Wimborne Railway Society

About the Club

The Wimborne Railway Society aims to attract a broad range of people with an interest in railways, including both general railway enthusiasts and also railway modellers.

The Society meets twice a week, one meeting specifically for railway modellers, the other being a social evening for general mixing, with occasional presentations given on railway topics.

Benefits of Membership

• Both a model railway and a traditional railway club

• Weekly meetings (typically alternating between social meetings and presentation meetings)

• Intensive programme of ‘presentation style’ meetings on railway themes, typically held twice a month

• Newsletter, ‘Corkscrew’, issued six times per year

• Own model railway exhibition, ‘WimRail’

• Occasional trips to places of railway interest

Meeting Days

Social: Every Thursday (with a presentation twice a month)

Modellers: Every Tuesday.

Meeting Venue

United Reformed Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Wimborne.

Contacts

Website:  www.wimrail.org.uk

Facebook: www.facebook.com/wimbornerailwaysociety

Email: Use contact box on website

Membership fee

£40

How to Join:

Go to the Society’s website (address as above), click into ‘Home’ and then ‘Join Today’. Complete the online application form and click ‘submit’.

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