Visitor attractions and information for
Darlington
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 Darlington Railway Centre and Museum,
North Road Station, Darlington Tel: 01325 460532 - Restored 1842
station housing a collection of exhibits relating to railways
in the North East of England, including Stephenson's Locomotion.
It is located on the 1825 route of the
Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world's first steam-worked
public railway. About 1 mile from Darlington town
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Preston Hall Museum, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees.
Tel: 01642 781184. The museum is best known for its Victorian
Street and its many period rooms, giving a glimpse of domestic
life in the area over the years. It has an impressive display
of weaponry in its cellars, and also houses Stockton's most famous
painting, the Dice Players by Georges de la Tour. Set in 112
acres of parkland, between Stockton and Yarm on A135. About 8 miles east of Darlington. |
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Riverside Stadium has been the home of Middlesbrough F.C. since
the beginning of the English Premier League season 1995-96. Its
current capacity is 35,049 all-seated.
About 13 miles east of
Darlington. |
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The Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge links
Middlesbrough with the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, spaning the
River Tees. It carries a travelling 'car', suspended from the
bridge, across the river in 90 seconds and is the largest working
bridge of its kind in the world. It has featured in films and
TV programmes including Billy Elliot, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The
Fast Show, and Steel River Blues. About 12 miles east of Darlington. |
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Darlington Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe
Road. Darlington Tel: 01325 760216. A Scheduled Ancient Monument
with two completely original pumping engines in full working
order, displayed running under their pumping load on about four
weekends each year. One is a two-cylinder compound steam beam
engine, the other engine a two-cylinder gas engine, the largest
preserved example in Europe. The engines are housed in their
own purpose built buildings, dating from 1847 to 1901, in themselves
superb examples of Victorian architecture. On the outskirts of Darlington. |
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Designed
by leading contemporary artist and sculptor David Mach, Train
is made from 185,000 local "Accrington Nori" bricks
and commemorates Darlington's illustrious heritage as "home
of the railways". 60 metres long and 6 metres high, it is
a perfect rendering of the 1938 classic locomotive "Mallard",
complete with plume of billowing smoke.
About 2 miles east of
Darlington on the A66. |
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