PREMIER Inn has confirmed when its new hotel in the heart of Durham City will open.

The 92-bedroom hotel will welcome visitors from Monday, June 27 next year, the company has announced on its website.

The Premier Inn is part of the flagship Milburngate living, working and leisure destination – which is due for completion in 2022.

The hotel, which overlooks Durham’s riverside and the UNESCO World Heritage site featuring the cathedral and castle, will be joined onsite by a Whitbread Bar + Block Steakhouse restaurant.

Together the hotel and restaurant are expected to create up to 75 jobs in Durham City on opening.

Richard Aldread, head of construction for Premier Inn in the north of England, Scotland, and Ireland, previously said: “Milburngate is a fantastic development for Premier Inn to be part of in Durham.

“The new Premier Inn hotel will give our guests a prime location to stay in the city centre, a stone’s throw away from Durham’s historical colleges, and with lots of on-site leisure options to enjoy during their stay.

“We’re confident the Premier Inn hotel and Bar + Block restaurant will trade very well once we open our doors to guests and diners in 2022 and we can’t wait to become part of the community when we do.”

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In September, a fire at the site caused major disruption in the city centre.

Emergency services were scrambled to the scene from across County Durham and road were gridlocked.

The Health and Safety Executive and fire officers carried out an investigation and established the fire was caused by the ignition of a waterproof membrane.

Nobody was hurt and work was able to resume on the site five days later.

The Premier Inn and Bar + Block restaurant will sit alongside a number of other leisure operators at Milburngate, which is being delivered by the Arlington Richardson Development Partnership.

Other regeneration projects they have delivered across the region include Freemans Reach in Durham City, a Legal & General-funded project that provided new offices for Her Majesty's Passport Office and National Savings and Investments where more than 1,000 people work.

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