A Heritage Railway Where Steam Still Works For A Living

24/03/2025 The Churnet Valley Railway is sometimes overlooked in favour of bigger, more traditional heritage railways that operate class... Read full news item

Bridges And Structures Update 2024 (Winter)

24/03/2025 You wouldn’t know it but while you travel along our 11 miles of railway you traverse over nearly 100 bridges and struct... Read full news item

Our First Heritage Open Day – What A Huge Success!

08/03/2025 Wow – what a day! Yesterday, 92 of you joined us for our first-ever Heritage Open Day, making history as the very first... Read full news item

Churnet Valley Railway Leaves Heritage Railway Association

28/01/2025 As of today, the Churnet Valley Railway (1992) PLC is no longer a member of the Heritage Railway Association (HRA) having not... Read full news item

Children Travel Free With Rail 200

07/01/2025 Celebrate 200 Years of Railways in Great Britain with the Churnet Valley Railway, a historic and scenic railway in Staffordsh... Read full news item

Heritage Behind The Scenes Open Days 2025

02/01/2025 Be Part of History: Explore the Newly Extended Churnet Valley Railway! We’re thrilled to announce the completion of... Read full news item

First Train Steams Into Leek 31st December 2024

31/12/2024 Today marked the realisation of dreams and aspirations as the first heritage train operated by The Churnet Valley Railway (19... Read full news item

Cheddleton Signal Boxes Final Move

07/10/2024 You may have seen our last big update featuring some pictures and a brief write up of the relocated signalbox at Cheddleton.... Read full news item