Stanley - Tanfield Railway Attractions

Stanley has a main shopping area, a town swimming pool and is famous for its annual summer playscheme geared to children during the first two weeks of summer holiday.

The three mile steam passenger railway between Sunniside, Causeway Arch and East Tanfield originally opened in 1725. At the Tanfield Railway you can ride the steam train and view a collection of 40 locomotivess including the Wellington of 1873, Victorian carriages as well as the workshop of Britain's oldest engine shed built in 1854.