Calendar of Model Railway Exhibitions
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National Exhibitions
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(for local model railway club exhibitions, scroll down)
Year Q2 2025
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Model World LIVE
Date: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 April 2024
Venue: Hall 2, NEC, Birmingham
Prices (advanced online): Adult: £18. Child: £9.
Parking on the day costs £18.95, advance parking costs £13.95
The Bristol Model Railway Exhibition
Date: Friday 2 Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2024
Venue: Thornbury Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3JB
Prices: Adult: £13. Child: £7. Family: £35
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Exhibitions organised by listed Model Railway Clubs and other listed Societies
Q2. April to June 2025
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APRIL 2025
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32a Model Railway Club
‘Annual Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 26 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Bawdeswell Village Hall, Reepham Road, Bawdeswell, Norfolk
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Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers
‘National Garden Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 12 April (10am to 5pm)
Venue: Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, CV8 2LG
Admission: Adults: £15.
Berkshire Area Group N Gauge Society
25th Anniversary Model Railway Exhibition
Date: Saturday 19 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Woodlands Park Village Centre, Manifold Way, White Waltham, Berkshire
Admission: Adults: £7. Children: £4
Bingham Model Railway Club
‘South Notts Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 5 (10am to 4.30pm) / Sunday 6 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Cotgrave Welfare, Woodview, Cotgrave, Notts
Admission: Adults: £5. Accompanied under 16: free
Cheltenham Great Western Modellers Group
Date: Saturday 5 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 6 April (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: St. Margarets Hall, Coniston Road, Cheltenham
Admission: Adults: £6. Children: £2
De Havilland Model Railway Society
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 12 April (10am to 5pm)
Venue: Methodist Church, Ludwick Way, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 3PN
Admission: Adult: £6. Children: £2 (under 5's, free)
Helston & Falmouth Model Railway Club
‘The Great Cornish Model Show’
Date: Saturday 12 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 13 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Pool Academy, Church Road, Pool, TR15 3PZ
Admission: Adults £8. Under 16: £5. Family: £15.
High Wycombe and District Model Railway Club
‘Mrx25 Spring’
Date: Saturday 12 April (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Cressex Community School, Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, Bucks HP12 4QA
Admission: Adults £5. Under 16: £1.
Ilfracombe Model Railway Society
‘Ilfracombe Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 19 April
Venue: Landmark Pavillion Theatre, Wilder Road, Ilfracombe
Luton Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 26 April
Venue: Stopsley High School, St. Thomas' Road, Luton, Bedfordshire
Macclesfield Model Railway Group
‘Macclesfield Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 5 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 6 April (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Tytherington School, Manchester Road, Macclesfield
Admission: Adult: £10. Children: Free (under 16 with an adult)
Merseyside & South West Lancs NG Group
‘North West Narrow Gauge Show’ including the OO9 Society AGM
Date: Saturday 12 April
Venue: Rainhill Village Hall, Dane Court, Rainhill, Merseyside
Newgog (see South Wales O Gauge Show)
North Down Model Railway Society
‘Annual Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 12 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 13 April (noon to 5pm)
Venue: Bangor Grammar School, Gransha Road, Bangor, Co.Down
Admission: Adults £7. Under 16: £4.
North East of England N Gauge Group
‘Annual Show’
Date: Saturday 12 April (10am to 5pm)
Venue: Masonic Hall, Alexandra Road, Gateshead
Admission: Adults £5. Children £3.
Norwich Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 12 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Hellesdon High School, Middletons Lane, Norwich
Admission: Adult: £6. Accompanied under 16: free
Orpington & District Model Railway Society
‘Pratts Bottom Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 5 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 6 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Pratts Bottom Village Hall, Norsted Lane, Pratts Bottom, Nr Orpington
Admission: Adult £6. Children £1.50
Pentland Model Railway Group
‘Lothians Model Rail Show’
Date: Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Heriot Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS
Admission: Adult £6. Children Free
Royston & District Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 12 April (10.30am to 4pm)
Venue: Bassingbourn Village College, South End, Bassingbourn
Admission: Adult: £5. Accompanied under 16: free
Shildon Model Railway Club
Model Railway Exhibition
Date: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 April
Venue: Locomotion, The National Railway Museum at Shildon, County Durham
South Wales O Gauge Show (NEWGOG)
Date: Saturday 5 April (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Lysaght Institute, Orb Road, Newport
Admission: Adult: £8. OAP/ Junior: £6
Tame Valley Model Railway Club
‘Rail Road 2025’
Date: Saturday 12 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 13 April (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Longdendale High School, Spring Street, Hollingworth Hyde
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West Wales Railway Modellers
‘West Wales Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 26 April
Venue: Bronwydd Arms Village Hall, Carmarthenshire
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York Model Railway Show
Date: Saturday 19 to Monday 21 April
Knavesmire Stand, York Racecourse, Racecourse Road, York YO23 1EX
Admission: Adult £15 (£14 early bird online price). Children £2
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MAY 2025
Bentley Model Railway Group
‘Calne Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 10 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 11 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Calne Community Campus, White Horse Way, Calne
Admission: Adults: £8. Children: £3
Bradford Model Railway Club
‘Queensbury Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 17 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 18 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Victoria Hall, 18 Sand Beds, Queensbury, West Yorks
Admission: Adults: £7. Children: Free
Broadland Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Show’
Date: Sunday 25 May (10am to 3.30pm)
Venue: Hoveton Village Hall, 30 Stalham Road, Hoveton, Norwich
Admission: Adult: £5
Chester Model Railway Club
‘Club Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 10 (10am to 4pm) / Sunday 11 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: St. Bartholomew’s Church, Old Sealand Road, Sealand CH5 2LQ
Admission: Adults: £2. Children: 50p
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Ely & District Model Railway Club
‘Ely Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 17 May (10am - 4.30pm)
Venue: Ely College, Downham Road, Ely, CB6 3DY
Admission: Adult £6.50 Children: £3.
The EM Gauge Society
‘Expo EM Spring 2025’
Date: Saturday 10/ Sunday 11 May (10.30am - 5.30pm)
Venue: Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell
Admission: 2-day visitor ticket £11. EMGS members £9. Accompanied children under 16: Free
Gauge 3 Society
‘Annual Show‘
Date: Saturday 17 May (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: The Rufus Centre, Steppingley Road, Flitwick, MK45 1AH
Member Donation: £3. Non-member £5.
Glenrothes Model Railway Club
‘Glenrothes Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 10 (10am to 4pm) / Sunday 11 May (10.30am to 4pm)
Venue: The Lomond Centre, Woodside Way, Glenrothes, KY7 5RA
Admission: Adult £6. Children: Free
Gauge O Guild
‘Summer Show’
Date: Saturday 31 May (9.30am to 4pm)
Venue: The Grandstand, Kempton Park Racecourse, Staines Road East, Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AQ
Admission: Members £12. Non-members £17 for advanced tickets.
Hoddesdon Model and Railway Club
‘Railway 200 Show’
Date: Sunday 25 May (10.30am to 4pm)
Venue: Old Mill, Mill Lane, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
Admission: Adult: £5. Children: Free
Hull Miniature Railway Society
‘Hull Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 31 May (10am to 4.30pm) and Sunday 1 June (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Events Space, Princess Quay Shopping Centre, Hull
Admission: Adult £7. Children: £1
Immingham Museum
‘Immingham Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 10 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 11 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Immingham Civic Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham, Lincolnshire
Admission: Adult: £5. Accompanied Children: Free
Jarrow Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 17 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 18 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Primrose Community Association, Lambton Terrace, Jarrow
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Lutterworth Railway Society
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 10 May (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Wycliffe Rooms, George Street, Lutterworth LE 17 4ED
Admission: Adults £5. Accompanied children £3
Market Deeping Model Railway Club
‘Stamford Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 10 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 11 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Stamford Welland Academy, Green Lane, Stamford, Lincs
Admission (advance on line): Adult £8. Under 16 £3. Under 5 free. Reg Disabled £3.
N Gauge Society - Isle of Wight Area Group
Model Railway Show
Date: Saturday 10 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Stenbury Hall, Station Road, Wroxall, Isle of Wight
Admission: Adults £3. Accompanied Children Free
Neepsend Model Railway Society
‘Sheffield Model Railex’
Date: Saturday 10 (10am to 5pm)/ Sunday 11 May (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Grenoside Community Centre, Main Street, Sheffield
Admission: Adults £7.50. Accompanied Children Free
New Forest Model Railway Society
‘Annual Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May
Venue: Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, SO42 7RY
North Downs Model Railway Circle
‘Summer Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 31 May (10am to 5pm)
Venue: St Peter's Church Hall, 1 Chipstead Way, Woodmansterne, Banstead, SM7 3JH
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
Model Railway Exhibition 2025
Date: Saturday 24 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 25 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Mere Way, Ruddington, Notts
Admission: Adults £8 Children £2
Risborough and District Model Railway Club
‘Railex 2025’
Date: Saturday 24 (10am to 5.30pm) / Sunday 25 May (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP.
Admission: Adults £12. Accompanied Children Free
Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society
‘Salisbury Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May
Venue: The Thruxton Centre, Thruxton Circuit, Andover SP11 8PW
Admission: Adults £10. Children £2
Scarborough & District Railway Modellers
‘Spring Show 2025’
Date: Saturday 24 (10am to 5pm) / Sunday 25 May (10am to 3.30pm)
Venue: Newby & Scalby Community Hall, Scalby Road, Scarborough, North Yorks
Admission: Adult: £7. Accompanied under 16: free
Severn Valley Railway
‘Model Railway Weekend’
Date: Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May
Venue: Severn Valley Railway, The Engine House, Highley
Admission: Included in price of rail ticket
Sleaford & District Model Railway Club
‘Sleaford and District Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 31 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: St Georges Academy, West Gate, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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Sompting and District Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 10 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: St Peter’s Church, Bowness Avenue, Sompting, Worthing BN15 9TS
Admission: Adults £4. Children £1
South West Herts Model Railway Society
Date: Saturday 10 May (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Queen’s School, Aldenham Road, Bushey, Watford
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Syston Model Railway Society
‘Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 17 (10am to 4.30pm) and Sunday 18 May (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Roots at Thorpe farm, Barkby Thorpe, Leicester
Admission: Adults £550. Accompanied Children: Free. Children £4
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JUNE 2025
7mm Narrow Gauge Association
‘Annual Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 14 June (10.30am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton Upon Trent, DE14 2EB
Admission: Adults £10. Family £15. Member Adult and Family £5. Accompanied Under 16: Free
Astolat Model Railway Club
‘Guildford Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Sunday 29 June
Venue: Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex, Parkway, Guildford, Surrey
Admission: Adults £9. Accompanied Children: Free
Bluebell Railway
‘Model Railway Weekend’
Date: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June
Venue: The Bluebell Railway. Model railway show at Sheffield Park Station, East Sussex
Admission: Combined day rover on trains and show entry: Adults £30. Accompanied Children £1 (online)
Chesterfield Railway Modellers
‘Peak Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 7 June and Sunday 8 June (10am to 5pm)
Venue: Agricultural Business Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire
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Craven Arms and District Model Railway Circle
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 21 June (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Ludlow Racecourse, Bromfield, Ludlow, SY8 2BT
Exe Model Railway Society
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 21 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 22 June (10am to 4pm)
Venue: The Matford Centre, Matford Park Road, Marsh Barton, Exeter, Devon
Admission: Adults £10. Accompanied Children (under 16) Free
French Railway Society
‘Summer Rendezous’
Date: Sunday 1 June (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: Ashstead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, near Leatherhead KT 21 2BE
Admission: Admission: Adults £6. Children £2
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Ipswich Transport & Model Festival
Main sponsor: Ipswich Railway Modellers Association (IRMA)
Date: Saturday 21 June (10am to 4pm)
Venues: Model and transport attractions based in number of different locations around Ipswich including the Ipswich Transport Museum, Ipswich Model Engineers, Gipping Valley Model Boat Club, Ipswich Plastic Modellers Society and the Ipswich Model Railway Centre.
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Leicester Model Railway Group
‘Model Railway Exhibition ‘
Date: Saturday 14 June
Venue: St. Margaret's Church, St. Margaret's Street, Leicester, Leicestershire
Admission: Adults £5.
Marlow, Maidenhead & District Model Railway Club
‘Summer Show’
Date: Saturday 7 June (10am to 3.30pm)
Venue: Knowl Hill Village Hall, Berkshire
Admission Adults £5 Children 5-14 £2 (under 5s Free)
Middleton Railway Trust
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June
Venue: Middleton Railway (at the Engine House), Moor Road, Leeds
Admission: Combined day rover on trains and show entry: Adults £10. Children £4
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
‘Model Railway Show’
Date: Saturday 1 June
Venue: Brockford Station, Hall Lane, Wetheringsett, Suffolk
Milton Keynes Model Railway Society
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Saturday 7 June (10am to 4.30pm)
Venue: The Ridgeway Centre, Featherstone Road, Milton Keynes, MK12 5TH
Admission: Adults £8. Children: £2. Under 5s: Free
Perth Model Railway Group
‘Perth Model Railway Exhibition 2025’
Date: Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June (10am to 5pm)
Venue: Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, Perth & Kinross
Admission: Adults £10. Children £4
Renfrewshire Model Railway Club
‘Scottish Festival of Railway Modelling’
Date: Saturday 14 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 15 June (10am to 5pm)
Venue: Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, Renfrew, Glasgow, Renfrewshire
Admission: Adult £12. Child Free
Scalefour Society
‘Scalefour Crewe’
Date: Saturday 7 (10am to 5pm) and Sunday 8 June (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Crewe Alexandra FC, Mornflake Stadium, Gresty Road, CW2 6EB
‘Shrewsbury Festival of Model Railways’ (organised by Chantilly Grey Ltd)
Date: Saturday 7 June (10am to 5pm)
Venue: St. Mary's Church, Dogpole, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
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Shepton & District Model Railway Society
‘Mendip 2025’
Date: Saturday 7 (10.30am to 4.30pm) and Sunday 8 June (10am to 4pm)
Venue: Shepton Scout Hall (near Shepton Mallett FC), Old Wells Road, West Shepton, Shepton Mallett, Somerset
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Stowmarket Model Railway Club
‘Model Railway Exhibition’
Date: Sunday 29 June
Venue: Blackbourne Community Centre, Blackbourne Road, Elmswell, Suffolk
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