Development: Westville Quarter

Westville Quarter

Just three minutes’ drive from the A1, bringing Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne within an hour’s drive to the north, Westville Quarter is only half an hour from Middlesbrough and a little over an hour from Leeds and York by road. Direct trains from Darlington operate to Edinburgh via Newcastle and York, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and London Kings Cross. Buses into the town centre and railway station stop five minutes’ walk away and Darlington’s network of cycle and footpaths passes a quarter of a mile to the south.

An excellent selection of shops can be found nearby. A precinct on Whitby Way incorporates a large convenience store and a choice of takeaways, while West Park, ten minutes’ walk away, features a large Co-op, Aldi and M&S supermarkets and a pharmacy. Another shopping area, twenty five minutes’ walk away at Cockerton, offers a butcher, hardware store, pharmacy, post office and other specialists. In Darlington’s vibrant Town Centre, attractive traditional streets with pubs, cafés and restaurants sit alongside indoor shopping centres, an arcade, a Victorian covered market and an outdoor market, mixing high street chains with an exceptional range of independent traders.