The Teesdale History Group will be holding an exhibition at the Witham between the 21st August to the 8th September excluding Mondays between 10am-4pm featuring memorabilia, artwork, displays, presentations and a model railway exhibit.
Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway
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Please click on the event title for full information, including locations, times and whether booking is required. Registrations will automatically close 24 hours before the event to give us time to process them. Please contact us at secretary@sdr1825.org.uk after this as we may be able to accommodate you if we have spaces left.
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Your chance to walk the original 1825 route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Starting near the south west Durham coalfields and finishing at the site of the coal staithes on the River Tees in Stockton. We are looking for 30 people to walk the whole route over 5 days. We will be doing 2 […] |
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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. |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |
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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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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. |
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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.
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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 […] |
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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.
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A walk from Phoenix Row to Greenfields over the Etherley Inclines. 2.4 miles, moderate gradients. 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:
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EVENT CANCELLED The Fighting Cocks Line Middleton St George to Darlington 5.5 miles (8.5 km), 3 hours 15 mins. Maximum group size 20. Mostly along off-road paths. Dogs on leads (this is a shared use route on the National Cycling Network). Moderate (level gradient but stamina required). Stout footwear recommended. This walk follows the trackbed […]
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WALK CANCELLED 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 […]
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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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WALK FULL 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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Join the Etherley Incline Group for a Railway Exhibition to mark the Bicentenary of the opening of the S&DR at Witton Park Methodist Church between 12:30pm and 5:00pm. Contact John Raw for more details about this event. jraw2883@aol.com |
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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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