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Our February Meeting will take place on Thursday 6th February 2025 at Darlington Cricket Club starting at 7pm. Papers will be circulated to members in advance of the meeting.
A linear walk from Allen's West Station to Eaglescliffe Station via Preston park Meet at Allen's West Station for 10:30am Distance about 3.5 miles Terrain is a mixture of paved and gravel paths with a short path across a grassed area.
Our March 2025 members meeting will take place at Darlington Cricket Club at 7pm on Thursday 6th March 2025. Papers will be circulated to members in advance of the meeting.
This walk will meet at Phoenix Row near the farthest western point of the line. Walking up the Etherley incline, you will get a flavour of the rural nature of the Early S&DR and the scale of the earthworks required to provide a straight route to Shildon. The walk is 2.4 miles and involves some […]
The Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in 1825 and the world was never the same again. It is easy to get the impression that the people behind this pioneering phase of our history were all men. Where were the women? What were they doing? Can we find their names and write them back into history? […]
A linear Walk from Eaglescliffe Station to St John's Crossing, Stockton via Preston Park This is a ticketed event and requires the registration form completing for each person attending by pressing the book this event button and following the instructions on the form:
It's part of the significance of the S&DR to understand how it built a region. Our line, the S&DR, would never have existed as we know it without Tyneside engineering OR the business skill of Quakers. Their investment was existential to the 1825 line and to the 1830 Middlesbrough Estate, but then continued full speed […]
Why the Railway came to Darlington (daytime walk) Darlington Town Centre to Hopetown Railway Visitor Attraction. 1.5 miles (2.5 km), 1 hour 30 minutes. Mostly on pavements. Maximum group size 12. No dogs (except guide dogs). Easy to Moderate. We will visit some of the key sites and learn about some of the people behind […]
Shildon Circular Walk taking in many of the historical sites of Shildon's railway past, including Brusselton and it's Georgian history. Approximately 5.8miles Dog friendly Some field walking, 5 stiles (good order), steady gradient Calling at the former Wagonworks Canteen This is a ticketed event and requires the registration form completing for each person attending by […]
Why the Railway came to Darlington (daytime walk) Darlington Town Centre to Hopetown Railway Visitor Attraction. 1.5 miles (2.5 km), 1 hour 30 minutes. Mostly on pavements. Maximum group size 12. No dogs (except guide dogs). Easy to Moderate. We will visit some of the key sites and learn about some of the people behind […]