Visitor attractions and information for
Hurworth on Tees
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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. www.drcm.org.uk. About
3 miles north of Hurworth on Tees. |
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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 Hurworth on
Tees. |
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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.
www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk. About
13 miles east of Hurworth on Tees. |
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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 15 miles east of Hurworth on Tees. |
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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. About 4 miles west of Hurworth on Tees. |
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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 4 miles north of Hurworth on
Tees on the A66. |
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