54°34′23″N 1°27′43″W / 54.573°N 1.462°W Little Stainton is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is a township in the parish of Bishopton, County Durham,[1] situated a few miles west of Stockton-on-Tees. It is a hamlet, consisting of houses and farms that have no local service facilities.[citation needed] On one side of the street, a stream—Bishopton Beck—runs along the bottom of the gardens.