DARLINGTON hit the big time in 1825, when George Stephenson's Locomotion hurtled from here to nearby Stockton-on-Tees, with the inventor at the controls and flag-carrying horsemen riding ahead to warn of the onrushing train, which reached a terrifying fifteen miles per hour. This novel form of transport soon proved popular with passengers, an unlooked-for bonus for Edward Pease, the line's instigator: he had simply wanted a fast and economical way to transport coal from the Durham pits to the docks at Stockton. Subsequently, Darlington grew into a rail-engineering centre, and didn't look back … more »
There's shopping galore all year round, with open-air market on Monday... more »
Darlington is a town in North East England and the main population centre... more »
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