Welcome

Welcome to Darlington - this is the official Darlington visitor site for Darlington for accommodation, events, eating out, shopping and things to see and do in Darlington.

We are located in the vibrant Tees Valley region in friendly and trendy North East England. 

Enjoy finding out what makes Darlington so different.  We can help with accommodation; events; eating out and ideas for things to see and do - everything you want to know.  We've got wonderful public art and sculpture, with our award-winning student 'Art in the Yards' located in Clark's and Buckton's Yards, in the heart of the town centre.

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Relax in our superb accommodation range.  Choose from rural castles, boutique hotels, golf and country clubs, cosy bed and breakfast establishments or stylish self catering properties.

Savour great eating out opportunities and join our FREE dine eating out scheme.  Use this handy link to find out about 'dine' offers and Members Cards - the PDF below shows you all of the dine offers for the current month!

Enjoy our up-market unique shopping and independent stores, which you won't find anywhere else and our great traditional and contemporary markets.

Discover our exciting town centre, with its exciting events programme; wonderful public art and sculpture such as the 'Market Cascade', 'Life Pulse' and the student 'Street Art' in Clark's and Buckton's Yards. 

Explore the great outdoors.  From our glorious 91 acre South Park, to delightful walks in beautiful countryside; world-class heritage to great sports  facilities.

Dress up for fun nightlife with great theatre, live music, comedy, entertainment, award-winning bars, pubs and clubs.

For group travel our partner organisation visitTeesvalley can help or you can download the Tees Valley group travel guide for an excellent range of itinerary ideas.

Delight in your visit to Darlington - discover the difference!