at Chester-le-Street, four miles out, not in the city — a distinction that catches out plenty of first-time bookers.