Location: Darlington
Top Things to do in Darlington
What to do and see in Darlington, England: The Best Free Things to do
Darlington is a large market town in County Durham, in North East England. With a population of 92,363 in 2011, the town lies on the River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees. The town is administered as part of the Borough of Darlington. The town owes much of its development to the influence of local Quaker families in the Georgian and Victorian era, and who provided much of the finance and vision in creating the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first steam locomotive powered, permanent passenger railway. The town is often colloquially referred to as 'Darlo'.
Restaurants in Darlington
1. The Cheese and Wine Shop
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 22 reviews
Artisan cheese, fine & everyday wines, gourmet deli. Local produce, no minimum weight on cheese, tastings available.
Reviewed By V8834IYkellym
Such a gorgeous gift for my dad's lockdown birthday! From the ladies at @cheesewineshop Claire was great, so knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and generally an all round perfect human ???? A fantastic selection, I just told her about my dad's likes and dislikes and she put together a perfect hamper, well within budget ???? Thanks so much for delivering and making a fairly old man exceedingly happy ???? Quote from Ted: "it's really really lovely, and I don't even have to share it!" ????
2. Paddock Farm Nursery & Water Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 30 reviews
Located on West Lane (near Croft Race Circuit), Paddock Farm Nursery & Water Gardens is a wonderful day out for all the family. We have nine unique Water Gardens for you to browse around at your leisure, a delicious Tea Room serving home made treats from sandwiches to full dinners and our amazing Koi & Pond are considered to be one of the best in the country! The Tropical Fish centre recently claimed customer recognition as the biggest and best supplier in the region! Open 7 days a week, you are always welcome to visit us. Our Water Gardens are completely free and we have something for all members of your family. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Reviewed By 773MarkW
Massive improvement new owners really care, good to see years of neglect rectified, it is very much worth a visit, makes a nice afternoon out, good food, excellent range of plants and the fish centre is awesome the children love to see all the fish swimming about . Always a good plant bargin with the plant of the week offer
3. Red Lion
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 20 reviews
4. South Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 129 reviews
Reviewed By robnlou - Darlington, United Kingdom
We live near this park and in my opinion it is one of the best I have ever been to. It's beautiful in every season and my kids have virtually grown up there. Plenty for all ages to do.
5. St Cuthbert's Church
6. ORB Micropub
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Darlington’s first Micropub - ORB Micropub; Ale and Whisky House. We focus on providing the highest quality local real ales, craft beers and a wide range of single malt whiskies. We also provide excellent bottled beers (including gluten free beer) wines, spirits and soft drinks. The definition of a Micropub is 'a small freehouse which listens to its customers and promotes conversation' and we want to give our customers every opportunity to get involved.
Reviewed By Teddyheadpeck
Absolutely brilliant. Good beer, superb atmosphere and great conversation. Don't miss this if you are in Darlington.
7. Angels Cut
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By ChrisP4090 - Darlington, United Kingdom
We have adopted this little bar in Darlington as one of our favourite chill out venues. We love VooDoo on Skinnergate and hearing the owners had branched out onto Duke St we thought let’s give it a shot. Great range of ales, wines and spirits on offer. It’s worth popping in regularly as they change over quickly but there is always something great on offer. It’s a really relaxed atmosphere and the two staff on duty at different times are friendly and really helpful especially Peter who is so down to earth and very funny but ask him a question re alcohol and he turns into a connoisseur with loads of knowledge!! It would be great for this place to offer food -maybe upstairs as VooDoo is excellent!
8. Baydale Beck Inn
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By Sammyseal1
Fabulous food and great vegan choice! We all had a lovely meal and the vegan who was part of our party couldn’t believe the choice and quality of food- better she said than she had ever had before and considering she lives in London that’s pretty impressive. We enjoyed our parmos and the desserts were lovely. We will be back very soon!
9. Darlington Train Station
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 176 reviews
Reviewed By MrsJD2007 - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
I regular use this station as it is a good route to many places. There is technically only two sides to catch a train so easy to navigate. Plenty of parking £18 for 24hours Costa, Smith's, Cash machine, Staff available, ticket office and ticket machine.
10. Market Hall and Clock Tower
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 73 reviews
Reviewed By sheepygold
This market represents the heart of the town. It has an impressive clock tower on the outside and an interesting market within selling fruit and vegetables, meat, fish as well as an extremely extensive haberdashery stall. There is a basic cafe inside and a number of eateries on the boundary.
