Fat Hippo Durham

Northeast England


Durham's biggest, best and juiciest burgers – served in brioche buns and accompanied by hand-cut, triple-cooked chips – are sizzled up at the city's outpost of the massively popular Newcastle restaurant. Over 20 craft beers are on the drinks list.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Northeast England attractions

1. Durham Castle

0.09 MILES

Built as a standard motte-and-bailey fort in 1072, Durham Castle was the prince bishops' home until 1837, when it became the University of Durham's first…

2. Durham Cathedral

0.17 MILES

Monumental Durham Cathedral is the definitive structure of the Anglo-Norman Romanesque style, a resplendent monument to the country’s ecclesiastical…

3. Binchester Roman Fort

8 MILES

The ruins of Binchester Roman Fort, or Vinovia as it was originally called, lie 9.6 miles southwest of Durham. First built in wood around AD 80 and…

4. Beamish Open-Air Museum

8.04 MILES

County Durham's living, breathing, working museum offers an unflinching glimpse into industrial life in the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries…

5. Escomb Church

9.29 MILES

The stones of the abandoned Binchester Roman Fort were often reused, and Roman inscriptions can be spotted in the walls of the hauntingly beautiful Escomb…

6. Angel of the North

9.57 MILES

Nicknamed the Gateshead Flasher, this extraordinary 200-tonne, rust-coloured, winged human frame has loomed over the A1 motorway some 6 miles south of…

7. Bessie Surtees House

13.38 MILES

The Tyne's northern bank was the hub of commercial Newcastle in the 16th century and on Sandhill a row of leaning merchant houses has survived from that…

8. BALTIC – Centre for Contemporary Art

13.39 MILES

Once a huge mustard-coloured grain store, BALTIC is now a huge mustard-coloured art gallery rivalling London's Tate Modern. There are no permanent…