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The railway carriage arrived at Wynyard Woodland Park in 2004 to replace the schoolroom for the observatory that became the tea-rooms.
Work to restore it was done by Dr Ed Restall and Bob Mullen.
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The station at Thorpe Thewles closed to passenger traffic on 2nd November 1931, the station remained open for goods but that too ended on 2nd April 1951. The line itself struggled on until 1968.
In May 1982 the line reopened as the Castle Eden Walkway although this area is now known as the Wynyard Woodland Park
There are several benches, including one dedicated to the station master Alfred Anderson, the station itself is a gift shop and tea room.
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The observatory was opened by Sir Arnold Wolfendale on 9th February 1994. It currently contains a 19-inch reflector telescope. There’s also a planetarium nearby
Its regularly used by the Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society and public meets happen on the first and third Friday of the month, September to April.
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On either side of the Northern end of the demolished viaduct is a type 23 Pillbox.
The western one is on an accessable part of the walkway
The eastern example is in a private field, so no close-up.
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The 1877/78 Thorpe Thewles viaduct was demolished spectacularly in 1979
This stone outside the village is part of the structure.
At the top of an embankment overlooking the village are a few scant remains of the viaduct
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St James Church was built in 1886-7 on the site of the short lived Holy Trinity Church of 1848
The font outside is originally from St. Thomas a Becket’s church in Grindon.
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This is one part of Teesside that’s remaining hidden at the moment, the grave cover is currently covered for its own protection.
The stone was originally in St. Thomas a Becket’s church in Grindon
This photo from the Thorpe Thewles History Group shows a comparision betwen 1940 and 2007 and the rapid deterioration of the inscription.
The group are hoping to start a conservation project this year, so hopefully it will soon be on view again.
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This pillbox near the middle of the village is a variant on the Type-23 design
A doorway has been cut in the back, rather than it being accessed from above.
Pillboxes like this are often partially buried, so presumably the modification was to make access easier to this un-buried model.
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This chainsaw sculpture is by Tommy Craggs
A Hamadryad being a greek mythological being that lives in a tree.
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The Serpentine Bridge dated from 1754 and was designed by James Paine. It was rebuilt to match the original in 1994 as part of the restoration of Hardwick Park and opened on 21/10/1994 by Ken Manton.
