Decision 44 COM 8B.59
Durham Castle and Cathedral (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

The World Heritage Committee,

Having examined Documents WHC/21/44.COM/8B and WHC/21/44.COM/INF.8B1,
Refers the proposed minor modification of the boundaries of the Durham Castle and Cathedral, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
1. Consider an extension to the proposed limits on the outer riverbanks of the Wear so as to include not only the wooded areas but also the spaces in between,
2. Clarify the protection measures to be applied to the enlarged area;
Recommends that the State Party give consideration to creating a buffer zone, based on the existing Conservation area, in order to protect all the “key views to and from the Castle, Cathedral and town”.