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Darlington Area
Darlington is an attractive market town situated in the Tees Valley on the border between County Durham and North Yorkshire. Darlington has a diverse history and can trace its roots back to Saxon times. It is well known as the birthplace of the railways when the first public railway ran through the town in 1825. The town’s wealthy Quaker businessmen supported the development of the railways. The railway museum is about a mile to the north of the town centre and houses the original Locomotion No. 1, which pulled the first train on the Darlington to Stockton Railway.
Darlington is ideally situated as a centre for tourism. Located in the heart of the north east of England, there are excellent road, rail and air connections from all parts of the country and beyond.
Darlington town centre has a variety of busy shops, a daily indoor market and a large market square with general markets on Monday and Saturday and farmers' market on some Fridays. The square is also used for many entertainment events including a wide range of musical entertainment, children's activities and parades. Other attractions include many historical old churches, an art gallery, the Dolphin Leisure Centre, parks, the controversial Brick Train sculpture and so much more to see and do. There are numerous attractions in the town itself as well as in the surrounding area.
