Beefeater Memories1974 – 2026
Premier Inn, Morton Park
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Morton Park, Darlington

The former Morton Park Beefeater in Darlington.

Photo: JThomas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source ↗

By the Beefeater Memories team at Does Your Duck Quack? · Published · Last checked · How we research

Last service: 10 September 2026

Now: No new operator has been announced for Morton Park in Darlington. If you have news about Morton Park’s building, please let us know.

Last checked: 8 October 2026

Next door: Premier Inn Darlington East (Morton Park)

The former Beefeater building is being marketed for sale by Christie & Co (property listing, seen 3 November 2026).

Morton Park was the Beefeater at Morton Park Way, Morton Park, Darlington, DL1 4PJ.

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Local record

History of this pub

The Morton Park Beefeater stood on Morton Park Way on the eastern side of Darlington, next to the Premier Inn Darlington East. CAMRA's Darlington branch describes it simply as a modern eatery pub close to the A66 Darlington bypass.

Darlington Borough Council’s employment land review records an earlier name at this address: Travel Inn Brewsters Morton Park. Its planning history uses that name for hotel-extension permissions in 2006 and 2009, then names Premier Inn and Beefeater at Morton Park Way in later entries. A permission dated 3 June 2015 concerned 42 additional hotel bedrooms; a further application sought a single-storey lobby. The entries trace changing names and expansion plans on the same site. They do not give the date the restaurant became a Beefeater or prove when the building work was completed.

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The final listing

Opening hours and facilities

Historical Beefeater hours and facilities.

Restaurant and bar hours

  • Mon-Sat 11.30am - 11pm
  • Sun 12pm - 10.30pm

Breakfast service

  • Weekdays 6:30am - 10:30am Weekends 7am - 11am

Facilities recorded

  • Live sport shown here
  • Function room

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Other Beefeaters nearby

Nearest reopened former Beefeater: Broomside Park in Durham, 18.6 miles away. The archive uses Darlington as this page's nearest named town.

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Evidence

Sources

  1. Final Beefeater location page

    Morton Park’s former Beefeater page supplies the Darlington address and the historical hours and facilities below.

    View source ↗ (beefeater.co.uk, site closed September 2026)
  2. CAMRA venue record

    Lists the pub on Morton Park Way with the Premier Inn, described as a modern eatery pub near the A66 bypass.

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  3. Darlington Borough Council: Morton Park planning history

    Employment Land Review 2017, updated November 2019, page 53. Lists Travel Inn Brewsters in permissions 06/00999/FUL and 09/00321/FUL; later entries name Premier Inn and Beefeater, including 15/00304/FUL and 15/01115/FUL. Checked 23 October 2026.

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  4. Licensed venue photograph

    JThomas’s photograph is reused under CC BY-SA 2.0. The photograph’s caption is “Premier Inn, Morton Park”.

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