Aycliffe Village
Old village situated south of Newton Aycliffe.
County: 13 The Green DL5 6LX (01325) 312273
Website: www.the-county.co.uk
Opening Hours: 12-2 &
5.30-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Wells Bombardier; up to 2 guest
beers
High quality restaurant. Booking advisable for meals (not Sun).
North Briton: High Street DL5 6JX (01325) 312281
Opening Hours: 3-11.30
Mon-Thu; 12-12.30am Fri-Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; guest beer
Lunches (Sun)
Royal Telegraph: 6 North Terrace DL5 6LG, (01325) 313155
Opening Hours: 11-midnight
Mon-Sat; 12-11 Sun
Greene King IPA
Bishopton
Leafy village six miles north east of Darlington, closer to Stockton.
Blue Bell: 31 High Street TS21 1EZ, (01740) 630774
Opening Hours: 4-11.30 Mon;
12-2 & 3-11.30 Tue & Wed; 12-midnight Thu-Sat; 12-11.30 Sun
Greene King Old Speckled Hen
Lunches (Wed-Sun); evening meals (Wed-Sat).
Talbot: The Green TS21 1HE, (01740) 630371
Opening Hours: 11.30-3 &
5.30-11 Mon-Sat; 12-4 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; Cameron's Strongarm
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).
Coatham Mundeville
Hamlet four miles north of Darlington, close to the A1(M).
Foresters Arms: Brafferton Lane DL1 3LU, (01325) 320565
Opening Hours: 4-11 Mon &
Tue; Noon-11pm Wed; Noon-11.30pm Thu; 12-midnight Fri & Sat;
12-11 Sun
John Smith's Magnet; Taylor Landlord; Wells
Bombardier
Meals available 12-9pm (Wed-Sat); 12-5pm (Sun).
Stables Bar: Hall Garth Hotel, Brafferton Lane DL1 3LU, (01325) 300400
Website: www.corushotels.com
Opening Hours: 11-11.30 Mon-Sat;
12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter, Riggwelter
Lunches; evening meals (meals available all day Sat).
Creebeck
Close to the A66 bypass close to Darlington Football Club's stadium.
Tawny Owl: Neasham Road DL2 1LE, (01325) 389027
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat;
11-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; Draught Bass
Meals available all day.
Great Stainton
Situated five miles north east of Darlington.
King's Arms: The Green TS21 1NA, (01740) 630360
Website: www.kingsarmspub.co.uk
Opening Hours: 11.30-3 &
6-11 Mon-Sat; 12-3.30 & 6.30-midnight Sun
Up to 2 guest beers
Lunches; evening meals.
Heighington
Large escarpment village six miles north west of Darlington.
Bay Horse: 28 West Green DL5 6PE, (01325) 312312
Opening Hours: 11-midnight
Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; John Smith's Magnet;
Taylor Landlord; up to 2 guest beers; Old Rosie Cider
Lunches; evening meals.
Cumby Arms: Beech Crescent DL5 6PT, (01325) 316753
Opening Hours: 12-2 (not Mon);
5-midnight Mon-Fri; 12-midnight Sat; 12-11 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; Taylor Landlord
Lunches (not Mon); Evening meals (Tue-Sun).
Dog Inn: Cross Lanes (A68) DL2 2TX, (01325) 312152
Website: www.dogA68.com
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat;
12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; guest beer
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun or Mon).
George & Dragon: 4 East Green DL5 6PP, (01325) 313152
Opening Hours: 5-11 Mon &
Tue; 12-3
& 5-11 Wed-Thu; 12-11 Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; John Smith's
Magnet; Wells Bombardier; up to 2 guest beers
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).
Heighington Station
One mile east of Heighington. On 16 September 1825 the Locomotion, Robert Stephenson's first locomotive was lifted onto the rails. Eleven days later it inaugurated the Stockton & Darlington Railway.
Locomotion One: Heighington Lane DL5 6QG, (01325) 320132
Website: www.thelocomotion1.co.uk
Opening Hours: 11-midnight
Mon-Fri; 11-11 Sat & Sun
Jennings Cumberland Ale; up to 3 guest beers
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun). Carvery on Sundays.
High Coniscliffe
Four miles west of Darlington on A67.
Duke of Wellington: 32 The Green DL2 2LJ, (01325) 374283
Opening Hours: 3-midnight
Mon-Thu; 12-midnight Fri & Sat & bank holidays; 12-10.30 Sun
Cameron's Strongarm; Theakston Best Bitter
Lunches (Fri-Sun).
Hurworth on Tees
Three miles south of Darlington. The 18th century mathematician William Emerson lived here.
Bay Horse: 45 The Green DL2 2AA, (01325) 720663
Opening Hours: 6-midnight
Mon-Thu; 12-3 & 6-midnight Fri; 12-midnight Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; Morland Old
Speckled Hen; up to 2 guest beers
Meals available all day.
The Otter and Fish: 1 Strait Lane DL2 2AH, (01325) 720019
Email: r.weeks@btconnect.com
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; Caledonian
Deuchars IPA; Tetley Bitter
Lunches; evening meals.
Hurworth Place
Three miles south of Darlington on A167.
The Comet Hotel: 16 Tees View DL2 2DH, (01325) 722228
Opening Hours: 11.30-3 &
5-11 Mon-Thu; 11.30-11 Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; John Smith's
Bitter
Lunches & evening meals (Mon-Thu); Meals available all day (Fri-Sun).
Low Coniscliffe
On A67, across the beck from west Darlington.
Baydale Beck: Coniscliffe Road DL2 2JX, (01325) 469637
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat;
12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; John Smith's
Magnet; guest beer
Lunches; evening meals.
Middleton One Row
Part of Middleton St George overlooking the Tees and North Yorkshire.
Devonport Hotel: 18 The Front DL2 1AS, (01325) 332255
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat;
12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; Caledonian
Deuchars IPA; Theakston Best Bitter
Bar meals available all day.
Middleton St George
Four miles east of Darlington on A67.
Fighting Cocks: Darlington Road DL2 1JT, (01325) 332327
Website: www.fightingcocksmsg.co.uk
Opening Hours: 12-11
Mon-Thu; 12-midnight Fri; 12-11 Sat; 12-11.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; John Smith's
Magnet; Marston's Pedigree
Lunches; evening meals.
Oak Tree: Yarm Road DL2 1HN, (01325) 332642
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat;
12-10.30 Sun
Wells Bombardier
Meals available all day.
Middridge
Two miles west of Newton Aycliffe.
Bay Horse: South Side DL5 7JD, (01325) 312653
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Thu;
11.30- late Fri & Sat;
12-10.30 Sun
Cameron's Bitter; up to two guest beers
Meals available all day.
Morton Palms
On A67 between Darlington and Middleton St George.
Old Farmhouse: Yarm Road DL2 1JY, (01325) 332191
Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat;
11.30-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter
Meals available all day.
Neasham
Three miles south east of Darlington.
Fox and Hounds: 24 Teesway DL2 1QP, (01325) 720350
Opening Hours: 7-11 Mon; 12-2.30
& 6-11 Tues-Fri; 11.30-2.30 & 6-11 Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter; guest beer
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).
Newton Aycliffe
Six miles north of Darlington.
Cobblers Hall: Carers Way, Woodham DL5 4PG, (01325) 315899
Opening Hours: 11-11
Banks's Original; Jennings Cumberland Ale; Marston's Pedigree;
up to 2 guest beers
Meals available 11-9 (Mon-Sat) and 12-8 (Sun).
Piercebridge
Six miles west of Darlington, off A67 where the Roman Dere Street crossed the Tees. Part of the village is also in North Yorkshire, visit Piercebridge in the North Yorkshire Pub Guide to see other entries.
Carlbury Arms: DL2 3SJ, (01325) 720350
Website: www.thecarlburyarms.co.uk
Opening Hours: 11.30-3 &
6-11; 11.30-11 Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Up to two guest beers
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).
Preston-le-Skerne
One mile east of A167 at Gretna Green, Newton Aycliffe.
Blacksmith's Arms: Ricknall Lane DL5 6JH, (01325) 314873
Opening Hours: 11.30-2 &
6-11 Tue-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun (Closed Mon)
Up to three guest beers
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).
CAMRA
AWARDS:
Country Pub of the Year
1999
County Durham Pub of the Season
2009
Redworth
On A6072 north of Heighington.
Redworth Hall Hotel: Main Road DL5 6NL, (01325) 770600
Website: www.paramount-hotels.co.uk
Opening Hours: 11-late Mon-Sun
Black Sheep Best Bitter
Lunches; evening meals.
Sadberge
Four miles east of Darlington, off A66.
Buck Inn: Middleton Road DL2 1RR, (01325) 332416
Opening Hours: 11-3 & 5-11
Mon-Thu; 11-11 Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun
Cameron's Strongarms; Marston's Pedigree
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).
Walworth
Five miles north west of Darlington.
Walworth Castle Hotel (Farmers Bar) DL2 2LY, (01325) 485470
Website: www.walworthcastle.co.uk
Opening hours: 12-2 & 7-11
Black Sheep Best Bitter; guest beer
Lunches; evening meals (not Sun).