# THE LYNTON AND BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1082564
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04040633](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04040633)
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1082564


## Contact

- **Address:** 10 CASTLE HEIGHTS, LYNTON
- **Postcode:** EX35 6JD
- **Phone:** 01598 752795
- **Email:** enquiries@lynton-rail.co.uk
- **Website:** www.lynton-rail.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO ACQUIRE PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ITEMS OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING OR SCIENTIFIC VALUE IN CONNECTION WITH RAILWAYS; AND(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY SOCIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OF NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, PRESERVATION, CREATION AND EXHIBITION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, ROLLING STOCK, EQUIPMENT, ARTEFACTS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH ANY APPROPRIATE LAND, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE FORMER LYNTON &amp; BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY IN DEVONSHIRE AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES TO THOSE ENGAGED IN THE RESTORATION AND OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY.

**Activities:** To acquire preserve and restore for the public benefit items of historical architectual engineering or scientific value in connection with the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway and others.To provide educational and training facilities to those engaged in the restoration and operation of the railway and others.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FORMER LYNTON &amp; BARNSTAPLE RAILWAY IN DEVONSHIRE
- Devon





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PETER MILES** | Chair |  |
| CHARLES EDWIN SUMMERS |  |  |
| Giles Perkins |  | May 11, 2024 |
| John Barton |  | Oct. 17, 2020 |
| MARTIN EDWIN GEORGE SWAINSON |  |  |
| Michael Whiteaker |  | July 21, 2023 |
| Paul Curson |  | May 13, 2017 |
| Richard Barry Auger |  | May 11, 2024 |
| Robert Geoffrey Prosser |  | May 11, 2024 |




