Editing Darlington (section)

==Economy==
The trend of regional gross value added of Darlington at current basic prices published (pp.&nbsp;240–253) by the [[Office for National Statistics]], with figures in £&nbsp;millions.
{| class="wikitable"
! Year || Regional Gross Value Added{{efn|Components may not sum to totals due to rounding.}} || Agricu&shy;lture{{efn|Includes hunting and forestry}} || Indust&shy;ry{{efn|Includes energy and construction}}|| Servi&shy;ces{{efn|Includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured}}
|-
| 1995 || '''1,115''' || 8 || 377 || 729
|-
| 2000 || '''1,192''' || 6 || 417 || 768
|-
| 2003 || '''1,538''' || 6 || 561 || 971
|}
Finance and manufacturing are now the main elements of its economy.

===Government and service sector===
The English division of the [[Student Loans Company]], Student Finance England, is based at Lingfield Point and employs over 1,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darlington Borough Council |url=https://www.northeastjobs.org/DarlingtonBoroughCouncil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195344/https://www.northeastjobs.org/DarlingtonBoroughCouncil |archive-date=21 July 2011 |website=northeastjobs.org}}</ref> 

The [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]]’s Darlington Economic Campus (DEC), opened in 2022 at its temporary home in Feethams House, is home to staff from various government departments including: 

* [[HM Treasury]]  
* [[Department for Business and Trade]]
* [[Department for Energy Security and Net Zero]]
* [[Office of National Statistics]]
* [[Competition and Markets Authority]]
* [[Department for Education]]
* [[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government]]
* [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]]


[[Darlington Building Society]] is based in the town. 

Darlington Borough Council announced that the site for the DL1 complex, previously a car park for [[Darlington Town Hall]], was also to be redeveloped to house riverside office space for the [[Department for Education]] to replace its previous office on the edge of the town in Mowden, in an effort to safeguard Darlington jobs. This was officially opened on 19 March 2015.<ref>''The Northern Echo'', 19 March 2015</ref> The [[Disclosure and Barring Service]] has a national office in the town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Working for DBS |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about/recruitment |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212234313/https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about/recruitment |archive-date=12 December 2022 |access-date=12 December 2022 |website=GOV.UK}}</ref> [[Amazon UK]] operates a warehouse facility, which opened in early 2020, employing 1,300 full-time staff, one of the town's biggest employers.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

[[EE (telecommunications)|EE]] is the largest private sector employer in the town, with 2,500 staff. The company took over its operations from one of its predecessors, Orange Mobile.

===Morton Park===
The Morton Park area of Darlington is currently undergoing a partial redevelopment, with areas of unused waste land being redeveloped into modern industrial and office space. Other commercial spaces in Darlington include North Road Industrial Estate, Cleveland Trading Estate and Faverdale Industrial Estate. The council depot on Central Park is also to be redeveloped into commercial space.

===Engineering===
Darlington has a rich engineering heritage and several notable engineering firms established locally. [[Bridge]] building was particularly important in the town. Bridges built in Darlington span the [[River Nile]] and [[River Amazon|Amazon]].<ref name="englandsnortheast" />

Local engineering firms include:
* [[Cummins]] has an engine building facility near Morton Park.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Andy |date=5 March 2011 |title=Cummins adds to jobs bonanza |work=Darlington and Stockton Times |url=http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/8891753.Cummins_adds_to_jobs_bonanza/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723090330/http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/8891753.Cummins_adds_to_jobs_bonanza/ |archive-date=23 July 2011}}</ref>
* [[AMEC]]'s industrial arm is headquartered in the town
* Darlington Forge Company originated in the town, {{circa|1967}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Darlington Forge Company |url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Darlington_Forge_Co |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144028/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Darlington_Forge_Co |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=25 March 2015 |website=Grace's Guide to British Industrial History}}</ref> 
* [[Whessoe]] originated in Darlington.

===Retail and leisure===
[[File:Darlington (33079934200).jpg|thumb|Shops in the main square]] [[File:Tubwell Row, Darlington (geograph 5230683).jpg|thumb|The Cornmill Centre]]
As an historic market town, a weekly outdoor market was held on the market square, which is one of the biggest in the country. An indoor market is located underneath the town clock on Prebend Row.

Retailers in the area include:
* Prebend Row hosts the Cornmill Shopping centre<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Rough Guide to England |page=1058}}</ref>
* Grange Road and Skinnergate has a number of independent shops
* Duke Street houses art galleries and restaurants
* [[Argos (retailer)|Argos]], a UK retail company, has its largest warehouse distribution centre in the North of England located in Darlington; it is sited within the Faverdale Industrial Estate, in the north-west of the town. 

In November 2012, a deal was signed between Darlington Borough Council and developer Terrace Hill for a £30&nbsp;million re-development of the site of the former Feethams bus depot. The proposal had an expected completion date of late 2014, though this did overrun with completion early 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Henderson |first=Vicki |date=14 November 2012 |title=£30m cinema and hotel development to transform Darlington town centre |work=The Northern Echo |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/10044529.__30m_cinema_and_hotel_development_to_transform_Darlington_town_centre/ |url-status=live |access-date=28 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134949/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/10044529.__30m_cinema_and_hotel_development_to_transform_Darlington_town_centre/ |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>

===Hospitals===
{{further|Darlington Memorial Hospital|Woodlands Hospital}}
[[File:Darlington Memorial Hospital main floors.jpg|thumb|right|Darlington memorial hospital]]
Darlington Memorial Hospital is on Hollyhurst Road,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reviews and ratings – Darlington Memorial Hospital |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/ReviewsAndRatings/DefaultView.aspx?id=RXPDA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016215727/http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/ReviewsAndRatings/DefaultView.aspx?id=RXPDA |archive-date=16 October 2015 |access-date=15 April 2015 |website=[[NHS Choices]]}}</ref> in the corridor between Woodland Road and The Denes. The private Woodlands Hospital is at Morton Park.