Places to see in ( Newton Aycliffe - UK )
Places to see in ( Newton Aycliffe - UK )
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, the town sits about five miles to the north of Darlington and ten miles to the south of the city of Durham. It is the oldest new town in the north of England, and together with the bordering Aycliffe Village (to the south) and the north part of School Aycliffe (to the west), forms the civil parish of Great Aycliffe.
At the 2001 census, Great Aycliffe had a population of 26,385, although in 2007 Great Aycliffe Town Council reported this had risen to 29,000. It is the largest town within the Sedgefield constituency. Within a radius of 10 miles (16 km) are several towns and villages including Darlington, Bishop Auckland, Shildon and Heighington. To the south of the town is the village of Aycliffe. Newton comes from 'New Town'. Aycliffe Village is near to the A1(M) junction with the A167 (former A1).
On the edge of the town is the Bishop Auckland to Darlington railway branch line which is part of the 1825 Stockton and Darlington Railway. George Stephenson's steam locomotive Locomotion No 1 was placed on the rails close to Newton Aycliffe near to where Heighington station is. The Great North Road passed (A1) through the town until 1969.
The original Woodham was a medieval village, although apart from a few low mound earthworks (on private land) there is no trace of this original village. It was located on the northern side of the Woodham Burn stream and to the East of the A167 that cuts through the site in a north-south direction.
There are no streets in Newton Aycliffe (no places of residence with the suffix 'street'.). The main road which runs through the centre of the town is 'Central Avenue'. There are many Roads, Closes, Crescents and even a Parade. In the older parts of the town the streets are named after Bishops of Durham and Saints: Van Mildert (road); St. Aidan's (walk); Biscop (Crescent). Some are named after prominent local families such as Shafto (way), Eden (road), and Bowes (Road) for example. Some are even named after the movers and shakers of the New Town Movement such as Lord Lewis Silkin (Silkin Way) and Lord Beveridge (Beveridge Way).
The A167 (old A1) is the main road to the town, it runs to Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne (30 miles) in the north and Darlington (8 miles) and Northallerton in the south. The A1(M) is near to the town and runs to Edinburgh in the north and London to the south, it provides as an alternative route to Durham and Newcastle in the north. The A689 is also near the town and it runs to Bishop Auckland in the west and Hartlepool and Teesside in the east.
The Newton Aycliffe railway station, which is on the Tees Valley Line, has train services provided by Northern to Bishop Auckland and Saltburn. There are connections to East Coast services to Edinburgh and London at Darlington, connections to Grand Central services to Northallerton, York and London at Eaglescliffe, and connections to Northern Rail services to Hartlepool, Sunderland and Newcastle at Thornaby.
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Engines of note seen in the video include
A4 4-6-2 no 4468 Mallard
LNWR Precedent 2-4-0 no 790 Hardwicke
A4 4-6-2 no 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley
A1 4-6-2 no 60163 Tornado
GWR City 4-4-0 no 3717 City Of Truro
0-4-0ST no 2012 Teddy
5BEL Car no 88
Scotrail Class 380 EMU no 380007
LNWR Coal Tank 0-6-2T no 58926
A3 4-6-2 no 502 Flying Scotsman
Class 91 no 91110 Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight
Schools 4-4-0 no 925 Cheltenham
Ffestiniog 0-4-0STT Palmerston
The Flypast will be uploaded seperately to this
Overall it was a great day out.
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This extravaganza took place on the weekend Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th September 2011.
There were two return shuttle trips arranged on each day to travel between York NRM and Shildon NRM. Also on each day there were special steam events at both venues.
This film is Part One which shows the first shuttle of the day leaving York for Shildon. Then there is footage of the locomotives that hauled the shuttle, as a top and tailed service. They were GWR steam locomotive no. 5972 Olton Hall, a 4-6-0 Hall class locomotive and LMS Stanier Class 5, 4-6-0 number 45305. The first locomotive is the famous Hogwarts Castle locomotive used in the Harry Potter films, and which it was specially re-painted and re-named for the films. Its original colour would have been GWR Brunswick Green.
Next I show scenes from the displays around the yard and within the exhibition hall building. There were also shuttles running on the demonstration line hauled firstly by 0-6-0 Saddletank Locomotive Sir Berkeley, built in 1890 and later in the day Great Western Railway locomotive 0-6-2T Number 5643 built in 1925.
During the film you will also see the view from the train on the demonstration line as well as 5972 and 45305 heading back to York. Finally at the end of the film can be seen the original Sans Pareil locomotive, built by Timothy Hackworth in 1829 for the Rainhill Trials.
I hope you enjoy this film and thanks for reading this.
Part 2 will follow shortly
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