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Calendar of Model Railway Exhibitions

 

 

National Exhibitions

 

Year 2023

Warners Exhibitions (Doncaster) - The Festival of British Railway Modelling

Date: Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 February

Venue: Doncaster Racecourse

Prices: Adult: £14. Child: £7

 

Warners Exhibitions (London) - The London Festival of Railway Modelling

Date: Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 March

Venue: Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London, Greater London

Prices:  Adult: £14. Child: £8

 

The Bristol Model Railway Exhibition

Date: Friday 28, Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 April

Venue: Thornbury Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3JB

Prices:  Adult £13 (£11 in advance). Child £7

Meridienne Exhibitions - The International N Gauge Show

Date: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September

Venue: Warwickshire Event Centre, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Prices:  Adult £13. Senior £12. Child £5.50

 

Great British Model Railway Show

Date: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 October

Venue: British Motor Museum, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire CV35 0BJ

Times:  Sat 9.30am - 5pm, Sun 9.30am - 4pm

Prices: Adults £16. Concessions £14. Children £10. Family £44

 

Warley Model Railway Club - Warley National Model Railway Exhibition

Date: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November

Venue: National Exhibition Centre - Hall 5, NEC Birmingham

Prices: Adult £21 online (£25 on the day). Child £1


 

 

Exhibitions organised by listed Model Railway Clubs for

 

May/ June/ July 2023

MAY 2023

 

7mm Narrow Gauge Association (South Downs Group)

‘Swing 2023’

Date: Saturday 20 May (10am to 4:30pm)

Venue: Durrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex

Admission: Adult: £8. Accompanied under 16: free

 

Billericay Model Railway Group

'May Model Railway Show' 

Date: Saturday 27 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: West Billericay Community Centre, Rosebay Ave, Billericay, Essex

Admission: Adult: £5. Under 18: £3

 

Bournville Model Railway Club

‘Industrial & Narrow Gauge Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 13 May (10am - 4.30pm)

Venue: The Austin Sports & Social Club, Tessall Lane, Longbridge, Birmingham

Admission: Adults: £5. Concessions (65+): £4. Accompanied Children: Free. Family: £9

 

Chelmsford & District Model Railway Club

‘Chelmsford Spring Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 20 May (10am - 4.30pm)

Venue: Chelmsford City Football Club, Salerno Way, Chelmsford, Essex

Admission: Adults: £5. Accompanied Children: Free.

 

Chester Model Railway Club

‘Club Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 20 (10am to 4pm) / Sunday 21 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: St. Bartholomew’s Church, Old Sealand Road, Sealand CH5 2LQ

Admission: Adults: £2. Children: 50p

 

Ely & District Model Railway Club

‘Ely Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 20 May (10am - 4.30pm)

Venue: Ely College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 3DY

 

The EM Gauge Society

‘Expo EM Spring 2023’

Date: Saturday 13/ Sunday 14 May

Venue: Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell

 

Gauge O Guild
Southern Show
Date: Saturday 20 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: The Grandstand, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-On-Thames, 
Admission: Members £8. Non-members £12.00 for advanced tickets. £1.00 extra on the door
 

Glenrothes Model Railway Club

‘Glenrothes Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 13 (10am to 4pm) / Sunday 14 May (10.30am to 4pm)

Venue: Templehall Community Centre, Beauly Place, Kirkcaldy

Admission: Adult £5. Children: £2. Family: 10

 

Hayle Railway Modellers

‘May Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 13 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 14 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Hayle Day Care Centre, Commercial Road, Hayle, Cornwall

Admission: Admission: Adult: £5. Child under 14: free

 

Hoddesdon Model and Railway Club

‘Modeling Extravaganza’

Date: Sunday 28 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Old Mill, Mill Lane, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire

Admission: Adult: £3. Children: £1

 

Immingham Museum

Immingham Model Railway Show

Date: Saturday 13 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 14 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Immingham Civic Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham, Lincolnshire

Admission: Adult: £4. Children: £1

 

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

‘Havenstreet 2023’

Date: Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May

Venue: The Railway Station, Main Road, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight

Jarrow Model Railway Club

'Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 20 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 21 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Primrose Community Association, Lambton Terrace, Jarrow

Admission: Adults £6. Accompanied children £3. Families £14

 

Kyle Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 13 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 14 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Walker Hall, 8 South Beach, Troon, KA10 6EF

Admission: Adult £6

 

Market Deeping Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 13/ Sunday 14 May (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Stamford Welland Academy, Green Lane, Stamford

Admission: Adult £6.50. Under 16 £3. Under 5 free. Reg Disabled £3.

 

New Forest Model Railway Society
Model Railway Society Annual Exhibition
Date: Saturday 27 and (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 28 May (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst, Hampshire
Admission: Adult: £6. Accompanied under 16: free

N Gauge Society

‘York 2023’

Date: Saturday 13/ Sunday 14 May

Venue: National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York

 

Neepsend Model Railway Society

‘2023 Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 20 (10am to 5pm)/ Sunday 21 May (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: Grenoside Community Centre, Main Street, Sheffield

Admission: Adults £7. Children £3. Family £15

 

Orpington & District Model Railway Society

‘Pratts Bottom Model Railway Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 20/ Sunday 21 May (10am to 5pm)

Venue: Pratts Bottom Village Hall, Norsted Lane, Pratts Bottom, Nr Orpington

Admission: Adult £5. Children £1.

 

Risborough and District Model Railway Club

‘Railex 2023’

Date: Saturday 27 (10am to 5.30pm) / Sunday 28 May (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: Stoke Mandeville stadium, Aylesbury, HP21 9PP.

Admission: To be announced

 

Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society

‘Salisbury Model Railway Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 20/ Sunday 21 May (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: Michael Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton, Wilts

Admission: Adults £5. Children £2

 

Severn Valley Railway

‘Model Railway Weekend’

Date: Saturday 6/ Sunday 7 May

Venue: Severn Valley Railway, The Engine House, Highley 

Admission: Included in price of rail ticket

 

Sompting and District Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 13 May

Venue: St Peter’s Church, Bowness Avenue, Sompting, Worthing 

Admission: Adults £3. Children £1

 

Stafford Railway Circle

‘Stafford Spring Show’

Date: Saturday 20 May

Venue: Berkswith Church Hall, The Rise, Stafford, ST17 0LH 

Admission: Adults £5. Children (under 16) Free

 

JUNE

 

7mm Narrow Gauge Association

‘Annual Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 17 June (10.30am to 4.30pm)

Venue: Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton Upon Trent, DE14 2EB

Admission: Adults £7. Children (under 16) Free

 

Chesterfield Railway Modellers

‘Peak Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 10 June and Sunday 11 June (10am to 5pm)

Venue: Agricultural Business Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire

Admission: Adults £5. Concessions: £4 Family; £12

 

Craven Arms and District Model Railway Circle

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 3 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Ludlow Racecourse, Bromfield, Ludlow, SY8 2BT

 

Diesel and Electric Modellers United (DEMU)

‘Showcase 2023’

Date: Saturday 17 and (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 18 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Sutton Coldfield Town Hall, Upper Clifton Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

Admission: Waiting confirmation

Ellesmere Model Railway Club
‘Annual Show’
Date: Saturday 3 June
Venue: Cockshutt Millennium Hall, Shrewsbury Road, Cockshutt, near Ellesmere
 

Exeter Gauge 0 Group

‘Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 17 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Whimple Victory Hall, School Hill, Whimple, Devon

Admission: Adults £5

 

Gauge O Guild

‘Summer Show’

Date: Saturday 3 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Barnsley Metrodome, Queens Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Admission: Members £8. Non-members £12.00 for advanced tickets. £1.00 extra on the door

 

Hucclecote Model Railway Show (Hucclecote Methodist Church) 

Date: Saturday 17 June

Venue: Hucclecote Methodist Church, Carisbrooke Road, Hucclecote, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Admission: Waiting details

 

Ipswich Transport & Model Festival

Main sponsor: Ipswich Railway Modellers Association (IRMA)

Date: Saturday 17 June (10am to 4pm)

Venues: Model and transport attractions based in seven different locations around Ipswich including

Ipswich Transport Museum, Old Trolleybus Depot, and IRMA club rooms on Norfolk Road, Ipswich

Admission: Adults £15. Accompanied Children: £1

Mere & District Railway Modellers

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 17 June and Sunday 18 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Mere Lecture Halls, Salisbury Street, Mere, Wiltshire

Admission: Adults £5. Children (under 16) Free

 

Milton Keynes Model Railway Society

‘Annual Model Railway Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 10 June (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: The Ridgeway Centre, Featherstone Road, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Admission: Adults £6. Children: £2Under 5s: Free

 

Norfolk & Suffolk Narrow Gauge Modellers

‘7th Open Day Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 3 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Blyburgate Hall (Former St John Hall), Blyburgate, Beccles, Suffolk

Admission: Adults £4.

 

Perth Model Railway Group

‘Perth Model Railway Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June (10am to 5pm)

Venue: Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, Perth & Kinross

Admission: Adults £10. Children £4

 

Pontypool & Blaenavon Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Club Open Day and Show'

Date: Saturday 17/ Sunday 18 May June (11am to 4pm)

Venue: Blaenavon Heritage Railway, Furnace Sidings, Garn Yr Erw, Blaenavon, Torfaen

Admission: Free if hold travel ticket in heritage railway

 

‘Shrewsbury Model Railway Show’ (organised by Chantilly Grey Ltd) 

Date: Saturday 10 June (10am to 5pm)

Venue: St. Mary's Church, Dogpole, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Admission: Adults £4. Concessions £3. Accompanied Children: Free

 

Rail Riders

‘Railway Show 2023’

Date: Saturday 10/ Sunday 11 June

Venue: Crewe Heritage Centre, Vernon Way, Crewe, Cheshire

Admission: Adults £10. Accompanied Children: Free

Saffron Walden Model Railway Club

‘Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 3 June

Venue: United Reformed Church - Salvation Army Halls, Abbey Lane, Saffron Walden, Essex

 

Shepton & District Model Railway Society

‘Mendip 2023’

Date: Saturday 10 (10.30am to 4.30pm) and Sunday 11 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Shepton Scout Hall (near Shepton Mallett FC), Old Wells Road, West Shepton, Shepton Mallett, Somerset

 

Shildon Model Railway Club

'Model Railway Exhibition'

Date: Saturday 3 June (10 to 5pm) and Sunday 4 June (10 to 4pm)

Venue: Oakleaf Sports Complex, School Aycliffe Lane, Newton Aycliffe

Admission: Adults £6. Family £12

Sleaford & District Model Railway Club

‘Sleaford and District Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 3 June (10am to 4pm)

Venue: St Georges Academy, West Gate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

Admission: Adults £6. Children £4

 

Sussex Vintage Model Railway Collectors

Vintage Model Railway Show

Date: Saturday 10 June (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: Plumpton Village Hall, 1, Westgate, Plumpton Geen, East Sussex

Admission: Adults £4. Children (under 16) Free

 

West Camel Model Railway Society
‘Exhibition and Open Day’
Date: Saturday 24 June (10am to 3:30pm)
Venue: Davis Hall, Howell Hill, West Camel, Yeovil, Somerset
Admission: Adults £4, Children Free
 

 

JULY

 

Barnstaple Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 29 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Christ Church, Bear Street, Barnstaple, Devon

 

Barry & Penarth Model Railway Club

‘Penarth Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 July

Venue: St Cyres Comprehensive School, Sully Road, Penarth, Glamorgan

 

Bluebell Railway

‘Model Railway Weekend’

Date: Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July

Venue: The Bluebell Railway. Model railway show at Sheffield Park Station, East Sussex

Admission: Combined day rover on trains and show entry: Adults £30. Children £15 (online)

 

Bressingham Steam Museum

‘Narrow Gauge Model Railway Show’

Date: Sunday 9 July

Venue: Bressingham Steam Museum, Low Road, Bressingham, Diss, Norfolk

Admission: Combined Museum entry and Model Railway Show entry: Adult £15.44. Child £9.99.

Model Railway Show entry £8

Bridport & District Model Railway Club

‘Summer Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 29 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Sir John Colfox School, Ridgeway, Bradpole, Bridport, Dorset

Admission: Adults £6. Children (under 16) Free

 

Colwyn Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 22 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 23 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Craig Y Don Community Centre, Queen's Road, Craig Y Don, Llandudno, Conwy

Admission: Adults £5. Accompanied Children (under 16) Free

 

Cupar & District Model Railway Club

‘Cupar Model Rail 2023’

Date: Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 July (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: The Corn Exchange, St Catherines Street, Cupar, Fife

Admission: Adults £6. Children (under 16) Free

 

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association

‘1st East Midlands Large Scale Model Railway Show’

Date: Saturday 8 July and Sunday 9 July

Venue: Two venues, (i) Wirksworth Memorial Hall, (ii) The Maltings, Coldwell Street, Wirksworth

Admission (covers both venues): Adults £6.50. Concessions/under 15 £5.50 (note ticket holders get reduced rate on Ecclesbourne Valley Railway for the day).

Exe Model Railway Society

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Saturday 22 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 23 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: The Matford Centre, Matford Park Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter, Devon

Admission: Adults £7.50. Accompanied Children (under 16) Free

 

Felixstowe Area N Gauge Group

‘N Gauge Model Railway Show’

Date: Saturday 15 July (10.30am to 4pm)

Venue: The Memorial Hall, High Road, Trimley St Martin, Suffolk

Admission: Free

 

G Scale Society (Ashford, Kent group)

‘Multi Gauge Model Railway Show’

Date: Sunday 9 July (10.30am to 4pm)

Venue: The Swan Centre, 64 Cudworth Road, Ashford, Kent

Admission: Adults £4. Children £1.50

 

Great Central Railway Nottingham

‘Model Railway Exhibition 2023’

Date: Saturday 1 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 2 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire

Admission: Adults £5. Accompanied Children (under 16) Free

 

Letchworth Model Railway Society

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 22 July (10am to 4.30pm)

Venue: The Priory School, Bedford Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Middleton Railway Trust
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 8 July and Sunday 9 July
Venue: Middleton Railway (at the Engine House), Moor Road, Leeds 
Admission: Combined day rover on trains and show entry: Adults £10. Children £4
 

Pevensey Bay Model Railway Club

‘Model Railway Exhibition’

Date: Saturday 15 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Victoria Baptist Church, Eldon Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex

 

 

'Railex Buxton' (organised by the friends of Railex Buxton)

Date: Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 July

Venue: Pavilion Gardens, St John's Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6BE

Times: Sat 9.30am-5.30pm, Sun 9.30am-5pm

Prices: Adults £9.00.  Accompanied Child: Free

South Coast Model Railway Club

‘Annual Model Railway Exhibition’

Saturday 29 (10.30am to 5pm) and Sunday 30 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: The Arnewood School, Gore Road, New Milton, Hampshire

Admission: Adults £8. Accompanied Children (under 16) Free

 

Thirsk Model Railway Show Committee

‘Thirsk Model Railway Show 2023’

Date: Sunday 30 July (10am to 4pm)

Venue: Thirsk Town Hall, Westgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire

Admission: Adults £5. Accompanied Children (under 16) Free

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