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.
Drive out of Durham on the A690 (in the direction of the A1).
Cross over the A1 roundabout, and continue on the A690. You will pass a Park and Ride on your left. Go straight ahead at the traffic lights, and continue on the A690.
You will pass Ramside Hall on your right...
...and Moor House Scout Camp on your left.
Shortly after this is a turning for West Rainton, on your left.
Take this turning and turn immediately left.
The road has houses on the right and a view over fields on your left.
Take the turning on your right when you reach the primary school (School Avenue).
Continue along this road, past a corner shop on your right, then a turning, then a fish and chip shop.
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.