FAVOURITE views of Durham have been captured in artwork created by a group of proggy-mat makers.

The Durham Clayport Matters Group was inspired by the Rose Window at Durham Cathedral to create something that highlights features of the county.

Using different materials and techniques, group members depicted the bells of St Nicholas Church in Durham City, shipbuilding, the cathedral, mining and Fenwick Lawson’s sculpture The Journey.

“We asked people what they admire about Durham and what they remember about Durham,’’ said group chairwoman Elsie Shaw.

The wall hanging was started in September and was part of a £9,662 project funded by Lottery Awards for All that has seen group members working with different groups, showing them mat-making techniques.

Yesterday, the group put the hanging on display in Clayport Library, Durham, where it meets, and was working in the main lending library so visitors could see what members were doing.

The group, which now has 50 members, has been meeting at the library, in Millennium Place, since 2003.

The artwork will be on show at Bowburn Community Centre, Durham Road, Bowburn, tomorrow, between 10.30am and 2.30pm.

Some members of the group will be at Durham Wildlife Trust’s Rainton Meadows reserve, near Houghton-le- Spring, on Saturday, between 11am and 4pm, when the trust holds a free family fun day.

* Pictured with Heather Richie are members Judi Cormack, Rhoda Joyce, Chris Steele, Margaret Thompson, Elsie Shaw, Lyn Swift, Greta Hodgson and Anne Robinson, from Durham Clayport Matters, with their new Rose Window proggy-mat.