# THE FRIENDS OF THE STOCKTON &amp; DARLINGTON RAILWAY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1177252
- **Other names:** THE FRIENDS OF THE S&amp;DR
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 20, 2018
- **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=1177252


## Contact

- **Address:** Marian Cottage, Lartington, BARNARD CASTLE, County Durham
- **Postcode:** DL12 9BP
- **Phone:** 01833 650233
- **Email:** info@sdr1825.co.uk
- **Website:** http://www.sdr1825.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY (S&amp;DR) AND ITS SEMINAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODERN RAILWAY THROUGH ITS NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE AND THE CONSERVATION OF THE STRUCTURES, ARCHIVES AND ARTEFACTS OF THE S&amp;DR.

**Activities:** We work to preserve the 1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway a site of international importance and start of the modern railway. Working with partners on promotion, access, interpretation, research and conservation of our heritage, we aim to raise profile and awareness locally, nationally and internationally and apply how this can be used for education, community and economic regeneration.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Darlington
- Durham
- Middlesbrough
- Redcar And Cleveland
- Stockton-on-tees





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Neil HARDIE-HAMMOND** | Chair | Sept. 7, 2017 |
| ALAN ROBSON TOWNSEND |  | Sept. 7, 2017 |
| CAROLINE HARDIE |  | Sept. 7, 2017 |
| James Barry Thompson |  | June 16, 2019 |
| Kerrin Wilson |  | Nov. 1, 2025 |
| Margaret Fenwick |  | Nov. 1, 2025 |
| Yvonne Richardson |  | Aug. 21, 2025 |




