Darlington

This article is about the town and Primary Destination.
For the larger Highway Authority, see Darlington Council.

Darlington is a town and Primary Destination in County Durham.

An inner ring road was planned in the 1960's and the eastern section from Freemans Place Roundabout to Feethams Roundabout was the first to open in 1969. The junctions on this section have changed in the intervening years. Freemans Place Roundabout and Parkgate Roundabout were reduced in size in the late 1970's. Parkgate Roundabout was changed again to a signal controlled staggered crossroads in 2014. The southeast corner of Feethams Roundabout also changed when the section towards Grange Road Roundabout was built. The northwest section also opened around the same time. The final stage was to be the western section between Bondgate and Grange Road but this was never built and there are currently no plans to do so.

In 2012/2013 a masterplan for the town centre proposed altering the route of the northern section and converting all the roundabouts to signalised junctions to reduce land take. It is not known is these proposals are still being pursued.

The inner ring road shown completed

Routes

Route	To	Notes
A1(M)	Newcastle	Accessed via A167
A1(M)	Scotch Corner	Accessed via A66(M)
A66(M)	Scotch Corner (A1(M))	Access to A1(M) only
A66	Stockton-on-Tees
A68	Bishop Auckland (A68), Corbridge
A167	Durham
A1150	Teesside	Whinfield Rd
A67	Egglescliffe, Yarm, Durham Tees Valley Airport
A67	Barnard Castle
A167	Northallerton
B6279	Staindrop
B6280		Link to A67 (East)