PALACE GREEN

'Palace Green' is a small area of grass in the centre of Durham in the United Kingdom, flanked by Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. The Cathedral and Castle together form a UNESCO World Heritage Site, although Palace Green itself is not a part.
It is situated atop the narrow, high peninsula formed by a sharp bend in the River Wear. The Cathedral is on the southern side, facing the Castle across the Green on the north side. To the east are Durham University buildings including the law, theology and history departments, with the music department and a small branch of the library to the west.
Palace Green is accessed by two cobbled streets called Owengate (formerly Queen Street) and Dun Cow Lane, the latter which gets its name from a local legend involving a milkmaid and her cow. There is also a pathway on the other side of the green - situated between the two University Music Department buildings - which leads down to the banks of the River Wear. This passage is called 'Windy Gap'. In summer, Palace Green is sometimes used by students of Durham University as a croquet lawn on permission from the groundsman of University College Durham.

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Buildings situated on Palace Green

Buildings situated on Palace Green

Listed clockwise:

★ Durham Cathedral

★ Durham University School of Music (main premises)

★ Durham University School of Music (audiosuite and experimental office)

★ Palace Green Library (Houses Music & Law resources)

★ University College, Durham ('Castle')

★ The Master's House (of University College)

★ Moneyer's Garth (Castle accommodation)

★ Bailey Court (Castle accommodation)

★ Cosin's Hall (Former college, then Castle accommodation, university offices since October 2006)

★ The Almshouses (now a cafeteria)

★ The Pemberton Rooms (Durham University Union Society)

★ Durham University School of Theology