 | Located in the Tees Valley on the border between County Durham and North Yorkshire, Darlington is a historic market town that can trace its roots back to the Saxon times. The town was the birthplace of the railways when the first public railway opened here in 1825 supported by Darlington's wealthy Quaker businessmen.
You can learn more about the town's connection to the railways by heading to the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, which is home to Locomotion No. 1 that pulled the first train on the Darlington to Stockton Railway.
Other attractions you might like to visit in Darlington include the Piercebridge Roman Fort, which is part of the Dere Street Roman Trail and dates back to around AD70, and the Tees Cottage Pumping Station, which has boilers dating back to 1902.
In Darlington town centre you'll also find an array of shops, indoor and outdoor markets, and a wealth of entertainment and sport venues, such as the Dolphin Leisure Centre, golf courses, Darlington Football Stadium, theatres, live music venues and nightclubs.
If you're the outdoors type then you'll probably find Darlington is a great base for your holiday as it is conveniently located for both the Yorkshire Moors and the Durham countryside, while the Lake District is only an hour away too.
Postcodes for Darlington begin with the letters DL and as well as Darlington itself the DL postcode includes Richmond, Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle, Shildon, Bedale, Crook, Ferryhill, Leyburn, Newton Aycliffe, Catterick Garrison, Northallerton, Spennymoor and Hawes. |
