Buildings
The college consists of several distinct buildings, including the main Hild building, which is the administrative hub of the college containing the main college library, offices, computer room, common rooms and a large number of student rooms; other larger accommodation blocks, such as Thorp, Christopher, Bede; and several smaller houses such as Hild Gym, Bede Gym, Charles Stranks, Gables, Manor House, Manor Lodge, Belvedere and Grove House. At the centre of college is the Caedmon Complex, which contains a dining hall, two bars (The Vernon Arms, named after the original Hild Bede Principal, Dr Vernon Armitage & The Undercroft Bar which is open for selected events only), music rooms and the only student-run cinema in Durham, Bede Film Soc . The college is one of two colleges in Durham to have two chapels — The Chapel of St. Hild (now a function room named the Joachim Room) and The Chapel of the Venerable Bede (still in use). The college also maintains a boat house used by the boat club on the river near the Caedmon Complex.
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