The newly refurbished museum offers a unique experience to visitors through interactive displays and audio visual equipment, telling the story of the history of Darlington and the impact of railways.

From 1849 Tees Cottage Pumping Station revolutionized water supply in Darlington and Teeside by offering cleaner, piped water to inhabitants who had previously relied on wells and rainwater tubs. The engines at Tees Cottage pumped water from the River Tees, which was...

Kiplin Hall, in England's beautiful Vale of Mowbray, was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. Its design was unique in Jacobean architecture, with central domed towers on each...

Elegant 17th-century manor house with a beautiful carved staircase

Engineers may have designed the railways, but it was left to vast gangs of navvies to build them – the word 'navvy' came from the 'navigators' who built the first ‘navigation canals’ in the eighteenth century.

At Butterfly World you can enter the magical world of a Tropical Rain Forest, where you can stroll at your leisure past beautiful trees and flowers. Sit beside the splashing waterfalls and pools and enjoy watching the vibrant wing beats of hundreds of the worlds most...

The museum provides a wonderful opportunity to explore domestic life of the past with the many recreated period rooms ranging from an 1880s parlour to a 1960s bedsit. There is also a recreation of a typical Victorian street where demonstrations of traditional crafts...

Green Dragon Studios consist of fully equipped rehearsal spaces, a recording studio with live rooms and isolation booth; we also have a hard-wired link to The Georgian Theatre - our venue situated just next door - offering all manner of possibilities from recording...

Explore the impressive remains of a Roman bath house with its amazing 1,700 year old under floor heating system. Find out why taking a bath in Roman times was about more than just getting clean!

Kiplin Hall, in England's beautiful Vale of Mowbray, was built in the 1620s for George Calvert, Secretary of State to James I, later 1st Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland, USA. Its design was unique in Jacobean architecture, with central domed towers on each...