Stockton-on-TeesCounty Durham

The world's first railway passenger service (the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1825), the High Street (at its Victorian peak, the widest in England), the Tees Barrage, and a Teesside town that launched the railway age

On 27 September 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway carried its first passengers — the world's first regular steam passenger service. The railway transformed the world. The High Street — once the widest in England — retains impressive Victorian architecture. The Tees Barrage is a dramatic modern river structure.

The railway heritage is marked throughout — the Head of Steam Museum. The Tees Barrage for the watersports. The High Street for the Victorian architecture. The ARC arts centre for culture.