DARLINGTON PUB GUIDE

Market town of Saxon origin. Its character owes most to influential Quaker families who put the town to the fore of the industrial revolution, mostly notably the pioneering Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825.

Darlington: Town Centre

Britannia: 1 Archer Street DL3 6LR. Tel (01325) 463787

Opening Hours: 11.30-3 & 5.30-11 Mon-Wed; 11.30-11 Thu-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Camerons Strongarm; John Smiths Bitter; guest beers

LOCAL CAMRA AWARDS: 

Town Pub of the Year 2005

Town Community Pub Award 2007 and 2008

Glittering Star: 9 Stonebridge DL1 1PB. Tel (01325) 353191

Opening Hours: 12-11 Mon-Sun

Samuel Smiths OBB

    

Hole in the Wall: 15 Horsemarket DL1 5PT. Tel (01325) 466720

Website: www.holeinthewalldarlo.co.uk

Opening Hours: 11-11.30 Mon-Thu; 11-midnight Fri & Sat; 12-11 Sun

Black Sheep Best Bitter; Camerons Strongarm

Thai food served lunchtimes (not Sun) in the bar; evenings Thu-Sat upstairs

Hoskins: 43 Blackwellgate DL1 5HW. Tel (01325) 465063

Website: www.partyatthepub.co.uk/bars/the-hoskins

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Thu; 11-late Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beers

Meals available all day

Number Twenty-2: 22 Coniscliffe Road DL3 7RG. Tel (01325) 354590

Website: www.twenty2.villagebrewer.co.uk

Opening Hours: 12-11; closed Sun & some Bank Holidays

Village Brewer White Boar, Zetland, Bull Premium, Old Raby Ale; guest beers

Lunches

LOCAL CAMRA & NATIONAL CAMRA AWARDS: 

Branch Pub of the Year 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008

North East Pub of the Year 1997, 1998, 1999

Highly Recommended in the National Pub of the Year Competition 1999

Town Pub of the Year 2007

Town Pub of the Season 2011

Old Yard Tapas Bar: 98 Bondgate DL3 7JY. Tel (01325) 467385

Website: www.tapasbar.co.uk

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Theakstons Old Peculier; guest beers

Lunches and evening meals (Spanish and Greek dishes)

LOCAL CAMRA AWARDS: 

Town Pub of the Season 2009, 2010, 2012

Pennyweight: 8 Bakehouse Hill DL1 5QA. Tel (01325) 464244

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Black Sheep Best Bitter; Caledonian Deuchars IPA; guest beers

Lunches

Quakerhouse: Mechanics Yard, High Row DL3 7QF. Tel (07783) 960105

Website: www.quakerhouse.net

Opening Hours: 11-midnight Mon-Sat; 12-midnight Sun

Guest beers; Westons Old Rosie Cider

LOCAL CAMRA & NATIONAL CAMRA AWARDS: 

Branch Pub of the Year 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

Town Pub of the Year 2010

North East Pub of the Year (3rd Place) 2009, 2012

The Old Vic: 95a Victoria Road DL1 5JQ. Tel (01325) 251199

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 1-11 Sun

Guest beers; cider

The Quays: 5 Tubwell Row DL1 1NU. Tel (01325) 461448

Website: www.the-quays.info

Opening Hours: 11-midnight Mon-Sat; 12-midnight Sun

Guest beers

Red Lion: 37 Priestgate DL1 1NG. Tel (01325) 467619

Opening Hours: 11-11.30 Mon-Fri; 11-12.30am Sat & Sun

Greene King IPA, Abbott Ale

Lunches (not Sun)

Round Tree: 24 Duke Street DL3 7AQ. Tel (07875) 411430

Opening Hours: Noon-late Mon-Sun

Guest beer

  

Tanners Hall (JD Wetherspoon): 62-64 Skinnergate DL3 7LL. Tel (01325) 369939

Opening Hours: 9am-midnight Sun-Thu; 9-1am Fri & Sat

Greene King IPA, Ruddles Best Bitter; guest beers

Meals available all day

Tap & Spile: 99 Bondgate DL3 7JY. Tel (01325) 381679

Opening Hours: 11.30-midnight Mon-Thu; 11.30-2am Fri & Sat; 12-midnight Sun

Wychwood Hobgoblin; guest beers; Westons Old Rosie Cider

Vesuvio: 3a Houndgate DL1 5RL. Tel (01325) 788564

Opening Hours: 10am-7 Tue & Wed; 10am-10 Thu; 10am-midnight Mon, Fri & Sat; 12-7 Sun

Guest beer

Wine bar also stocking a large range of bottled real ales from the UK along with foreign imported bottled beer.

Voodoo Cafe: 84 Skinnergate DL3 7LX. Tel (01325) 467555

Website: www.voodoocafe.co.uk

Opening Hours: 10-4 Mon; 10-midnight Tues-Sat; 11-4 Sun

Guest beers

A Mexican/South American themed continental style cafe which also specialises in a large range of bottled beers from North American microbreweries and South America.

Food available until 10pm from Tuesday to Saturday

William Stead (JD Wetherspoon): 8 Crown Street DL1 1LU. Tel (01325) 382151

Opening Hours: 9am-midnight Sun-Thu; 9am-1am Fri & Sat

Greene King IPA, Ruddles Best Bitter; guest beers

Meals available all day until 10pm

Darlington: Suburbia

Builders Arms: 19 Hopetown Lane DL3 6RQ. Tel (01325) 354838

Opening Hours: 12-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beer

Central Borough: 12 Hopetown Lane DL3 6RQ. Tel (01325) 265609

Opening Ho[CURRENTLY CLOSED]; 12-10.30 Sun

Greene King Old Speckled Hen; guest beer

Copper Beech: Neasham Road DL1 4DH. Tel (01325) 462951

Opening Hours: 12-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Black Sheep Best Bitter; Camerons Strongarm

Lunches; evening meals

Grey Horse: 39 Haughton Green DL1 2DD. Tel (01325) 465402

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beer

Highland Laddie: 88 Haughton Green DL1 2DF. Tel (01325) 487671

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Thu; 11-11.30 Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beers from the Marstons range

Lunches; evening meals

Model T: 136 Fulthorpe Avenue, Mowden DL3 9XT. Tel (01325) 462681

Opening Hours: 5-11.30 Mon-Fri; 12-11.30 Sat & Sun

Guest beers from the Marstons range

Railway Tavern: 8 High Northgate (A167) DL1 1UN. Tel (01325) 464963

Opening Hours: 2.30-11.30 Mon-Thu; 12-midnight Fri & Sat; 12-11.30 Sun

Guest beer

Shuttle & Loom: Whinfield Road DL1 3RW. Tel (01325) 460048

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Thu; 11-midnight Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beer

Meals available all day

   

Stressholme Golf Club: Snipe Lane DL2 2SA. Tel (01325) 353073

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sun

Guest beer

Meals available all day

 

Springfield: Whinfield Road DL1 2RB. Tel (01325) 288669

Opening Hours: 11-11 Sun-Wed; 11-11.30 Thu; 11-midnight Fri & Sat

Guest beers from the Marstons range

Meals available all day

   

The Brinkburn: Lady Kathryn Grove DL3 0YR. Tel (01325) 464309

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sun

Thwaites Wainwright; Wells Bombardier

Traveller’s Rest: 2 West Auckland Road DL3 9ER. Tel (01325) 468177

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beers

Lunches; evening meals

 

White Heifer That Travelled: John Fowler Way DL2 2GG. Tel (01325) 462464

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Thu; 11-midnight Fri & Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beers from the Marstons range

Meals available all day until 9pm

 

White Horse: North Road, Harrowgate Hill DL1 3AD. Tel (01325) 463262

Opening Hours: 11-midnight Mon-Sun

Guest beer

Meals available all day until 9pm

Darlington: Clubs

Central WMC: 7 Beaumont Street DL1 5RN. Tel (01325) 464054

Opening Hours: 11-4 & 6.30-11 Mon-Tue & Thu-Fri; 11-4 & 6.30-10.30 Wed; 11-11 Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beers

 

Darlington Cricket Club: South Terrace DL1 5JD. Tel (01325) 250044

Opening Hours: 7.30-midnight Mon-Thu; 7-midnight Fri; 12-midnight Sat; 12-11.30 Sun

Jennings Cumberland Ale; guest beer

LOCAL CAMRA & NATIONAL CAMRA AWARDS: 

Branch Club of the Year 2003

North East Club of the Year 2003 

Darlington Mowden Park Rugby Club: Neasham Road DL2 1DL. Tel (01325) 465932

Opening Hours: 6.30-11 Mon-Thu; 4-11 Fri; 12-11 Sat & Sun

Guest beers

Darlington Rugby Club: Grange Road DL1 5NR. Tel (01325) 363777

Opening Hours: 11-11 Mon-Sat; 12-10.30 Sun

Guest beers

Lunches; evening meals (not Sun)

 

Darlington Snooker Club: 1 Corporation Road DL3 6AE. Tel (01325) 241388

Opening Hours: 12-midnight Mon-Thu; 12-late Fri & Sat; 12-midnight Sun

Guest beers

LOCAL CAMRA & NATIONAL CAMRA AWARDS:

Branch Club of the Year 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

North East Club of the Year 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012

Darlington: Shops

The following stock bottled real ales:

ASDA: Haughton Road DL1 1SS. Tel (01325) 551710

           Neasham Road DL1 4DF.  Tel (01325) 551710

           Whinbush Way DL1 3RB.  Tel (01325) 373410

Cheese & Wine Shop: Clark’s Yard DL3 7QH. Tel (01325) 384803

Co-Operative: 2 Cockerton Green DL3 9AA. Tel (01325) 468430

Hop & Grape: 117-119 North Road DL1 2PS. Tel (01325) 380780

Ken Warne: 17 Cleveland Terrace DL3 7HD. Tel (01325) 462198

Majestic Wine Warehouse: 163 Grange Road DL1 5NT. Tel (01325) 749521

Morrisons: North Road DL1 2PY. Tel (01325) 469158

                  Morton Park DL1 4PJ. Tel (01325) 460011

Olympic Mini Stores: 2 Olympic Street DL3 6DL. Tel (01325) 361093

Sainsburys: Victoria Road DL1 5JG. Tel (01325) 465915

The Crafty Pint: Units 59&60, Darlington Indoor Market DL1 5PZ. Tel (07804) 305175