First Miles of the S&DR

First Miles of the S&DR

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...
Free Guided Walk: Teesdale Railway Walk

Free Guided Walk: Teesdale Railway Walk

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....