Greetings! We live less than 10 minutes from Durham City centre by car, and about 20 minutes by bus.
Our house is tricky to find, because it has a name (Briarside) rather than a number (and we live before house no. 1, at what would be house no. minus 2). If you try to put the postcode (DH4 6PA) into a SatNav, it will take you about quarter of a mile down the road to a restaurant called the Italian Farmhouse.
There is a regular bus service to West Rainton - to/from both Durham and Sunderland. The number 20 and 20A (but not X20) runs every 10 minutes during the day and every 20 minutes in the evenings. The last bus is at about quarter past 11 to Durham, and at about quarter to midnight to Sunderland.
The easiest way to find the bus times is by going to Google Maps and getting Transit directions to/from West Rainton.
The nearest stop to us is in School Avenue.
Walk in the direction the bus is travelling (if you came from Durham), or walk back the way you came (if you came from Sunderland). You will reach a grassy area on your left, with a children's play area.
Opposite this is our house. There is a sign on the brick gatepost with 'Briarside, South Street' written on it. The house itself has an arched wooden front door.