Cockerton
Cockerton is an area in the north-west of Darlington in the borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The Cocker Beck flows through the area and empties into the River Skerne via The Denes, an area and string of valleyed parks donated for the town in the early 20th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include West Park Hospital and Hopetown Carriage Works.
West Park Hospital
Hospital
Photo: mark harrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Park Hospital is a modern NHS adult psychiatric hospital in Darlington, County Durham, England. It is managed by the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust.
Hopetown Carriage Works
Museum
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopetown Carriage Works, also known as the Stockton and Darlington Railway Carriage Works, was a carriage works of the Stockton and Darlington Railway built in 1853 in Hopetown, near Darlington, County Durham, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faverdale and Hummersknott.
Faverdale
Suburb
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Faverdale is a suburb of Darlington in County Durham, England. It is situated in the north west of Darlington, north of Cockerton. The area was rural until the 20th century, a large wagon works was established in the 1920s, with housing development starting at the same time.
Hummersknott
Suburb
Hummersknott is an area in the western end of Darlington, County Durham England. It is a ward in the unitary authority of Darlington. It consists of mainly post-war houses, and is closely linked to Mowden.
Branksome
Suburb
Branksome is a suburb of Darlington in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north-west of the town, close to Mowden, Cockerton, West Park and Faverdale.
Cockerton
- Type: Suburb with 9,500 residents
- Description: suburb in Darlington, County Durham, England, UK
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Darlington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.53428° or 54° 32′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.58548° or 1° 35′ 8″ westPopulation
9,500Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C6WGCM7+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 778226292OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13268919Wikidata ID
Q5139595
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Cockerton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cockerton”
- French: “Cockerton”
- Irish: “Cockerton”
- Polish: “Cockerton”
- Russian: “Кокертон”
- Swedish: “Cockerton”
- Welsh: “Cockerton”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cockerton”. Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.