THE former Head Of Steam museum in Darlington has reopened as an enlarged heritage site renamed Hopetown Darlington following completion of a two-year, £37 million upgrade.
The new site brings together a previously disparate group of buildings under a single banner, ahead of major celebrations in the town next year to mark 200 years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR).
The main museum in the North Road station building has been revamped, while the refurbished former Goods Shed and Carriage Works are