Welcome to Visit Cockerton Places The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cockerton
Visit Cockerton places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Cockerton places to visit. A unique way to experience Cockerton’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Cockerton as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
Visiting Cockerton Walkfo Preview Cockerton is a suburb of Darlington, County Durham. It is situated close to Mowden, Branksome, West Park and Faverdale. The Cocker Beck, a small stream, runs through the area and empties into the River Skerne. When you visit Cockerton, Walkfo brings Cockerton places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Cockerton Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cockerton
Visit Cockerton – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 54 audio plaques & Cockerton places for you to explore in the Cockerton area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Cockerton places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Cockerton etymology
The -ton of Cockerton is from Old English tūn ‘estate’ The cocker element is less certain but seems to have been a Cumbric river-name, still represented as the name of the stream Cocker Beck.
Why visit Cockerton with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Cockerton places with Walkfo Cockerton to hear history at Cockerton’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cockerton has 54 places to visit in our interactive Cockerton map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cockerton, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cockerton places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cockerton & the surrounding areas.
Walkfo Cockerton tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cockerton
Best Cockerton places to visit
Cockerton has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cockerton’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cockerton’s information audio spots:
St Hilda’s Church, Darlington St Hilda’s Church is a Grade II listed former Church of England church on Parkgate, Darlington, County Durham. It was built in the 1930s and is now a Grade I listed former church.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Durham in Darlington, County Durham.
Darlington Town Hall Darlington Town Hall is a municipal building in Feethams, Darlington, County Durham. It is the meeting place of Darlington Borough Council.
St John’s Church, Darlington St John the Evangelist’s Church, Darlington is a Grade II listed Church of England church on Neasham Road, County Durham.
Old Town Hall and Market Hall, Darlington The Old Town Hall and Market Hall is a municipal complex in Darlington, County Durham. The old town hall was the headquarters of Darlington Borough Council until it moved to the new town hall in Feethams in 1970. The complex consists of three separate buildings, all of which are Grade II listed.
Borough of Darlington The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority and borough in County Durham, Northern England. The borough is named after Darlington, and in 2011 had a population of 106,000. It is in the Tees Valley mayoralty, and borders three local authority areas.
Holy Trinity Church, Darlington Holy Trinity Church, Darlington is a Grade II* listed Church of England church. It is located in Darlington, County Durham. The church is on Woodland Road, County Durham, and was built in the 1930s.
Church of St James the Great, Darlington The Church of St James the Great is a Church of England parish church in Darlington, County Durham. The church is a grade II listed building.
South Park, Darlington South Park is a historic park in Darlington, County Durham. It is Grade II listed with Historic England. South Park was built in the 1930s.
Blackwell Grange Blackwell Grange Hotel is an early 18th-century country house at Blackwell, near Darlington, County Durham, England. Much altered in the 19th century, it is now a hotel. The hotel currently has 3 functioning bars – The Blackwell Bar, Miss Allan Bar and Bruhenny Bar.
Visit Cockerton plaques
4 plaques hereCockerton has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Cockerton plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Cockerton using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Cockerton plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
Experience Cockerton audio walks & tours
Walkfo guides for things to do / places to visit in Cockerton allows exploration as you would do an art gallery or museum. Walk close to one of Cockerton’s 54 historic places & our digital tour guide will create an audio story for that spot. With headphone connected, you can explore Cockerton freely by foot, bike or bus – with your own personal tour guide in your pocket.
Explore Cockerton Map App
Our visit Cockerton map shows you things-to-do & places you can visit in Cockerton & surrounding areas using the Walkfo digital audio tour guide app. Each spot has plaque, building, street or area information on history, culture or tourism.
You can set your Walkfo’s Cockerton tourist map to find historic & tourism spots within 1km, 3km & 5km of the Cockerton centre, depending on how far you plan to explore whilst you visit Cockerton area at LONG:-1.574194, LAT:54.534345.
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Walkfo is free to download & use (for a limited time period), so if you are looking to explore Cockerton, go to your App Store to search for “Walkfo” or follow a links below and install on your mobile phone. Walkfo is designed for use with headphones or AirPods, so you can walk & explore whilst learning about the things around you without digital distraction.
Things to do & visit in Cockerton / surrounding areas
● St Hilda’s Church, Darlington ● St Cuthbert’s Church, Darlington ● Darlington Town Hall ● Cornmill Shopping Centre ● Darlington ● St John’s Church, Darlington ● Old Town Hall and Market Hall, Darlington ● Darlington Power Station ● Darlington Mechanics Institute ● Darlington rail crash ● Rathergood Radio ● Borough of Darlington ● Darlington TMD ● Holy Trinity Church, Darlington ● Skerne Bridge ● Church of St James the Great, Darlington ● South Park, Darlington ● Darlington Memorial Hospital ● Eastbourne, County Durham ● Locomotion No. 1 ● Darlington Works ● Darlington Hebrew Congregation ● Skerne Park ● Blackwell Grange ● Firth Moor ● Blackwell, County Durham ● Darlington F.C. ● Cockerton ● The Darlington Arena ● Darlington Railway Athletic F.C.
● Lingfield Point ● Rise Carr ● Blackwell Grange Golf Club ● Faverdale ● Hummersknott ● Haughton-le-Skerne ● Mowden, County Durham ● West Park Hospital ● West Park, Darlington ● Branksome, County Durham ● High Grange (Darlington) ● Tees Cottage Pumping Station ● Archdeacon Newton ● Low Coniscliffe ● Merrybent ● Harrowgate Village ● Beaumont Hill ● Whinfield ● Stapleton, Richmondshire ● Cleasby ● Feethams ● Hopetown Carriage Works
Getting to / around Cockerton – transport link, station & street map
Getting around in Cockerton using public transportation may include road, street, train, underground, bus or tram transport options. Walkfo has identified the following Cockerton places with historic / cultural / factual content when you visit:
Local Cockerton Public Transport Stations
Cockerton Notable Streets & Road Destinations
Darlington railway station
North Road railway station
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Local Cockerton historians & Cockerton tour guides
Trying to encourage visitors to Cockerton? Walkfo has millions audio places already available but Walkfo Creator gives Cockerton’s places, attractions & landmarks ability to create their own unique outdoor audio museums & using our simple & easy to use Walkfo Creator. – Creating a new audio experience for your Cockerton place is free* and quick (15+ minutes if you prepare text content) to use, with Walkfo Creator doing the hard work of generating AI audio files for geo-spots from the text you provide with a simply click on a map. – The 100 Amazing Cockerton Places is just one example of an outdoor museum created using Walkfo Creator (pictured to the left) for people to safely explore during Covid-19 times whilst visiting a city. Our tool is open to tourism organisations, travel destinations & National Trust locations to create their own audio walks to offer free when people visit Cockerton destinations. – Walkfo itself is looking to partner with websites offering things-to-do / what’s on events listings to enhance the content of our ‘visit-Cockerton’ web pages (for example: www.visitCockerton.com). If you are interested in partnering, please contact us to discuss options.
* Walkfo Creator is free to use for a limited number of audio spots within a map with a license fee applicable when more than 20 audio spots within location walk are created. v1.1336