Sports & Leisure

Durham City Rugby Club

One of the oldest rugby clubs in the North East, founded in 1872, based by the Racecourse on Green Lane and home to the annual CAMRA Durham Beer Festival.

Hollow Drift, Green Lane, Durham, DH1 3JU Visit website

About Durham City Rugby Club

Durham City Rugby Football Club was founded in 1872 and plays at Hollow Drift on Green Lane, beside the Racecourse and the River Wear a short walk from Elvet Bridge. The club runs senior and junior rugby and has a members' bar that welcomes visitors on match days.

The clubhouse is also the home of the Durham Beer Festival, organised each September by the Durham branch of CAMRA, which has been held here for its last six editions and features dozens of real ales, ciders and perries.

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Blog posts and guides that feature Durham City Rugby Club.

Beer Festivals Near Durham: CAMRA Festivals and Pub Events

A guide to the beer and cider festivals in and around Durham, from the long-running CAMRA Durham Beer Festival at the Racecourse to Darlington, Newcastle and a brewery pub in Consett.

More Sports & Leisure in Durham

Freeman's Quay Leisure Centre

Durham's main public leisure centre near the riverside, with swimming pools, a gym, sports hall, dance studio and exercise classes.

Maiden Castle Sport and Wellbeing Park

Durham University's main sports complex on Stockton Road, with a fitness centre, classes and pitches used by students, staff and local clubs and members.

Durham Amateur Rowing Club

A long-established rowing club on the River Wear at Old Elvet, offering learn-to-row courses for beginners as well as competitive and recreational rowing.

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