# DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1161623
- **Other names:** DVLRS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 12, 2015
- **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=1161623


## Contact

- **Address:** YORKSHIRE MUSEUM OF FARMING, MURTON PARK, MURTON LANE, MURTON, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO19 5UF
- **Phone:** 01904 738928
- **Email:** info@dvlr.org.uk
- **Website:** www.dvlr.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL, BY THE PRESERVATION AND OPERATION OF THE HISTORIC UNIQUE RAILWAY LINE OF THE DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF.(2) TO ADVANCE AND CONSERVE THE HERITAGE OF THE DERWENT VALLEY LIGHT RAILWAY, AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF HERITAGE LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK, HERITAGE RAILWAY BUILDINGS AND OTHER HISTORIC RAILWAY STRUCTURES, HERITAGE RAILWAY SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, AND RAILWAY ARCHIVES, HISTORICAL RECORDS AND ARTEFACTS.

**Activities:** The Derwent Valley Light Railway Society (DVLRS) operates and maintains the last remaining stretch of the original Derwent Valley Light Railway (DVLR) that ran from York Foss Islands to Cliff Common near Selby. The railway is operated on behalf of and within the bounds of the Yorkshire Museum of Farming (YMF) at Murton, York, as an integral part of the Museum.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- City Of York
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
- North Yorkshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Craig Benton** | Chair | Sept. 8, 2018 |
| Allan Briggs |  | June 18, 2022 |
| Anthony Edward Simons |  | May 18, 2019 |
| Elizabeth Joanne Downes |  | May 18, 2019 |
| Michael Sugden |  | June 21, 2025 |
| Michael Wilcox |  | June 21, 2025 |
| Paul Palmer |  | June 21, 2025 |
| Stephen John Lawrence |  | June 3, 2023 |




