My husband had a 'special' birthday to celebrate, he had wanted to visit Durham cathedral, so after checking out TripAdvisor i chose 'Castle View Guest house', and it didn't disappoint.
After a long car journey we arrived to a warm welcome from Mrs Williams, had a parking spot not far from the front door, the parking permit system was explained to us, breakfast time given, a map of Durham and keys to our room - number 4.
Our room was facing the main road with side views towards the Castle and cathedral. The room was warm large, clean and very comfortable. The shower was powerful, with high end products available 'The White Company, Noir'.
The breakfast choice was excellent, the 2 ladies who served it, Margaret on our 2nd and 3rd morning, not sure of lady's name on 1st morning. Both very obliging and helpful.
The B+B was in a good position, short walk to Cathedral + Castle.Bus station was near. The railway station was up a hill about a 15 minutes walk away. Our 3rd morning we caught the trail to Newcastle, there was a frequent service, £8 return and only took 12 minutes, a city well worth a visit.Durham had plenty of places to eat and not far from the B+B was M&S, Tesco and Salisbury's. The weather was kind to us while there, so in all,we had a very good stay. I would recommend 'Castle View Guest House' if visiting Durham and surround areas.

Slight confusion with booking in time but sorted. Beautifully allocated rooms with views of Cathedral & Castle. Rooms are sumptuous and bathroom well appointed. Best Northern Hospitality as always. Tried Ye Olde Elm Tree Inn up the hill for wonderful local fare. Woke up to winter wonderland! Lots of fluffy snow!

Came to stay in Durham to visit our daughter who is at uni here. Very accomodating in that we were allowed to check in an hour earlier that usual so we could leave our car outside the guest house. Parking space right outside the door with a parking permit provided. Great location for town centre, if a bit noisy at night! Very quiet once all the students were home to bed!! Lovely big rooms, very nicely furnished, and clean, with very comfortable beds. Nice breakfast with plenty of choice on the menu. Would say our stay slightly spoilt by lack of attention to detail - clothes from previous occupant left in a cupboard in our room, only one set of towels provided in twin room and we only had adequate milk for one cup of tea (also only one teaspoon in each room). These things were sorted when we asked, but it always makes you feel a bit awkward. The shower in the double room we had only came out as a trickle, and there were hairs in the plug hole, but didn't like to complain about anything else! Had to find someone to say goodbye to when we left, as we always like to say thank you for our stay - did feel a little impersonal for a guest house, but as we only stayed one night this may have been different if we had stayed longer.