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  • Free Guided Walk: North Road to Fighting Cocks

    North Road Station Entrance Station Road, Darlington, United Kingdom

    This walk starts outside Hopetown Museum and follows the former S&DR line to Fighting Cocks Station. Return by train from Dinsdale station to North Road Station. Easy gradients, 6 miles.

  • Free Guided Walk: Why the Railway came to Darlington (daytime walk)

    Darlington Market Place Circular Benches by entrance to St Cuthbert's Churchyard what3words ///deputy.pies.doing Church Lane, Darlington

    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 15. No dogs (except guide dogs). Easy to Moderate. We will visit some of the key sites and learn about some of the people behind […]

  • On Track Exhibition

    Darlington Crown Street Library Crown Street, Darlington

    An Exhibition celebrating S&DR200: The Art Gallery, Darlington Library, Crown Street DL1 1ND.  8th September to 16th October 2025.  Open each Monday & Tuesday 9am to 6pm, Wednesday & Friday 9am to 5pm, Thursday 10am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 4pm (Closed Sunday).  The Exhibition by STITCH & CREATE has taken inspiration from the […]

  • Free Guided Walk: Why the Railway came to Darlington (daytime walk)

    Darlington Market Place Circular Benches by entrance to St Cuthbert's Churchyard what3words ///deputy.pies.doing Church Lane, Darlington

    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 […]

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  • Ticket to Teesdale Exhibition

    Fitzhugh Library 1st Floor, 51 Market Place, Middleton in Teesdale

    An Exhibition by the North Eastern Railway Association (NERA) of photographs’  accompanied by memorabilia, maps & documents from the Library.  The Exhibition will open on Heritage Open Days: Friday 12th Tuesday-16th September 2025, 10am-3pm; will continue Mondays & Tuesdays through September 10.30am-2.30pm.

  • Railway Model Exhibition Middleton-in-Teesdale

    Middleton-in-Teesdale Masonic Hall Horsemarket, Middleton-in-Teesdale

    Middleton-in-Teesdale Railway Station will be displayed courtesy of the Cleveland Model Railway Club (20x5ft depicting the station when owned by the NER in the 1930’s/40’s) can be seen at the Masonic Hall, Horsemarket, Middleton-in-Teesdale DL12 0SH on Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2025 10am – 4pm.  

  • Free Guided Walk: Pease and Backhouse – the families who brought the S&DR to life

    Darlington Market Place Circular Benches by entrance to St Cuthbert's Churchyard what3words ///deputy.pies.doing Church Lane, Darlington

    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 […]

  • Free Guided Walk: Preston Park to St. Johns Crossing

    Preston Park Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees

    The next guided walk at the Stockton end of the line is on Wednesday 28 May. Meet in Preston Park (near Butterfly World) for 10:30am. for a 3 mile linear walk to St. John’s Crossing and 5 Railway Bridges in Stockton. Terrain is a mixture of paved and gravel paths.

  • Free Guided Walk: Phoenix Row Walk

    Outside the Former Methodist Chapel, Phoenix Row Phoenix Row, Witton Park, United Kingdom

    A walk from Phoenix Row to Greenfields over the Etherley Inclines. 2.4 miles, moderate gradients.