West Park, Darlington

West Park, Darlington
West Park, Darlington is located in County Durham
West Park, Darlington
West Park, Darlington
Location within County Durham
OS grid referenceNZ2683716661
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDARLINGTON
Postcode districtDL2
Dialling code01325
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°32′40″N 1°35′12″W / 54.54450°N 1.58667°W / 54.54450; -1.58667

West Park is an area of Darlington, in County Durham, England. The area covers 49 hectares (121 acres) of land,[1]

It consists of:

  • 37 hectare West Park Village: at least 700 residential properties, a mix of commercial properties, and other facilities.
  • 12 hectare West Park Nature Reserve: the first new park to be created in Darlington in the last 100 years.[2]
  • A hospital West Park Hospital, opened 2004.[3]
  • A school, 'West Park Academy', opened 2005.[3][4]

The West Park development has won several national awards, including a Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Sustainable Communities Award,[5] and a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Gold Award For Regeneration.

  1. ^ "West Park". www.darlington.gov.uk. Darlington Borough Council. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Darlington Borough Council". www.darlington.gov.uk.
  3. ^ a b Barry Nelson (4 February 2011), "Trust buys back hospital", www.thenortherecho.co.uk
  4. ^ Art the heart of a new community – westpark (PDF), Bussey & Armstrong, Summer 2005, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2007, retrieved 18 April 2012
  5. ^ Darlington Borough Council minutes, section 6(a(vii)), 23 March 2006