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1 DARLINGTON 9 DARLINGTON TOWN CENTRE TOURIST GUIDE ST CUTHBERT’S TRAIN STATION CHURCH The first train to pass on 12 Dates from 1180 and lies at the main line was in 1829. the centre of the town next to The station is well served, the Market Square. Open for since it is an important stop Sunday service and selected for main line services. times during the week.
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DARLINGTON JOSEPH PEASE STATUE HIPPODROME A supporter of the earliest Opened in 1907, this public railway system Grade II listed building in the world and the received a £13.7 million first Quaker permitted to restoration in 2016/17. take his seat in Parliament.
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HEAD OF STEAM 11 DARLINGTON LIBRARY A railway museum located Opened in October 1885, the on the 1825 route of the Grade II listed building was Stockton & Darlington gifted to the town by Edward Railway, the world's first Pease, a leading Darlington steam-powered passenger 10 Quaker. The Centre for Local railway. Studies is also based here.
2 4 13 12 8 SOUTH PARK SKERNE BRIDGE The first Victorian Park Opened in 1825, this is the in the North East of world’s oldest continuously England and was opened operated railway bridge to the public in 1853 as and the only bridge to Belasses Park. feature on a £5 note.
6 5 7 9 13 CINEMA / RESTAURANT QUAKER COMPLEX 14 MEETING HOUSE Home to a variety of 15 The Darlington Quakers restaurants, a Premier Inn have been based at their hotel and a Vue Cinema. current site on Skinnergate Located next to the Town since 1678 and the burial Hall in Darlington. ground is located behind this building.
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HOUSE OF FRASER 14 The town’s largest 5 department store DARLINGTON which has recently been MARKET & CLOCK refurbished has been TOWER located in Darlington The Victorian indoor/ since 1922. covered market opened in 1864 and the clock tower was a gift to the town from Joseph Pease. 7
MARKET SQUARE Darlington's Market Square is home to a wide range of 15 events and is surrounded by a number of bars and THE DOLPHIN the leisure centre. CENTRE Leisure centre with swimming pools, diving 8 boards & water slides, an 8-court sports hall, gym, DARLINGTON’S squash courts, soft play YARDS and bar/bistro. Hidden discretely through an access no wider than 4 a doorway on High Row is a labyrinth of yards where small, specialist shops prosper.
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