- Street:
- Market Place
- Postcode:
- DL14 7NR
- City:
- Bishop Aukland
- County:
- County Durham
- Country:
- UK
Description
Auckland Castle has been the home of the Bishops of Durham for over 800 years, and is still the Bishop's official residence today.
This historic building is the administrative centre for the Diocese, as well as a notable tourist attraction.
The Castle is open to the public from Easter Monday until the last Sunday in September.
The Park
The Bishop’s Deer Park is in eight hundred acres of parkland which reminds visitors of the open Durham, countryside where the Prince Bishops once hunted game.
In the park there are ample places for picnics and there is also the interesting deer shelter or Deercote, built by Bishop Trevor in 1760. This has a grassed quadrangle with shelter in the arcades for the fallow deer which used to roam the park.
The tower formerly had an upper room where the Bishop and his guests could rest from their hunting. Visitor can wander through the beautifully wooded and undulating Bishop's Park with the winding River Gaunless ("The Loiterer") on the south side which joins the Wear just beyond the outer wall of the Castle.
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