Editing Darlington (section)

===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>