Etherley Incline

200th Anniversary Celebrations

Events and Activities

To find out more please use the following link: www.sdr200.co.uk/

Walking the Line

Monday 1st September to Friday 5th September 2025

Your chance to walk the original 1825 route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Starting near the south west Durham coalfields and finishing at the site of the coal staithes on the River Tees in Stockton. We are looking for 30 people to walk the whole route over 5 days. We will be doing 2 short stretches of the route via train as there is no safe walking route close to the track bed.

Day 1 – New Inn Crossroads to Shildon Station. (7 miles)

Day 2 – Shildon Station (visit to Locomotion Museum) to North Road Station via Heighington Station. Train from Heighington to North Road. (4 miles)

Day 3 – North Road Station (visit to Hopetown) to Dinsdale Station. (6 miles) Day 4 - Dinsdale to Allen’s West and the Yarm Branch. Train from Dinsdale to Allen’s West. (3 miles)

Day 5 – Allen’s West to St. Johns Crossing and the River Tees. (6 miles) Further details will be sent to the 30 successful applicants about 7 days prior to the start. To reserve a place go to https://www.sdr1825.org.uk/events/ To find out more information – contact:- Peter Bainbridge – membership.sdr1825@virginmedia.com - 07941 446663 John Raw - jraw2883@aol.com – 01388 663764

Beautiful images of Etherley Incline

a Scheduled Monument in our Parish

THE 2025 BI-CENTINARY OF THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY

The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened on September 27th 1825 with the prime purpose of transporting coal from the South West Durham collieries around Witton Park, West Auckland and Shildon to the River Tees at Stockton, for shipment to the south of England

The Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) was designed and set out as a 26-mile-long mainline running from the coal mines near Witton Park to the river Tees at Stockton, via Darlington and Yarm. Importantly for our Parish the start of this historic journey followed Etherley Incline, now a protected scheduled monument, from Phoenix Row to Greenfields via Low Etherley.

The Friends of Stockton and Darlington Railway is working in partnership with Durham County Council, Darlington Borough Council and Stockton on Tees Borough Council to develop walking routes and cycling routes along the 26 miles. The Etherley Incline Witton Park Colliery Group is working hard to ensure developments on the Incline in Etherley Parish are undertaken in a sympathetic way in order to protect the natural environment which is enjoyed by our residents and visitors alike.

For more information visit: www.sdr1825.org.uk/

Etherley incline Witton Prk Colliery Group