Durham Cathedral is one of the map’s early Hogwarts locations, appearing in the first two films. Its cloisters were used for courtyard and corridor scenes, giving the cathedral a different screen role from Alnwick’s open castle spaces and Gloucester’s fan-vaulted cloister. The architecture is not standing in for one single room: the same broad cathedral setting supports several kinds of Hogwarts movement and activity.

The cloister garth is especially recognisable from Hedwig’s flight in the snow and Ron’s slug spell. The Chapter House supplies another precise identity, serving as Professor McGonagall’s classroom. Keeping these areas together under the existing cathedral Place makes the map easier to use while still directing attention to the relevant screen spaces.

Durham is useful for viewers comparing multiple versions of Hogwarts corridors and classrooms. Its first-two-film connection also sets it apart from Gloucester, whose Great Cloister was used in the first, second and sixth films. The cathedral remains a functioning historic Place, so current visiting arrangements and any area-specific access information should be confirmed before travel.

Durham Cathedral belongs on this map because it is a current Church of England cathedral in Durham, United Kingdom. The entry’s value is its clear place within the map’s present-day Anglican scope. It should not be read as a catch-all reference to every historic church in Durham, nor should its inclusion be taken to supply details that have not been verified in the provided material.

The review coordinates are 54.773475, -1.576215 in Durham. This location anchors the cathedral in its named city and helps users distinguish it from other churches in the wider Durham area. For comparison, the most firmly grounded contrast available here is denominational and geographic: Durham is an English Church of England cathedral, unlike the Catholic Clifton Cathedral in Bristol or the Church of Ireland entries in Northern Ireland.

No opening hours, worship schedule, prices, architectural description or visitor facilities are supplied. The dependable identifying facts are its current Church of England status, its Durham location and its Wikidata identity, Q746207. Those boundaries make the entry useful for map-based research while leaving practical arrangements to current official information.