Schools and Learning
Darlington’s new railway-themed visitor attraction celebrates and promotes Darlington’s internationally significant 200-year railway heritage.
Our £35 million site has some amazing learning opportunities, along with our new £1 million outdoor play area Wagon Woods, which introduces the Stockton & Darlington Railway through adventurous play. Plan your exciting visit for September 2024 onwards as part of your curriculum planning.
Beautiful early railway buildings provide learning in context as well as state of the art experiences. Bring your topic to life with our range of led and practical STEM workshops and delve into Darlington's railway heritage to get hands-on with historical objects. Early Years children can explore North Road Station Museum with play-based activities.
School Visit Packages
Package one (from September 2024)
What you get:
- Led workshop (1 hour)
- Self guided time (1 hour)
- Self Guided Time in The Stores (30 mins)
- Lunch space (30 minutes indoors)
- Time in Wagon Woods Play area (45 mins)
Package two (from September 2024)
What you get:
- Led workshop (1 hour)
- Experiment! experience – include self guided time in North Road Station Museum (1 hour 45 mins)
- Self Guided Time in The Stores (30 mins)
- Lunch space (30 minutes indoors)
- Time in Wagon Woods Play area (45 mins)
Lunch
Please let us know in advance if your group would like a space for eating lunch. You will be given a timed slot in an indoor space. If the weather is good you are welcome to use the outdoor picnic area. Please don't eat or drink in the museum or Carriage Works buildings. This is to help us with the conversation of our historic collections.
The Stockton & Darlington Railway
Discover key knowledge about the Stockton & Darlington Railway within the immersive environment of North Road Station Museum
STEM Electricity and the Railways
Taking inspiration from our collection of lamps, telegraphy, communication & signalling equipment, join us for hands-on activities to see how they were used on the railways
Travelling on the Railway
Taking inspiration from the book ‘Faster, Faster Little Red Train!’ by Benedict Blathwayt, we take a playful approach to exploring North Road Station Museum and taking the train.
Loans boxes
Containing a selection of genuine artefacts, photographs and documents, with the occasional replica item, loan boxes bring immersive resources to the classroom. Hire of loans boxes costs £35 for a term
Make a date
Contact Sarah, our Learning and Access Officer