# DEAN FOREST RAILWAY SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1183538
- **Other names:** DFR SOCIETY, DFRS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 22, 2019
- **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=1183538


## Contact

- **Address:** Dean Forest Railway Society, New Mills, Forest Road, LYDNEY, Gloucestershire
- **Postcode:** GL15 4ET
- **Phone:** 01594 845840
- **Email:** society@deanforestrailway.co.uk
- **Website:** dfrsociety.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE THE DEAN FOREST RAILWAY2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RAILWAY HISTORY AND IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY, THE FORMER SEVERN AND WYE JOINT RAILWAY AND OTHER RAILWAYS IN OR AROUND THE FOREST OF DEAN, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF ASSOCIATED CANALS, PLATEWAYS AND TRAMWAYS AND CONNECTED INDUSTRIES3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY TRAINING IN CRAFT, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS AND ALL OTHER SKILLS PERTINENT TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A HERITAGE RAILWAY AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE

**Activities:** We are concerned with the preservation, development and restoration of the Dean Forest Railway, together with the education of the public in the history of the railways in the Forest of Dean, and education in skills pertinent to the maintenance and operation of a heritage railway.  We raise funds, recruit volunteers and undertake projects for the railway&#x27;s development.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Gloucestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| ADAM JAMES WILLIAMS |  | May 21, 2019 |
| Adrian Paul Copley |  | May 21, 2019 |
| Alan Philip Grant |  | May 19, 2024 |
| David Churton |  | May 21, 2019 |
| Douglas William Johnson |  | March 15, 2025 |
| Harry Colley |  | March 6, 2026 |
| James Graham |  | May 21, 2019 |
| Lynne Elaine Wentworth |  | May 19, 2024 |
| Martin John Paul Hillier |  | May 19, 2024 |
| Richard Taylor |  | March 15, 2025 |
| Susan Williams |  | May 21, 2019 |
| TIMOTHY IAN McLENNAN |  | May 21, 2019 |




