# FOR THE LOVE OF A RAILWAY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1213097
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 28, 2025
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1213097


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 ST. GEORGES, CHARD STREET, AXMINSTER
- **Postcode:** EX13 5DL
- **Phone:** 07899923756
- **Email:** fortheloveofarailway@gmail.com
- **Website:** https://fortheloveofarailway.co.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE RAILWAY HERITAGE OF THE AXMINSTER TO LYME REGIS RAILWAY LINE AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA BY:CREATING A LIVING DISPLAY OF MODEL REPLICAS AND ARTEFACTS OF RAILWAY LAYOUTS AND MODEL ENGINES FOR PUBLIC VIEWING.CREATING EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE RAILWAY, INCLUDING PROVIDING LECTURES OR PUBLIC TALKS RECORDING, SHARING AND PUBLISHING LOCAL PEOPLE’S MEMORIES AND EXPERIENCES OF THE RAILWAY.

**Activities:** The advancement of education for public benefit by: - Increasing public learning and knowledge about the history of the Axminster to Lyme Regis railway line by:- Creating a large static model of the railway  - Creating educational resource materialsThe promotion of community development in East DevonThe advancement of the awareness of local history and heritage




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon
- Dorset
- Somerset




## Trustees

- **Geoffrey Roy Hicks** (Chair) — appointed April 28, 2025
- Bryan Henstock MSc — appointed April 28, 2025
- Kathryn Alison Ridout — appointed April 28, 2025
- Katie Jayne Yarwood — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- Philip Hutt — appointed April 28, 2025
- Philip James Weller — appointed April 28, 2025
- Richard Leeds — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- Stephen Barrie Hedges — appointed April 28, 2025
- Stephen John Thomas — appointed April 28, 2015