Collingwood College Boat Club

Collingwood College Boat Club (CCBC) is the rowing club of Collingwood College, part of Durham University. CCBC was formed in 1981 and is housed in the Collingwood College boathouse on the north bank of the regatta stretch of the River Wear. The boathouse used to belong to St Hild's College, before it merged with Bede College to form College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham. Collingwood has raced at Henley Royal Regatta four times and is a regular entrant to the Head of the River Race, Women's Head of the River Race and Durham Regatta. CCBC is a registered Boat Club through British Rowing, with Boat Code "COC" and is a member organisation of Durham College Rowing. The club is led by an executive committee elected by the boat club members.

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Hild Bede Boat Club

Hild Bede Boat Club (HBBC) is the rowing club of the College of St Hild and St Bede at Durham University on the River Wear in England. The club is based from its own boathouse, next to the college, on the north bank of the regatta stretch. HBBC is a registered Boat Club through British Rowing, with Boat Code "SHB" and is a member organisation of Durham College Rowing. The club has reached the highest level in the sport, qualifying for Henley Royal Regatta multiple times: for the second round in the Temple Challenge Cup in 2010, and the first round in 2011, and 2015; and also qualified for the first round of the Prince Albert Challenge Cup in 2012, and 2016. The club has competed overseas at the Head of the Charles, in Boston, USA in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2006. In Durham, the club is a regular participant at Durham Regatta, races across the north east such as Tyne Head and Hexham Regatta, and Durham College Rowing events. In 2025 the club was the first in the modern era to complete the recently brought back Derwentwater Head in under ten minutes. They still hold the course record in the 4+.

College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham

The College of St Hild and St Bede, commonly known as Hild Bede, is a constituent college of Durham University in England. With over 1000 student members, The co-educational college was formed in 1975 following the merger of two much older single-sex institutions, the College of the Venerable Bede for men and St Hild's College for women. Hild Bede is neither a Bailey nor a Hill college, and is situated on the banks of the River Wear between Durham's bailey and Gilesgate. Since 2024, the college has been based temporarily at Rushford Court whilst the riverside site is undergoing renovation.

The Racecourse

The Racecourse is an open area on the River Wear in Durham, England of 11.6 hectares (29 acres) total that has been used as a sports ground since at least 1733. It forms part of Durham University's sports facilities as well as hosting local sports clubs. The Racecourse cricket ground, which has hosted first class matches, has been used since at least 1843, and is the home ground of Durham University's cricket team. The Racecourse also contains squash, tennis and fives courts, rugby, hockey and football pitches, and boathouses. As well as use by Durham University, the Racecourse is known for hosting two annual events, the Durham Regatta and Durham Miners' Gala. With the exception of the riverside path, which is owned by Durham County Council, the Racecourse is owned by Durham University.

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Green Lane Cricket Ground

Green Lane is a cricket ground in Durham, County Durham. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1866, when Durham City played the Northumberland Club. It became Durham City's main ground after they were forced to leave The Racecourse in 1888. Durham first played at the ground in 1892 against Lincolnshire) and returned in 1893 to play Warwickshire. Their first match on the ground in the Minor Counties Championship came in 1899 against Norfolk, followed by Northamptonshire in 1904. Durham continued to use the ground for non-championship matches against the Durham Colts in 1901, 1902, 1907, 1910, 1911 and 1919, against Durham University in 1934, 1943 and 1946, a non-championship match against Cheshire in 1968, and against British Police in 1978. The ground was not used again for Minor Counties cricket until 1975, after which Durham played a championship match there every year until 1982 (two in 1980 and 1981), before playing their final Minor Counties Championship match there in 1984 against Bedfordshire. In 1988, Durham returned to the ground to play an MCCA Knockout Trophy match against Northumberland. The following season Durham played their final match on the ground in the MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cumberland. The ground held a single List-A match in the 1979 Gillette Cup, which saw Durham play Berkshire, and has more recently hosted 16 List-A matches for Durham Women over 2014–2017. It also hosted 13 Twenty20 matches for Durham Women over 2015-2017 Following Durham's elevation to first-class cricket, the Durham Second XI have played a number of matches at the ground.

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