Branksome
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb in Darlington, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Branksome, County Durham”
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. Hopetown Carriage Works is situated 2 miles east of Branksome.
Tees Cottage Pumping Station
Museum
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a Victorian pumping station complex at Broken Scar on the A67 near Low Coniscliffe just west of Darlington. The site dates from 1849, and was built to provide drinking water for Darlington and the surrounding area. Tees Cottage Pumping Station is situated 1½ miles south of Branksome.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Archdeacon Newton and Faverdale.
Archdeacon Newton
Hamlet
Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Archdeacon Newton is a hamlet and rural parish of several farms in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100.
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.
Cockerton
Suburb
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Branksome
- Category: locality
- Location: Archdeacon Newton, Darlington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.5417° or 54° 32′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.5992° or 1° 35′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C6WGCR2+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 778226242OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q4957503
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In Other Languages
“Branksome” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Branksome, County Durham”
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