200 Years of The Stockton & Darlington Railway
Find out what is taking place as we approach 27th September 2025…200 years since the start of the railway that got the world on track!
Events…
SDR Festival 2026 What’s On Guide
A copy of the 2026 Festival Guide is available here: Stockton & Darlington Railway Festival 2026_DL (99mmx210mm)_Digital.
Archaeological excavations at Heighington Station
We have commissioned Tees Archaeology to lead archaeological excavations at Heighington Station. This is an opportunity for people to participate. The excavations will take place in the first two weeks of September. Areas to be explored include the cobbled platform -...
Day by Day listing of S&DR events for 2025
To help people plan their visit to the S&DR, we have produced a handy day by day listing of S&DR 200 events. You can download a free digital copy here: https://sdr1825.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Final_Events-guide_Master_September-to-end-Dec.pdf You can...
Walking the Line event – Darlington 1st December. Limited numbers for members and Husqvarna staff only.
Walking the Line – The Darlington Circular 1st December 2024 Continuing our programme to revise and update our self-guided walks booklets before 2025, our next Walking the Line event will be on the 1st December at 11am. We will meet at the foot of the steps up to the...
S&DR 200 RESEARCH ON THE RAILS PRIZE COMPETITION
Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society and the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway are collaborating in offering an S&DR 200 Research Prize Competition for original research into the S&DR. The best entries will be published in their journals...
Book Launch 27th September at Locomotion
On behalf of Husqvarna and the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, we have pleasure in inviting Friends to the formal launch of our walk booklet covering Shildon to Heighington on the 27th September from 4.00pm until 6.30pm at Locomotion’s main hall in...
S&DR 26 mile takeover day 20th August
1am - 3pm Darlington Market Place
Weardale Wordfest Children’s Book Day 11th August 2024 Stanhope Railway Station
Next date for your diaries if you have young 'uns to amuse is the 11th August at Stanhope Railway Station. Caroline Hardie will be doing a reading of Little Loco's BIG Day and having a bit of fun with puzzles, poetry, flag design, maybe a song and some horsing about...
Little Loco at Hopetown
Join author and archaeologist Caroline Hardie at Hopetown Darlington as she reads from her children’s book, Little Loco’s BIG Day. It’s an uplifting tale of the first locomotive, now known as Locomotion No.1, which ran on the opening of the Stockton & Darlington...
Children’s Book Day — Sunday 11 August 10.00 — 3.30. Stanhope Station.
https://weardalewordfest.com/childrens-book-day Children’s Book Day — Sunday 11 August 10.00 — 3.30 Tales in the Dales at Stanhope Railway Station and on the Story Train Expect lots of fun-packed activities on the Story Train at our special Children’s Book Day! Go on...