County Durham
Darlington
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Darlington is best known as the birthplace of the modern railway, for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and its Quaker market-town heritage.
Postcode districts: DL1, DL3
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Darlington holds a landmark place in transport history as the birthplace of the modern railway — the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened in 1825, was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, and the town's Head of Steam museum tells the story, including Stephenson's Locomotion No.1. A former Quaker market and engineering town in County Durham, Darlington has good East Coast Main Line links and an affordable, steady rental market.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Darlington", Wikidata Q171240 region; Q661 region; Q659454) and Darlington Borough Council / Head of Steam museum information.
Page prepared 2026-11-07. Figures come from the official sources named on each card; where we don't have reliable data we say so.