Lumley Castle Hotel
Chester le Street
County Durham
DH3 4NX

Tel. +44 (0)191 389 1111
Fax. +44 (0)191 387 1437
E-mail info@lumleycastle.com

Immerse yourself into the living history that is Lumley Castle.

Directions by road:
A1(M) junction 63. Take the turn off for Chester le Street and follow signs for Riverside. You will then pick up signs for Lumley Castle.

By rail:
Chester-le-Street (3 km)
Durham (12 km)
Newcastle (18 km).

The stations are on the main east-coast line
London Kings Cross - Newcastle - Edinburgh.

All services stop at Newcastle, some main services stop at Durham but only local trains stop at Chester-le-Street.

There are taxis available at any of the above railway stations.

By air:

Newcastle Airport (30km)

Newcastle Airport has regular flights to and from Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Cologne-Bonn, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Hanover, Malaga, Milan, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Rome and Stavanger as well as from London and other UK cities.
Newcastle Airport is situated approximately 8 miles north west of Newcastle City Centre. To get from Newcastle airport to Durham by public transport use the Metro which takes you to Newcastle Central Station for about 2.40 GBP (trains operate every 20 minutes) and then connect with the mainline train to Durham. A taxi from Newcastle airport to Durham costs about 45 GBP.

Durham Tees Valley Airport (50km)

Durham Tees Valley Airport has regular flights to and from Alicante, Amsterdam, Dublin, Malaga, Paris, Rome and London.
The railway station at Darlington located approximately 7 miles east of Durham Tees Valley Airport is a short bus or taxi ride. Sky Express bus service is available free for air passengers.
Trains to Durham cost about 3.60 GBP (single) and operate frequently.
Taxis from the airport to Durham are available directly outside the terminal building and cost about 30 GBP.

Manchester Airport (220km)

Manchester airport is easily accessible and has a large range of international flights. There are direct trains from Manchester Airport station to Durham frequently throughout the day (approx 2:40 hours)

London Heathrow (450km)

London Heathrow has a vast number of international destinations.
Once at Heathrow take london Underground from Heathrow Airport to Kings Cross (approx 50 mins) OR Take Heathrow express train to London Paddington, and Paddington to Kings Cross via underground (approx 30mins) From London Kings Cross station take the direct (east coast) train to Durham (approx 3 hours)