A popular art shop which left a Darlington shopping centre two months ago has relocated to the town centre.

Creative Space in Darlington has moved to Post House Wynd this May after leaving Cornmill Shopping Centre in April.

The store had occupied Unit 8 in the shopping centre for five years before its new owners asked them "to vacate the premises immediately."

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Simon Laverick, 54, from Darlington, a photographer and framer at Creative Space, said the team had three weeks to leave their previous location and find a new home.

He said: "It was pretty hectic. We had three weeks to leave one premises and find somewhere else.

"A lot of the gear we had went into storage, then out of storage, back into the new place.

"Everything's been pretty hectic recently, but we're in now.

"We stocked it up with local artist's work, it's coming along, you have to leave it a little bit to find out what works and what doesn't work."

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He said the store has been redecorated, the walls have been whitewashed, and other work has been done to prepare it in just a week.

Mr Laverick added the shop's customers were "shellshocked" by the news the business would have to leave the Cornmill Shopping Centre.

He thanked the local management team at the shopping centre and said they were excellent to the store while they occupied Unit 8.

He urged residents to support local artists and said the store is host to 17 artists who specialise in pencil drawings, paintings, photography, jewellery, and more.

Mr Laverick added: "We've got approximately five or six [artists] who come in on a regular basis, and paint and draw in the space itself.

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"The rest of the artists have their work on the walls or in cabinets depending on what they do.

"We've got a fair array of different skills on display there."

He said customers can see the artists create their work and learn more about the process when visiting.