🌉 A bridge to the future. 🤩 Whilst we were all sleeping last night, the bridge joining both sides of the visitor attraction was lifted into place! 👇Watch the lift in action! 🎥 Thanks to #ScottAkozPhotography for filming. #HopetownDarlington #Darlington

🥳 OPENING DATE 🥳 Hopetown Darlington opens Tuesday 16 July - plan your visit today! Enjoy music and street theatre throughout the opening week as you explore the north’s newest visitor attraction. 👉 Plan your visit at hopetowndarlington.co.uk #HopetownDarlington

📽️ Hopetown Darlington from above 📅 Opening Tuesday 16 July! 🎟️ We've got our tickets, have you got yours? hopetowndarlington.co.uk/plan-your-visi… #NewVisitorAttraction #HopetownDarlington #Darlington #OpeningJuly

🎞️ You won’t want to miss this! Premiering exclusively at our brand new amazing attraction - IRON & STEAM - THE DAWN OF THE STOCKTON & DARLINGTON RAILWAY 🚂 🎟️ Ticket details below 👇

Welcome to #HopetownDarlington, The Flying Scotsman 🚂

We’re now open. Come on in and explore the north of England’s newest visitor attraction. Railway museum ✅ Locomotive works ✅ Outdoor events space ✅ Shop and cafe in restored railway building ✅ Outdoor adventure play park ✅ And so much more! 🚂 #HopetownDarlington

💚💛🩷💙 What do you think of our uniform? We think the colours really pop. We have a bright yellow staff t-shirt, too! 👕 If you need to talk to a member of staff during your visit, look out for the bright t-shirts and yellow lanyards. #HopetownDarlington

Our exclusive Black Diamond ice cream is proving a hit 🍦 🖤 black cone 🖤 black sprinkles 🖤 black wafer 🧡 Hopetown wafer 🤤 Ice cream flavour of your choice 🚂 Named after the third locomotive built for the S&DR to transport coal. Ice cream provided by NORTHERN BL°C

Popped along here again today with my daughter and her boyfriend. Really good to see everyone enjoying Hopetown Darlington Loving the Signage everywhere. Most likely the inspiration for the logo. And I completed the puzzle. #BigKid #LoveDarlo

Thanks to all who attended 💛🚂

🙏 We've welcomed over 10,000 of you through the doors since opening day! 🍦 scooped 2569 ice-creams ☕ made 2340 hot drinks 🥤 sold 1895 cold drinks ➕ And those numbers are rising daily! If you haven't visited yet, what're you waiting for? 👇 hopetowndarlington.co.uk/plan-your-visi…

I also stopped by Hopetown Darlington this afternoon. Another great experience, especially with the restored buildings now expanding the site.

💖 A huge thanks to our sponsors, Bio Capital. They’re a local company that helps keep us on track for a sustainable future by transforming food waste from Hopetown into green energy that goes back to the community! 💚🌎 Want to know more? Visit bio-capital.co.uk

On this very day 199 years ago, one single event put #Darlington, England on the world’s stage 🚂 Today we celebrate the birthday of the Stockton & Darlington Railway.