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Hopetown’s Haunted Night turns Darlington’s railway museum into an after-hours Halloween playground
Ghost trains, fire performers, a trick-or-treat trail, silent disco and live music are coming to Hopetown Darlington for a family Halloween evening on 30 October.
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Hopetown’s free Steam Festival brings a month of railway heritage to Darlington
Historic locomotives, cab access, live performance and steam rides are part of a month-long S&DR201 celebration at Hopetown Darlington from 5 to 27 September.
Thousands of community-made peg dolls reach the final station at Hopetown
A free September exhibition at Hopetown Darlington brings together thousands of hand-crafted peg dolls created by communities during the Stockton & Darlington Railway bicentenary celebrations.
Darlington’s railway coffee morning is still making room for conversation ten years on
Hopetown’s free monthly group for men with railway connections continues this autumn after marking its tenth anniversary earlier this year.