Shildon News

Did you, or a member of your family, work in the railway works, the mines, the fur factory, or have links to the Railway Institute? Have you been involved in a trade union, community organisation, club or collective group, either in the past or today?

Public transport enthusiasts turned out in their hundreds on Sunday for the YESTERBUS Fathers Day Classic Gathering held at Locomotion Railway Museum in Shildon.

"Our wonderful THPS Choir visited Durham Cathedral on Thursday 18 June to take part in a music event, and what a day we had" writes a spokesperson for Timothy Hackworth Primary School.

Maxton Bowman has leukaemia. You would not know it from the smile. "He just runs around with a big smile on his face," said his mum, Coralle. The two-year-old from Shildon is nine months into treatment — and this August a family friend, Chris, will cycle 180 miles from Skegness to Shildon to raise £2,000 for the specialist safety bed he needs.

Jubilee Fields Community Centre is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday 5 September, marking a special milestone for a building that has been at the heart of Shildon for a quarter of a century.

Residents are being invited to come together on Armed Forces Day, Saturday 27 June 2026 at 1pm, for the unveiling of a memorial plaque honouring the seven airmen who died when a Short Stirling III bomber crashed between Eldon and Shildon in 1944.

Husband and wife Freemasons among those attending historic national gathering that welcomed women’s Masonic Orders for the first time.

A baby bank and drop-in event at Shildon Civic Hall brought together more than a dozen organisations on Wednesday 20 May — because for many local families, the alternative is two bus journeys away.

Visitors to Locomotion in Shildon this summer can be in with a chance to ride behind the most famous steam locomotive in the world for as little as £5. 

Cllr Samantha Townsend, a lifelong resident with "a deep, personal stake in the town's future", has been elected Mayor for the next year.