(11 Jun 2017, 1:59 pm)Charles41 wrote I had a trial drive down to Durham this morning and I have to say the road layout is a nightmare. My favourite has to be the junction with a right turn lane marked on the road  but the signage states no right turn. Completely contradictory. If your a new driver like me it's not what you need. I nearly ended up going the wrong way down a one way Street and had to do a quick turn in the road to put it right.

I will be attending next Sunday but if I drive I'll be going via nevilles cross to avoid the city centre.

Charles

Haha! it doesn't help that there is always a random road or three closed, somewhere!

Assuming you're travelling in from the North, via framwellgate moor or otherwise, Neville's cross and the city centre is 6 and two threes to that site, anyhow. We live East of Durham and often travel round via Neville's cross, to the Arnison centre, if we don't fancy our chances with Sherburn road, Leazes road and Milburngate bridge. If we knew the whole city would be gridlocked, we used t head for West Rainton, across the A690 and take the back road around from there, but that's become a lot hairier, in recent years, so we just go to Hartlepool or Bishop instead, if it's M&S food hall we particularly want!

And to think we're seriously contemplating moving right into the madness!