England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Darlington
Darlington is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 93,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Darlington, with about 63 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- MME8 km · Teesside International Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Darlington
Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, 13 miles (21 km) west of Middlesbrough and 17 miles (27 km) south of Durham.
To the Anglo-Saxons this was Dearthington, "the settlement of Deornoth's people", but the Normans shortened it to Derlington. It was a small market town until the dawn of the railway age: on 27 Sept 1825 Stephenson's steam locomotive hauled passengers through town on the inaugural run from Shildon to Stockton. Thus began 200 glorious years of railway cut-backs, as after that ceremonial run the passengers had to make do with horse-drawn coaches, while the steam loco hauled more profitable coal.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Darlington
See
- Clock Tower
- Hopetown
- St Andrew's
- Brick Train
- Thornton Hall Gardens
- Piercebridge
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Darlington
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Darlington hotel | 63 | 4.5/5 1,022 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Darlington
18 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Blackwell Grange | 1.2 km | |
| Croft Spa Hotel | 4.5 km | |
| Headlam Hall | 11.7 km | |
| Raby Hunt Inn | 9.8 km | |
| Redworth Hall | 10.2 km | |
| Rockliffe Hall | 5.0 km | |
| Bannatyne Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| Dinsdale Park | 1829 | 5.8 km |
| Edge Hotel | 24.5 km | |
| George Hotel | 7.7 km | |
| The Lord Nelson Inn | 13.9 km | |
| The Old Manor House Hotel | 16.2 km | |
| The White Horse | 3.5 km | |
| Former King's Arms Inn | 16.9 km | |
| Newbus Arms Hotel | 5.6 km | |
| OYO Hotel 119 OYO Rooms | 0.5 km | |
| The Queen's Head Hotel | 0.3 km | |
| The Red Lion Hotel | 0.4 km |
All 19 hotels in Darlington, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Darlington
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Darlington are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 76 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Darlington: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Teesside International Airport (MME), about 8.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Newcastle International Airport (NCL, 58 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 73 km) are also within reach.
MME · Teesside International Airport
NCL · Newcastle International Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Darlington
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Darlington: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Darlington?
By published guest score: Travelodge Darlington (4.5 / 5 · 1,022 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Darlington?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Darlington are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; November is the wettest, with about 76 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Darlington?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Teesside International Airport (MME), about 8.4 km from the city centre in a straight line; Newcastle International Airport (NCL, 58 km) and Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA, 73 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Darlington?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Darlington
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.