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The June 2025 Members Meeting will take place at Darlington Cricket Club on Thursday 5th June 2025 starting at 7pm. Papers will be circulated to members in advance of the meeting.
Pease and Backhouse - an introduction to the families who brought the Stockton and Darlington Railway to life. Darlington Town Centre and the Quaker burial ground. 1.5 miles (2 km), 1 hour 30 mins. Maximum group size 12. No dogs (except guide dogs). Very Easy. In Darlington’s Quaker burial ground, many members of the Pease […]
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 […]
This walk starts in what was originally the first railway town of New Shildon, which sprang up to support the emerging locomotive works and Inclines. It will take in the remaining structures and features of the former Shildon Works buildings, the incline and the remaining S&DR structures at Brusselton. This walk is dog friendly and […]
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 miles. Terrain is a mixture of paved and gravel paths with a short path across a grassed area.
Why the Railway came to Darlington (evening walk) Darlington Town Centre to the Railway Tavern 1.5 miles (2.5 km), 1 hour 30 minutes. Mostly on pavements. Maximum group size 12. No dogs (except guide dogs). Evening walk only, in the late spring / summer. Easy to Moderate. We will visit some of the key sites […]
This approximately 4 mile circular walk takes you on a tour of the industrial past of this important rural market town. It will explore how it became a transpennine railway hub after a long battle with the Duke of Cleveland for it to have a railway connection at all. Learn about how the railway affected […]
A linear walk from Eaglescliffe Station to St. John’s Crossing via Site of 1830 S&DR Suspension Bridge & Preston Park. Meet at Eaglescliffe Station for 10:30am. Distance about 4miles. Terrain is a mixture of paved and gravel paths with a short walk next to the River Tees under the A66 and 2 railway bridges.
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 […]
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 […]