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