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Model Engineering Societies 

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Model engineering involves constructing proportionally-scaled miniature working representations of real full-sized machines. These machines may take any form, but typically comprise railway locomotives, road vehicles, boats/ships or planes.

 

The RCD only lists those model engineering societies that are specifically concerned with model railway locomotives, albeit in all their forms, i.e., whether boiler (steam) driven or combustion driven.

 

Locomotives built by model railway engineers are built as true to life as possible, for example, with ‘real’ boilers (if steam driven), and like the ‘real prototype’ are capable of pulling trains. Most model engineering societies have constructed railways upon which their locomotives can carry passengers on trailing carriages, typically referred to as a ‘miniature railway’.

 

Note that the RCD is a directory of railway related clubs, and accordingly it contains a list of model engineering societies, not a list of miniature railways. For that reason, miniature railways not operated by a model engineering society are not included in the RCD. For a full list of miniature railways we recommend 'Minor Railways' by Peter Scott.

 

 Model Engineering Society Associations

 

Engineered locomotives are complex machines like the full-sized version, with associated risks and issues. To deal with legal requirements, such as boiler pressure design and testing for boilers, and public liability insurance, a number of Associations have been formed to which nearly all listed societies are a member. The two main Associations are:

 

The Federation of Model Engineering Societies

www.fmes.org.uk

 

The Northern Association of Model Engineers

www.name-1.org

 

Model engineering clubs are often a member of a Gauge Society, which includes the following:

 

The 7 1/4 Gauge Society

www.sevenandaquarter.org

 

The 10 1/4in Gauge Society

www.tenquarter.org

 

The Ground Level 5 inch Gauge Mainline Association

www.gl5.org

 

The National 2 ½ inch Gauge Association

www.n25ga.org

 

List of Model Engineering Societies

 

There follows a list of model engineering societies in alphabetical order:

 

Andover & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at village of Wherwell (details form club)

Membership: £50. Junior £15

www.admes.uk

 

Ascot Locomotive Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, near car park 10, Ascot Racecourse, off Winkfield Road

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.ascotmatters.co.uk/local-groups/hobbies/82-ascot-locomotive-society

 

Banbury & District MES

Miniature railway Operated? No

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.banburymodelengineers.co.uk

 

Basingstoke & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Viables Craft Centre, Basingstoke, RG22 4BJ

Membership: £40. Junior £20

www.basingstoke-dmes.co.uk

 

Bedford MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Summerfields’ Miniature Railway' in Haynes, near Bedford, MK45 3BH

Membership: £35. Junior £10

www.bedfordmes.co.uk

 

Birmingham SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Illshaw Heath Road, Solihull B94 6DN

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.birminghamsme.com

 

Bournemouth & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Littledown Miniature Railway', rear of the Littledown Centre off Castle Lane East, Bournemouth.

Membership: £31. Junior £11

www.littledownrailway.org.uk/bdsme

 

Bracknell Railway Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Jocks Lane, off Binfield Road, Bracknell RG12 2BH

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.bracknellrailwaysociety.co.uk

 

Bradford MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Northcliff Woods, Shipley

Membership: £40. Junior £16

www.bradfordmes.uk

 

Brandon & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes. Meetings at Brandon Council Offices, Market Square, Brandon.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.brandonanddistrictsme.com

 

Bridgend & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, adjacent to the Parc Slip nature reserve, Aberkenfig, Bridgend, ​ CF32 0EH

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.bridgendminiaturerailway.com

 

Brighouse and Halifax Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Ravensprings Park, Cawcliffe Road, Brighouse, HD6 2HP

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.bhme.co.uk

 

Brighton & Hove Society of Miniature Locomotive Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at The Droveway, Hove, BN3 7QA

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.hoveparkrailway.com

 

Bristol SMEE

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Ashton Court Railway', enter via the Clifton Lodge Gatehouse, Bristol

Membership: £35. Junior £7.50

www.bristolmodelengineers.co.uk

 

Bromsgrove SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove, B60 4JR

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.bromsgrovesme.co.uk

 

Burnley and Pendle Miniature Railway Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Thompson Park, Colne Road (A682), BB11 2AA

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.bpmrs.org.uk/railway.html

 

Buxton Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated? No

Membership: £20

www.buxtonmes.org.uk

 

Cambridge MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, behind Cambridge Rugby Club's ground, access is via Fulbrooke Road, CB3 9EE

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.cdmes.uk

 

Canterbury & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Brett’s Quarries, Fordwich near Canterbury

Membership: £30

www.cdmes.org

 

Canvey Railway & Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Waterside Farm, Somnes Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 9RA

Membership: £30. Junior £5

www.cramec.org

 

Cardiff MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Heath Park, Cardiff (just north of the NHS University Hospital of Wales)

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.cardiffmes.co.uk

 

Cheltenham SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Hatherley Miniature Railway' in Cheltenham, Glos, GL51 6PN

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.cheltsme.org.uk

 

Chesterfield & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Hady Hill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0EE

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.cdmes.co.uk

 

Chichester and District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Blackberry Lane, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 7FS

Membership: £42. Junior £10

www.cdsme.co.uk

 

Chingford and District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Ridgeway Park, Old Church Road, Chingford.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.chingford-model-engineering.com

 

City of Newport MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Glebelands Park, Newport, South Wales

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.newportmodelengineering.uk

 

City of Oxford SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Cutteslowe Park, Harbord Road, Oxford

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.cosme.org.uk

 

City of Sunderland MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Roker Park, Roker Park Road, Sunderland. SR6 9NB.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.csmes.co.uk

 

Colchester SMEE

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at 13A President Road, Colchester CO3 9ED

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.csmee.co.uk

 

Corby & District MRS

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Corby West Glebe Miniature Railway' at Quarry Close, off Kelvin Grove, Rockingham Road, Corby NN17 1AZ

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.cdmrs.co.uk

 

Coventry Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Ryton Pools Country Park near Coventry (on Leamington Road A445), near Bubbenhall, CV8 3BH

Membership: £45. Senior £33

www.coventrymes.co.uk

 

Crawley Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Goffs Park Light Railway' (1 mile west of Crawley High Street), RH11 8PB

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.crawleymodelengineers.weebly.com

 

Crowborough Locomotive Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Crowborough Miniature Railway' at Crowborough Leisure Centre, Eridge Road, Crowborough TN6 2TN

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.crowboroughminiaturerailway.com

 

Derby SMEE

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Morley, Derbyshire DE7 6DG

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.derbysmee.co.uk

 

Drumawhey Junction Railway & Model Engineering Society

[Note: This society is an amalgamation of the Belfast & County Down Miniature Railway Society and the Model Engineers’ Society Northern Ireland]

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, ‘Drumawhey Junction Railway’ at 60 Upper Gransha Road, Donaghadee, BT21 0LZ (south of Bangor).

Membership: £25. Junior £10

www.drumawhey.com

 

East Grinstead MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Has a portable, ridable, 5-inch gauge ground level steam railway, which visits events around Sussex.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.eastgrinsteadmodelengineers.co.uk

 

East Somerset SMEE

Miniature railway Operated?  

Yes, the 'Bath and West Steam Railway' at the Bath and West Showground near Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

Membership: £50. Junior £3

www.essmee.org.uk

 

Edinburgh Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Almondell Model Engineering Centre, Drumshoreland Muir, Drumshoreland Road, Broxburn, EH52 5PF (near Livingston). Also has a portable railway track that attends local gala days

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.edinburgh-sme.org.uk

 

Elmdon MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, the Transport Museum, Chapel Lane, Wythall, B47 6JA (south of Birmingham, near Jct 3 M42)

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.wythallsteamrail.com

 

Erewash Valley MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, but not open to the public (near A52, a few miles west of M1 Jct 25).

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.erewashvalleymes.co.uk

 

Esk Valley MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, in Vogrie Country Park, near Gorebridge, Midlothian EH23 4NU

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.eskvalleymes.org.uk

 

Evergreens Miniature Railway

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, off the A16 at Keal Cotes (5 miles south of Spilsby, 12 miles north of Boston).

Membership: £40. Junior £20

www.evergreensminiaturerailway.org

 

Fenland Light Railway

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Mereside Drove, Ramsey, Near Peterborough, PE26 2UE

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.fenlandlightrailway.co.uk

 

Frimley and Ascot Locomotive Club

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Frimley Lodge Miniature Railway' at Sturt Road, Frimley Green, Camberley, GU16 6HY (off M3 Jct 4)

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.flmr.org

 

Furness Model Railway Club

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, in Barrow Park, Barrow in Furness. Also a model railway club

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.furnessmrc.com

 

Gravesend Model Marine & Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, at Cascades Leisure Centre, Thong Lane, Gravesend, Kent

Membership: £30. Junior £6

www.gmmes.co.uk

 

Grimsby & Cleethorpes Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, at Waltham Windmill, Brigsley Road, Waltham, Grimsby, DN37 0JZ

Membership: £40. Junior £20

www.gcmes.com

 

Guildford MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Burchatts Farm, Stoke Park, Guildford. Also a model railway club

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.gmes.org.uk

 

Halesworth & District Model Engineering Society Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Reydon near Southwold, North Suffolk

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.hdmes.co.uk

 

Harlington Locomotive Society

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, in Harlington village (north side of Heathrow airport)

Membership: £45. Senior £30. Junior £15

www.harlingtonlocomotivesociety.org.uk

 

Harrow & Wembley Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, 'Roxbourne Railway' at Roxbourne Park, Opposite Venue 5, Field End Road, Eastcote, Harrow, HA4 9PB

Membership: £30. Junior £7

www.hwsme.org

 

Hereford SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Broomy Hill, Hereford HR4 0LJ

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.hsme.co.uk

 

High Wycombe Model Engineering Club

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, at Spurlands End Road, Holmer Green, north-east of High Wycombe, Bucks

Membership: £75

www.hwmec.co.uk

 

Huddersfield SME

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, two sites, at Highfields site and at Greenhead Park (just north east and east respectively off the Huddersfield by-pass)

Membership: £48. Junior £6

www.huddersfield-sme.com

 

Hull and District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at West Park, Hull, HU3 6JR

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.finnaj.karoo.net/hdsmee.html

 

Ickenham & District Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, off High Road, Ickenham centre, near Uxbridge, UB10 8LJ

Membership: £40. Junior £10

www.idsme.co.uk

 

Ipswich Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at 547 Foxhall Road, Ipswich

Membership: Details available from the club

www.imes.org.uk

 

Isle of Wight Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated? 

Yes, at Broadfields, Northwood Recreation Ground, Park Road, Cowes,

Membership: £30. Junior £15

www.iwmes.org.uk

 

Joys of Life MRC - Bethesda

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Penrhyn Garden Railway' at Joys of Life Country Park, Bethesda, North Wales, LL57 4YW

Membership: £12. Junior £5

www.joflrailway.webs.com

 

Keighley & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Marley Activity Centre in Keighley. Also operate a portable railway track visiting galas around the area.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.kdmes.org.uk

 

Kings Lynn & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Lynnsport Miniature Railway' at Greenpark Avenue, King’s Lynn, PE30 2NB

Membership: £18. Junior £11

www.kldsme.org.uk

 

Kinver & West Midlands Society of Model Engineers Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Kinver Miniature Railway' at Legion Drive, High Street, Kinver, near Stourbridge DY7 6ER

Membership: Details available from the club

www.kinvermodelengineers.org.uk

 

Lancaster & Morecambe Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Cinderbarrow Miniature Railway' at Tarn Lane, Yealand Redmayne, LA5 9RX.

Membership: £39. Junior £6

www.lmmes.co.uk

 

Leeds SMEE

Miniature railway Operated?

Not at present, as former Eggborough site being redeveloped (discussions with developer to relocate railway elsewhere on site is on-going). Has a portable track that used at local events. Also regular meetings at Darrington Golf Club, WF8 3BP.

Membership: £25

www.leedsmodelengineers.org.uk

 

Leicester Society of Model Engineers Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Abbey Park Miniature Railway' at Abbey Park, Leicester

Membership: £40. Senior £30. Junior £5

www.lsmeabbeypark.com

 

Leyland Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Worden Park, Leyland PR25 1DJ

Membership: Details available from the club

www.leylandsme.wixsite.com

 

Lincoln & District Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at North Scarle Playing Field, South Scarle Lane, North Scarle, LN6 9ER (between Lincoln and Newark)

Membership: £60. Junior £25

www.lincolnmes.co.uk

 

Llanelli & District Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Pembrey Miniature Railway' at Pembrey Country Park, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire SA16 0EJ.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.llanellianddistrictmodelengineers.wordpress.com

 

Maidstone Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, in Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent

Membership: £25. Junior £15

www.maidstonemes.co.uk

 

Malden District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Thames Ditton Miniature Railway' at Claygate Lane, Thames Ditton, Surrey KT7 0LE

Membership: £50. Junior £25

www.malden-dsme.org

 

Manx Steam & Model Engineering Club

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Orchid Line' at Curraghs Wildlife Park, Ballaugh, Isle of Man.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/ManxSteamModelEngineeringClubMsmec

 

Mid-Cheshire SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Sandiway Miniature Railway' (next to Blakemere Village), Sandiway, Cheshire CW8 2EB (5 miles south west of Northwich)

Membership: Details available from the club

www.mcsme.co.uk

 

Mid Wales Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, in Back Lane Park, Newtown

Membership: Details available from the club

www.midwalesmes.org.uk

 

Milton Keynes Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Caldecotte Miniature Railway' (at Caldecotte Lake), Lakeside Grove, Bletcham Way, Milton Keynes, MK7 8HP

Membership: Details available from the club

www.caldecotteminiaturerailway.co.uk

 

Mold Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Celyn Wood Miniature Railway' at Holywell Road, Northop, CH7 6AA (near Flint)

Membership: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/MOLDMES/?locale=en_GB

 

Newton Abbot & District Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Private track operated – details from club

Membership: £40.

www.nadmes.org.uk

 

North London Society of Model Engineers

Society with multiple interest sections.

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, ‘Tyttenhanger’ at Church Lane, Colney Heath (between St. Albans and Hatfield). Headquarters with library, meeting rooms, etc, are in Finchley.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.nlsme.co.uk

 

North Norfolk MEC

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at County School Station, North Elmham, NR20 5LE

Membership: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/northnorfolkmodelengineeringclub/?locale=en_GB

 

North Staffs MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Brampton Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 0QP

Membership: Details available from the club

www.nsmes.co.uk

 

North Wales MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at 'West Shore Miniature Railway' Trinity Crescent, Llandudno LL30 2PQ

Membership: Details available from the club

www.nwmes.org.uk

 

North West Leicestershire SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Hermitage Miniature Railway' at Hermitage Recreation Ground, Whitwick, Leicestershire LE67 5BZ

Membership: Details available from the club

www.nwlsme.club

 

North Wilts MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Coate Water Miniature Railway' at Coate Water Country Park, Swindon, SN3 6AA (near M4 Jct 15)

Membership: Details available from the club

www.coatewaterrailway.wixsite.com

 

Northampton Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Lower Delapre Park, Far Cotton, Northampton, NN4 8AJ

Membership: Details available from the club

www.nsme.co.uk

 

Northolt Model Railway Club

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Northolt Village Community Centre, The Manor House, Ealing Road, Northolt, Middlesex UB5 6AD

Membership: Details available from the club

www.northoltmodelrailway.club

 

Norwich & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Eaton Park Miniature Railway' at Eaton Park, Colman Road, Norwich, NR4 7AU

Membership: £25. Junior £15

www.ndsme.org

 

Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Ruddington Fields, Mere Way, Ruddington, Notts, NG11 6JS.

Membership: £40. Senior £30 Junior £20

www.nsmee.org.uk

 

Pembrokeshire Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, next to Milford Haven Leisure Centre.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/groups/249005099656153

 

Perranporth & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Callestick village, Cornwall

Membership: Details available from the club

www.padmes.weebly.com

 

Peterborough Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

No. Has a portable track that visits local events. Has regular meetings at Eye Community Centre, 70 High Street, Eye, PE6 7UY

Membership: Details available from the club

www.peterboroughsme.co.uk

 

Pinewood Miniature Railway Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road, Wokingham, RG40 3AQ (between Wokingham and Crowthorne)

Membership: Details available from the club

www.pinewoodrailway.co.uk

 

Plymouth Miniature Steam

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Goodwin Park, 70 Pendeen Crescent, Plymouth PL6 6RE

Membership: £28 Junior £10

www.plymouthminiaturesteam.co.uk

 

Polegate & District Model Engineering Club Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at William Daly Recreation Ground, Brightling Road, Polegate, East Sussex BN26 5AY

Membership: £36 Junior £13

www.padmec.org.uk

 

Portsmouth Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Bransbury Park, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea PO4 8HS

Membership: £30 Junior £15

www.portsmouthmes.club

 

Reading Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Prospect Park Railway' at 82 Bath Road, Reading, Reading, RG30 2BE

Membership: Details available from the club

www.rsme.uk

 

Rochdale Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Springfield Park, Bolton Road (A58), Rochdale, OL11 4RE.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.rsmee.com

 

Romford MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Ardleigh House Community Centre, 42 Ardleigh Green Road, Hornchurch, Essex RM11 2LL

Membership: Details available from the club

www.romfordmec.com

 

Romney Marsh Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at 101 Rolfe Lane, New Romney, Kent TN28 8JL

Membership: £25

www.rmmes.co.uk

 

Rotherham & District Model Engineers Society Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Rosehill (Victoria) Park, Rawmarsh, Rotherham S62 7JS

Membership: £25

www.rdmes.co.uk

 

Rugby MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Rainsbrook Valley Railway' at Onley Lane, Rugby CV22 5QD

Membership: Details available from the club

www.rugbymes.co.uk

 

Rugeley Power Station SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Rugeley Miniature Railway' in grounds of former Rugeley Power Station

Membership: £30 Junior £5

www.rugeley-sme.org.uk

 

Ryedale Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'RSME Miniature Railway' at Pottergate, Gilling East, York YO62 4JJ

Membership: £75

www.rsme.org.uk

 

Saffron Walden & District Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Stansted Down Miniature Railway' at Down Farm, Stansted, Essex CM24 8ST

Membership: Details available from the club

www.swdsme.co.uk

 

Sale Area Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Walton Park, 37 Walton Road, Sale M33 4A

Membership: Details available from the club

www.waltonparktrains.co.uk

 

Salisbury Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

No. Club meetings at Memorial Hall, Idmiston Road, Porton, Wiltshire SP4 0LB

Membership: £35 (or £3.50 per meeting)

www.salisbury-model-engineering-society.co.uk

 

Scunthorpe Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Normanby Hall Country Park, Normanby, North Lincolnshire DN15 9HU

Membership: £20

www.scunthorpesme.com

 

Sheffield & District Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Abbeydale Miniature Railway' at Abbeydale Road South (entrance opposite No. 283), near Dore, S17 3LB

Membership: £50 Junior £15

www.sheffieldmodelengineers.com

 

Sheppey Model Engineering

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Bartons Point Coastal Park, Marine Parade, Sheerness, Kent ME12 2BX

Membership: £20 Senior and Junior £15

www.sheppeymodelengineering.co.uk/wp

 

Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

No. Has own clubhouse at Marshall House, 28, Wanless Road, London, SE24 0HW

Membership: £45

www.sm-ee.co.uk

 

Southampton MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Riverside Park Railway' at Riverside Park, Southampton SO18 1PQ

Membership: £32 Junior £5

www.southamptonsme.org

 

South Downs Light Railway

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Pulborough Garden Centre, Stopham Road, Pulborough, RH20 1DS

Membership: £20 Junior £10

www.south-downs-railway.com

 

South Durham Society of Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Hurworth Grange Community Centre, 1 Hurworth Rd, Darlington DL2 2BN

Membership: £48 Junior £10

www.sdsme.co.uk

 

South Lakeland MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Lightburn Park Railway' in Ulverston, Cumbria

Membership: £15 Junior £5

www.slmes.co.uk/slmeshome.htm

 

Southport Model Engineering Club

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Rotten Row, (next to Victoria Park Playground), Southport PR8 2DA

Membership: £60 Junior From £12

www.southportmodelengineering.club

 

Spenborough Model & Experimental Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at 'Royds Park Railway' at New Street, Cleckheaton BD19 5LL

Membership: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/roydsparkminiaturerailway?locale=en_GB

www.facebook.com/SpenboroughMinitureRailway/?locale=en_GB

 

St. Albans & District Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, Chipperfield Track (Puffing Park), private property Chipperfield, Herts. Meetings held at Christchurch Centre, High Oaks Road, New Greens, St.Albans AL3 6DJ

Membership: £33 Junior £5

www.stalbansmes.com

 

Stafford & District Model Engineering Society Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Stafford County Showground, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0BD

Membership: £35 Junior £6

www.sdmes.co.uk

 

Stockport & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at South Park, Grove Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport SK8 7NB

Membership: £40

www.stockportmodelengineers.co.uk

 

Strathaven Model Club

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Strathaven Park, Glasgow Road, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.

Membership: Details available from the club

www.strathavenminiaturerailway.org

 

Surrey SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Mill Lane, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 9AA

Membership: Details available from the club

www.ssme.co.uk

 

Sutton Coldfield Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Little Hay Miniature Railway' at Balleny Green, Little Hay Lane, Lichfield WS14 0QB

Membership: £65 Junior £35. Introductory (3 months): £35

www.scmes.co.uk

 

Sutton MEC

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at rear of 1 Chatham Close, Sutton, Surrey SM3 9JF (parking available in Sutton Common Park, SM3 9EN)

Membership: Details available from the club

www.suttonmec.org

 

Taunton Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Vivary Park, Taunton, Somerset

Membership: £50. Junior £5

www.tauntonme.org.uk

 

Tiverton & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Worthy Moor' track, EX16 8EF

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.tivertonmodelengineering.org.uk

 

Tonbridge Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at The Slade, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1HR.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.tonbridgemes.com

 

Tyneside SMEE

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Exhibition Park, Newcastle NE2 4AA (carpark in Claremont Road)

Membership: £35

www.tsmee.co.uk

 

Urmston and District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Abbotsfield Park, Chassen Road, Flixton, Manchester, M41 5DH

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.udmes.co.uk

 

Vale of Aylesbury Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.vames.co.uk

 

Wakefield Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Thornes Park, Wakefield, England WF2 8UD

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.wakefieldsmee.co.uk

 

Warrington & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, in Daresbury near Warrington

Membership: £65. Junior £10

www.wdmes.org.uk

 

Westland and Yeovil District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at the Westland Leisure Centre, Westbourne Close, Yeovil BA20 2DD

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.wydmes.org.uk

 

West Riding Small Locomotive Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Blackgates Miniature' located behind Freedom House Annex, Bradford Road, Tingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF3 1SD

Membership: £30. Junior £5

www.sites.google.com/site/westridingsmallloco/home

 

West Wilts SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at White Horse Country Park, Westbury BA13 4LX

Membership: £45. Junior £5

www.wwsme.org

 

Weymouth & District Model Engineering Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, oval track near Clubrooms, Budmouth Academy, Chickerell Road, Weymouth, DT4 9SY

Membership: £30. Junior £2

www.wadmes.co.uk

 

Wimborne & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Cobham's Sports and Social Ground, BH21 3DA

Membership: £10. Junior £1

www.wimbornedsme.co.uk

 

Woking Miniature Railway Society

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Mizens Railway' off Barrs Lane, Knaphill, near Woking, Surrey, GU21 2JW.

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.wokingminiaturerailwaysociety.com

 

Wolverhampton & District MES

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Baggeridge Miniature Railway' at Baggeridge Country Park, postcode DY3 4HB (on A463 between Wombourne and Sedgley).

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.wolverhampton-dmes.co.uk

 

Worcester & District Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Diglis Fields, Waverley Street, Worcester, WR5 3DH

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/worcestermes/?locale=en_GB

 

Worthing and District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Field Place, Durrington, Worthing BN13 1NP

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.worthingmodelengineers.co.uk

 

Wortley Top Forge Model Engineers

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, 'Wortley Top Forge Miniature Railway' at Wortley, near Sheffield, S35 7DN

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.wortleymes.com

 

Wrexham & District SME

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at Old Wrexham Road, Wrexham LL12 8TY

Membership: Yes: Details available from the club

www.facebook.com/WrexhamDistrictSME

 

York City & District Society of Model Engineers Ltd

Miniature railway Operated?

Yes, at rear of The Pastures, North Lane, Dringhouses, York YO24 2JE

Membership: £60. Junior £15

www.yorkmodelengineers.co.uk

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