Darlington Tickets

Darlington
Have you heard about The gateway to the Tees Valley? If you have not, then you should know about Darlington, a town in County Durham, England. In 1997, Darlingtons population was 97,838. The football team Darlington F.C. plays here.

The town has rich cultural significance with two rivers River Tees and River Skerne making their way through it. The town lies adjacent to The Pennines and Cleveland Hills. Initially, the town was a Saxon settlement on the River Skerne. An old market area in the town centre carries an attractive appeal. St Cuthberts Church is one of the most crucial and elegant ancient churches in the north of England.

It was Darlington where the first passenger train journey took place in 1825. Later on, railway manufacturing started here with three plants, North Road Shops, Robert Stephenson & Co. and Faverdale Wagon Works. The newspaper in the town, The Northern Echo newspaper based in Priestgate started its publication with coverage of both national and international news.

A lot of innovation has been carried out in the town recently with focus on removing Victorian features along High Row. The public has welcomed these changes with open hands. In 2007, an anchor store Debenhams was set up replacing an old center Queen Street shopping center. A small accident in mid 2008 took place in Darlington when Kings Hotel in the town center was accidentally set ablaze severely damaging the roof and 100 bedrooms.

When you want musicals, dramas and plays, The Civic Theatre in Darlington is doing its job very well. The theatre also takes up smaller events, film screenings and further experimental matter. Then Carmel Rhythm Club provides music fans with something more to go. The shopping experience at Darlington is good too with high street national stores. For the premium stuff, there are some attractive designer stores, art galleries, original stores and restaurants at Grange Road. Arcadia is one spot where youngsters flock to buy colorful clothes, shoes and jewellery. And when you are absolutely bored to death then Darlington Dog Show makes your mood better which has been on since 1969.

For games, football teams Football League Two and Darlington Railway Athletic make you feel at home while Rugby teams Darlington RFC and Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C. help enthrall you. For marathon, The Darlington 10K road run in August every year helps many athletes participate and entertain people.

Dolphin Center in Darlington hosts lots of sporting activities. The town has its own daily and weekly newspapers, plus a radio station, Alpha. Get Darlington Tickets for a wonderful touring pleasure!