We are so pleased to announce, once again, Heart of the Shires is a Travellers’ Choice Award Winner, with TripAdvisor.
Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice, 2021



We are so pleased to announce, once again, Heart of the Shires is a Travellers’ Choice Award Winner, with TripAdvisor.

A weekend is on the way – it’s a treat for us all. Here, at Heart of the Shires, Darlington’s offer a warm welcome, superb service and tasty treats too!

Exciting news from Margo and Evie with the new extension officially open!

We welcome Heidi to Heart of the Shires. Heidi apprenticed for a year and has been tattooing full time since December 2015, she specializes in pointillism and black and grey realism. FureyTale studios is an appointment only studio located at

Gorgeous new Robert Welch cutlery in store now at Abraxas, here at Heart of the Shires.

We admit it has been rather wet lately. “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.”

House of Carillon welcome new arrivals from Danish brand Micha.

The Watch Boutique stock luxury and vintage watches, jewellery and collectables to suit all budgets.

Exclusively launched in August 2020 is Bridal Par Helene, with their new Extraordinary Bridal Couture Collection.

A warm welcome to all – especially our brand new followers who have joined us on our Instagram page recently – thank you for your support.