Best Places to Visit Near Darlington
Visit some of the best attractions in the vicinity of Darlington with hundreds to choose from to make your perfect day out or weekend break away. Browse the below list featuring some of the best destinations (such as Durham, Sunderland, Ripon) or select map view to search geographically.
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Cities and Localities Near Darlington
Where to go for a weekend trip near Darlington? A list of surrounding cities, towns and villages nearby or close to the suburbs of Darlington within a 50 mile radius.
City
![durham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c7cd6fcb3578c91554389d496be62c84.jpg?1658332184)
City
![sunderland](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/14cd3cb2f9c88ab45cd5dc6d24edce9c.jpg?1632640267)
City
![ripon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9d5dc2e7a70b639201d5f86b95f6fc4d.jpg?1589104353)
Town
![hartlepool](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fff76b741a15f277071b3c02fe727511.jpg?1657026780)
Town
![stockton on tees](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fe2f75426922a739543c980953a9a16e.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![middlesbrough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2c3ab40b1f9561bee1ba701ad06bc98d.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![bishop auckland](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/adc5efaae160f987be31daea5e50eeea.jpg?1625734310)
Town
![richmond](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/609bd51523f87c4bb88d8727b9fbc555.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![hawes yorkshire dales national park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d1ac80fe1b1d9d100d878dfd61071c7d.jpg?1634140752)
Town
![barnard castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3a9c1b6ff31bf563e618ec2bbea05680.jpg?1618941420)
Town
![thirsk](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/22fd7b5089c5ad0df9262cc7b49639bd.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![helmsley](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2cbea2409bc00aaf5c85ebb04c9956ed.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![northallerton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/25cce381fba38644fd866c2e11339048.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![guisborough](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/18dc15adea0c7bc20fff36461cc024bf.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![yarm](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1420bd6398d575c73757788612da9212.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![yorkshire dales yorkshire dales national park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0e0b0f29790c9c14b35c89f249415e43.jpg?1628788601)
Town
![redcar](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/812da61924d838e735e6ddc7db8f08b0.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![saltburn by the sea](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/fdab7df5edb8df1b64871a6196165cb7.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![leyburn](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a0279db31e5c0a2d43368a96b880a720.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![chester le street](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b6f8eb6bf5fd476c8e3a48880bf5efce.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![north york moors](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/74bdc2d0daeb191dd1b994b072a84849.jpg?1616948294)
Town
![bedale](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c1a428bc0b23dcd80ee2ad8ca8470f73.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![consett](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/db45a66b57af8bea25c29ca656baecb9.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![beamish](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a2814f7df5ad78f68124588a9b00882c.jpg?1592816671)
Village
![keld](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0ee038a6bba8000b17acb2c7317dc860.jpg?1648401511)
Town
![stanhope](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e9ff9fe34675840dddf2dc5203cb37cd.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![sedgefield](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8118fa9dde3a5167e3f3737e621f49f2.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![shildon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cb555152d73d4ac47ac9aa8b8dbc7156.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![seaham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/af15d87fa521dd3c73350a2b527a951d.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![nidderdale aonb](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f08140ace8b16cbc94f9f9468f69f430.jpg?1648404712)
National park
![yorkshire dales national park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ef5dca37ae7a88508017ed851ab536fd.jpg?1592755503)
Town
![masham](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cb127ac37980a7f8291451f8b9118000.jpg?1648403504)
Town
![newton aycliffe](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4940a5ec8c569f9920fc6e7efa01b6b7.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![boroughbridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e8d059fa92beceae1379ed6cf6f59674.jpg?1582270511)
Locality
![staithes](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/a87f5d2bde41db6366701c285e34fff1.jpg?1648407958)
Town
![stanley](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5b67b4f6789c0d6ce79292c76801ebbf.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![middleton in teesdale](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/816704f8fbf0c460bf5b0379493040b0.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![great ayton](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cddcb04facfc9f6006166d1ecba69084.jpg?1582270511)
National park
![moor house upper teesdale](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/8cb174db07865789b0add5389c768f4f.jpg?1592586783)
Village
![marske by the sea](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9c6bcda1bbed3ce6e9136271ed806057.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![peterlee](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/28225ba6c95b5f4ae236d0b88ec0ed5e.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![danby north york moors](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4da38cb24b42a458c2291fb1564e4f40.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![hutton le hole north york moors](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/da9ea75e090ce0bf9c0538d1a3e0bd19.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![burnopfield](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f7a34e0ce10e60f81ae29360d7e209d1.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![catterick](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/b65ef40d0c4b01d9a6db3d35a42d1ae6.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![lanchester](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/40ae900f11853ae69917ac02a7281019.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![rowlands gill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/326ce64ff535a8c09cc715ae7f2afcf4.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![eaglescliffe](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2b8cf8cfd0b819c5d09424a03711d09e.jpg?1582270511)
Village
![trimdon](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9733c7ab88ed0c609f46596af38b397f.jpg?1582270511)
Town
![catterick garrison](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9acd8678e6ffdade8446725143572936.jpg?1582270511)
TOP Attractions
Best Day Trips from Darlington
Best Day Trips from Darlington
![How Stean Gorge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e18e8f3ed123f2b1949b231c98f46cd8.jpg?1648460602)
![Fountains Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d0f6b96859f953b971828a25adb9342e.jpg?1582270511)
![Castle Howard](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/44e61e7ba8981469307b28200b7d37e2.jpg?1582270511)
Elegant 18th-century house and estate
![Durham Cathedral](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f4e71aa7bd8ca5845b1710304320e279.jpg?1590334672)
Iconic, vaulted Romanesque building
![Locomotion](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9118fb212c2de7755b55b939218ea803.jpg?1590668707)
![High Force](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/93a7574b9b2c8cce6484e8b90c49bef8.jpg?1582270511)
![The Forbidden Corner](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ff34c71b9ee3f2106719a01a7da92f33.jpg?1592755595)
![Beamish Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4905da72e307c32112e9d4984c3a6be7.jpg?1602608739)
Open-air living museum of historic life
![Tanfield Railway](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/86632da11021975cd82eeba6ded9af32.jpg?1605205005)
![Studley Royal Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/06d6f91a382f6574ce3a99289ac0bbf3.jpg?1605721822)
![Hack Fall Wood](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/74ba8bb512b3911be102f6cee9933027.jpg?1648519009)
![National Portrait Gallery](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/69629e584bb8be5ef1522209c36df29d.jpg?1609518586)
Famous faces by famous artists
![Rievaulx Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/194f7c6891d27ce48df5485707ed4cb5.jpg?1582270511)
Valley-bound Cistercian abbey ruins
![Teesdale](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cf4a99c62418dc0aff648d838b57f10e.jpg?1618941131)
![Flamingo Land](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/08eb1cf1b6207c3411e60405db76dff2.jpg?1620028200)
Family theme park, resort, rides and zoo
![Wynyard Golf Club](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/766d7a150a9a101c0ffa2ed8c39fad12.jpg?1621175303)
![Auckland Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cf621f731ee757aa0bf3c5509fca361d.jpg?1625729137)
![Aysgarth Falls](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/04c6a15ea4374403fff7a615da0b9c5d.jpg?1582270511)
![Ripon Cathedral](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/58a9b53d5412261b788704a033942ae0.jpg?1630679512)
Medieval building with a Saxon crypt
![Stadium of Light](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/52e04892e0a37f2c71330d0431b1e5c1.jpg?1632639942)
![Low Force](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3f3cfb52f92e09a3372111520efbe432.jpg?1632649350)
![Gaping Gill](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4a6a1956cc30aae1563c7afb7299283b.jpg?1582270511)
![Hardraw Force](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5a40386e2d0142108aa538ec77945af5.jpg?1634140194)
![Bowes Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ee1cb567a52e0d76855f1cd8194ff753.jpg?1582270511)
![Dalton Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/c040bc272f7a75bcb9123b82af455412.jpg?1582270511)
![Ripon Racecourse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5e04fb22c7120170dae9172506801971.jpg?1656671997)
![Durham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1a1889b77f08be21700166d5dd6a2fe4.jpg?1658332814)
![Riverside Stadium](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/3992c74da742777696f5df89ab55be0a.jpg?1657113831)
![Belsay Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/72a2d595af7932ff67d9b4700af1f98f.jpg?1582270511)
![Matfen Hall](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1f2916d6ec802ae44b84ae8e3d68fa90.jpg?1582270511)
![White Scar Cave](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/4e1969555ca6e3ab0d815ed4fda84371.jpg?1582270511)
![Kumali](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/affa1ac22378019944699f108992827c.jpg?1582270511)
![Thirsk Racecourse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2fa701697759e1c2303fcd51cfcaeef8.jpg?1582270511)
![Oriental Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/e94ca43b92d3238c61cded137f5734c3.jpg?1658331596)
![Catterick Racecourse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/7854b6fadfb14ecf37f4aeeecad458e1.jpg?1582270511)
![Sedgefield Racecourse](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/352f153cb54b6b807764cba14cb595ec.jpg?1582270511)
![Cauldron Snout](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/735829daa1515a46ce23d1ee51540e75.jpg?1582270511)
![Haweswater Reservoir](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/068bffeca30335d224e1d895439de7f6.jpg?1648518292)
![Great Douk Cave](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9f4ef94850bec6384774f6dbd517edc6.jpg?1582270511)
![Garsdale](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ba86c48b3d626904a3454a0469dab9f5.jpg?1648448832)
![Richmond Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/08ef2109644988a1f90ba94c0324e04f.jpg?1582270511)
![Gisborough Priory](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/5f69f4ee047d41fffb615e0c4db03658.jpg?1582270511)
![Pelaw Grange](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/0e016690f7ffc4c0add2d3fc80dff7cb.jpg?1582270511)
![The Ultimate Roller Coaster](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/97ce31754880b4b63d9037fc525a04a0.jpg?1582270511)
![Brougham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1a30e71a15f9d5d48572cd73fa571aae.jpg?1582270511)
![Ingleborough Cave](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/40008cdcdabe3ea22ccb2ac59f3b6046.jpg?1582270511)
![Mowbray Park](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/35b01ebf8337d8ac612d0dba0e8f14f4.jpg?1582270511)
![Prebends Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/6b9b3fd70450461317404738b8a99e3f.jpg?1658331786)
![Middleham Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/1599a3e7808b3af8031e0a3c47ac0099.jpg?1582270511)
Remains of Richard III's childhood home
![Tees Transporter Bridge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/27440abd6d20d3030fec27d0b70be38a.jpg?1657113639)
![Farndale](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/d2896ffd5f32f1ceb49efb2dd3eb413d.jpg?1648526480)
![Easby Abbey](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/22a820038ceb62ee02b4ab5f4d74131a.jpg?1582270511)
![Roseberry Topping](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/ae3c8144f749ba5168a90e9848b4a96f.jpg?1582270511)
![Stump Cross Caverns](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/9369dfc29ed5750803c789aa366335d2.jpg?1582270511)
![Ribblehead Viaduct](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/bd6981a4668c6a109bcac53d0a422f1a.jpg?1656936349)
![Durham University Museum of Archaeology](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/68787279fc408360a9826a9178269de1.jpg?1582270511)
![Bolton Castle](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/f5754e0d574d80028792a5365be05540.jpg?1582270511)
Historic site with tours and a tearoom
![North of England Lead Mining Museum](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/cffe6b6ac558e85203795d703a07da94.jpg?1582270511)
![Allen Banks & Staward Gorge](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/457a35fa618e2f331a293536e3796a39.jpg?1582270511)
![Redheugh Gardens War Memorial](https://tzmedia.b-cdn.net/media/images/gb/place/420/2f7fbda865260a9b698a72d5bff19464.jpg?1657026382)