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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 MAR 2013
NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 APR 2016 as amended on 19 Aug 2024
Charitable objects
4 The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:
For the public benefit to restore, maintain and operate part of our industrial heritage, the Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway, in order to -
(1) Advance the education of the public about the engineering achievement and legacy of the water industry
serving London and the use of dedicated rail transport to serve that industry.
(2) To reconstruct and operate, as a public amenity, on the original trackbed where possible, the former
narrow-gauge railway linking the preserved Kempton Park pumping engines and the River Thames
at Hampton.
(3) To construct a branch of the narrow-gauge railway to the mainline station at Kempton Park thus providing
an environmentally friendly public transport link to a wide area of West London and beyond.
(4) Provide educational and training facilities to –
(a) Those engaged in the restoration and operation of the railway
(b) Young persons learning early 20th century engineering skills
(c) School children and others studying our industrial heritage
(5) Provide environmentally friendly access to ecologically sensitive nature
reserves through currently inaccessible Green Belt land.
