Darlington Travel Guide

 alyf1961 Says:  The Mechanics institute was built in 1854 to educate working men, many of these institutes were built around the country at that time.The building was designed by Joseph Sparkes. It is now night club called “Flares” and it has also been a bank. 

 alyf1961 Says:  The clock tower is Darlington’s most famous landmark. It was a gift to the town from Joseph Pease. Joseph Pease was known in Darlington as “the father of the railway” (he started the Stockton-Darlington railway in 1826) he was also the first Quaker to be elected to... 

 alyf1961 Says:  The Victorian Market hall is in the centre of Darlington. Darlington won “market of the year” in 2008 and a market has been a tradition here since the 17th Century.It was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, who was a Quaker, in 1860 and it took 4 years to complete. Waterhouse... 

 alyf1961 Says:  Dame Dorothy Brown presented the Market Cross to the people of Darlington in 1727. A market cross was used to mark a market town and is usually placed in the market place. Darlington’s Market cross was kept in storage for many years before being restored and placed here in... 

 alyf1961 Says:  This pub is believed to take its name from a hole in the medieval boundry wall that surrounded Darlington. George Butterfield was once landlord of the pub, he ran the fastest mile in 1906. He also represented Great Britain at the 1908 olympics in London. He died at the Somme... 

 alyf1961 Says:  The Penny weight is a grade II listed building. In the 18th Century it was a common bakery where people would bring their uncooked bread and pies that they had made at home to be baked. They would pay for this service by the weight of their food. A set of scales hang from... 

 alyf1961 Says:  CHURCH OF ENGLANDThis beautiful church is a Grade I listed building. The church was built in 1183 and named in honour of St Cuthbert whose sacred bones passed this way around 873 AD, when monks from Lindisfarne carried Cuthbert’s bones in a coffin on a cart to protect them... 

 alyf1961 Says:  The market place held twice weekly markets until 1994 when it was redeveloped. It is now an open space used for festivals, fairs and pavement cafes in the summer. There still a few stalls that line the streets. The indoor market is still going strong, this takes place in the... 

 spidermiss Says:  This Catholic Church opened by Father William Hogarth, a Catholic Bishop in Hexham, in 1827 and was designed in a Gothic architectural style by Ignatius Bonomi.Please check out the church's website for a description of the building's interior and exterior. 

 spidermiss Says:  The city library is known as Edward Pease Free Library. Edward Pease, a Quaker and a wool merchant, left a considerable amount of money in his will for a free library to be built. The library was built from 1884 to 1885 with an extension in 1933.Today it functions as a... 

 spidermiss Says:  I visited this local cafe for a break from exploring. There was a varied menu with special offers but I just opted for a drink as I already had eaten. I ordered a large filter coffee and it came to 2.10 gbp. I enjoyed having my coffee there and would like to try lunch on a... 

 spidermiss Says:  Since 1849, Tees Cottage Pumping Station's engines pump water from the River Tees which then was filtered for the town's residents. This radically changed how water was previously accessed by residents! Today water continues to be pumped but to other sources and not to... 

 spidermiss Says:  The Tubwell is a Victorian-style pump which is one of Darlington's first public wells. The water was undrinkable from the nearby River Skerne so it was essential to the town's public health to have a well. 

 marimar_72 Says:  Here is my son playing at the park. When I was a child,my father sent me along with my sister to stay with a family in Darlington,The host were like another family to me.She had two boys of her own...I remember her saying that God gave her another 2 daughters(reffering to...