# BRIDGEND VALLEYS RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1113983
- **Other names:** GARW VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY LTD, THE BRIDGEND VALLEYS RAILWAY COMPNAY LTD, GARW VALLEY RAILWAY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02897214](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02897214)
- **Registered:** May 3, 2006
- **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=1113983


## Contact

- **Address:** Bridgend Valleys Railway Co Ltd, Pontycymer Station, Pontycymer, BRIDGEND
- **Postcode:** CF32 8AZ
- **Phone:** 07814 573696
- **Email:** enquiries@garwvalleyrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** http://www.garwvalleyrailway.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND DISPLAY OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS AND OTHER ARTEFACTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND BUILDINGS CONNECTED THEREWITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE CONNECTED WITH THE GARW VALLEY AND THE PRESERVATION OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, VISUAL AND SOUND RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH ARTEFACTS AND VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT.

**Activities:** The aim of the Garw Valley Railway is to recreate for present and future generations a typical South Wales Valley branch line by providing a working railway and Heritage Centre to preserve, display and explain the industrial and social history that made this valley what it was and is today.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** GARW VALLEY
- Bridgend





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Philip Charles Stinton** | Chair | Sept. 1, 2020 |
| Andrew Hope Bowdler |  | Sept. 16, 2023 |
| Gareth Richard Haines |  | April 18, 2026 |
| Rev MALCOLM CHARLES STINTON |  | Sept. 22, 2018 |




