Walking the Line – The Darlington Circular 1st December 2024
Continuing our programme to revise and update our self-guided walks booklets before 2025, our next Walking the Line event will be on the 1st December at 11am. We will meet at the foot of the steps up to the Goods Shed, Hopetown on the corner of McNay Street and North Road. This is immediately adjacent to North Road Station so why not arrive by train?
The purpose of this walk is to check the content of the revised walk book content and the new route before the redesign and printing.
You can download a copy of the working draft here:
This is an urban walk, not especially long (2.1 miles) but there will be a lot of stops which can be tiring. It will take at least two hours largely due to these interesting stops along the way. Allow for more.
We will end the walk at Hopetown where you can have refreshments and use the loos at the Clocktower Café after we have been around the outside of the buildings. You will be free to spend as much time as you like at Hopetown once we have finished the walk – entrance is free. Please book your own entrance ticket for about 1.15pm. You can do this here: https://tickets.hopetowndarlington.co.uk/#calendar
Dogs are welcome, but please note that while dogs are welcome in the café at Hopetown and throughout the grounds, they cannot go inside the museum or carriage works.
If you plan to join us on this walk, please send your name, email address, mobile phone number and next of kin’s phone number before the 1st December to caroline@aenvironment.co.uk. Your contact details are required so we can get in touch on the day if plans unexpectedly change and your next of kin’s number is in case you get run over trying to cross North Road. And don’t forget to book your entrance into Hopetown for about 1.15pm (I don’t think it will matter too much if we are a little late or early).
The updating and redesign of this booklet has been made possible by sponsorship from Husqvarna.
Caroline Hardie. M: 07773 195686. E: caroline@aenvironment.co.uk