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Market Place, Durham

11 Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NE

0191 384 8974

Market Place, Durham

In the heart of Durham’s historic Market Place, Bells Fish & Chips is the perfect city-centre pit-stop. Join us after exploring the Cathedral or take your fish & chips to enjoy Durham’s beautiful riverside.

Restaurant
Monday: 11am - 8:30pm Last Orders
Tuesday: 11am - 8:30pm Last Orders
Wednesday: 11am - 8:30pm Last Orders
Thursday: 11am - 8:30pm Last Orders
Friday: 11am - 8:30pm Last Orders
Saturday: 11am - 8:30pm Last Orders
Sunday: 12pm - 4:30pm Last Orders

Takeaway
Monday: 11am - 9pm
Tuesday: 11am - 9pm
Wednesday: 11am - 9pm
Thursday: 11am - 9pm
Friday: 11am - 9pm
Saturday: 11am - 9pm
Sunday: 12pm - 5pm

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Market Place, Durham

Award-Winning Fish & Chips

There’s a reason we’ve been awarded Fish & Chip Restaurant of the Year 2025. Using local, sustainable products, we serve proper fish and chips that keep people coming back.

Allergen Friendly

Wheelchair Accessible

Family Friendly

Restaurant of the Year

NE's Best Fish & Chips

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Locally Sourced. Sustainably Served. Nationally Recognised.

Local Ingredients For Local People

At Bells Fish and Chips, supporting local businesses isn’t just a trend for us; it’s how we’ve always done things.

Wherever possible, we source our products and ingredients from trusted suppliers right here in the North East, allowing us to keep investing in the hard-working people in the area we call home.

Our bread buns come from The Edinburgh Bakery in Fence Houses, while our fresh produce is from The Apple Orchard in Houghton-le-Spring. Our tea is supplied by the iconic Ringtons, a much-loved family business, and a selection of our soft drinks comes from Fentimans. If you fancy an ice cream when dining in the restaurant, we’re delighted to be serving Beckleberry’s, an independent family-run business based in Blaydon.

Our fish is supplied by Collins Seafoods, based in Newton Aycliffe, ensuring freshness and reliability, while our potatoes are sourced from G. Crackell of Hartlepool, helping us deliver the perfect chip every time.

By working with local suppliers, we’re not only able to serve the best possible food - we’re also proud to support the businesses and communities that make County Durham and the North East such a special place.

Tasty Food!

8 adults (covering 3 generations) enjoyed a great evening here, and that wasn't all down to the company. Attentive, patient staff, (nothing too much trouble) tasty food, nothing fancy but all good.

Ok some items on the menu were sold out, but we did rock up at 7pm on a Friday night

Highly recommended must visit!

We have visited twice both times with my wife and my 1 year old son.

They are very welcoming and always make a fuss of our boy, they always have a high chair for him and they will bring it to the table for us. No issues when asked for some hot milk or to warm up a bottle.

For a proper fish & chip experience!

Excellent cod and chips as usual.

The quality of food speaks for itself and the service here is always fantastic, in our last visit we arrived quite late in the evening but were still greeted with a smile and warm welcome.

Would highly recommend Bells for a proper fish and chip experience!