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08 December 2018 09 December 2018
Event Name: The National Festival of Railway Modelling
Classification: Exhibition
Address: East of England Arena & Events Centre, Oundle Road, Alwalton, Peterborough, PE2 6XE
Day 1: 8th December 2018
Opening times Day 1: 10.00am - 5.00pm (pre-booked ticket holders 9:30am)
Day 2: 9th December 2018
Opening times Day 2: 10.00am – 4.30pm (pre-booked ticket holders 9:30am)
Prices: ADVANCE TICKET PRICES Adult BRM Subscriber - £8.00 Adult - £9.00Child - £5.00Family (2 adults, 3 children) £30Advance tickets are off sale 12 noon on 7th December 2018 Group bookings discount - 10 tickets and over – price is £8 each ticket.TICKET PRICES ON THE DOOR Adult - £10.00
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: www.model-railway-shows.co.uk
Organising body: Warners Shows
Organiser: Warners Exhibitions
The National Festival of Railway Modelling returns to Peterborough on 8th to 9th March 2018 for its 11th year.
We are excited that The National Festival of Railway Modelling will return for its 11th show over the weekend of 8th & 9th December 2018! This event continues to be a must for all railway modellers and a great day out for all the family. Come and meet the BRM team and discuss your projects with them.
Thousands of visitors will make their way to the East of England Arena & Events Centre in Peterborough to see 30 hand-picked layouts from a variety of major scales and gauges from UK and abroad plus over 100 quality traders, clubs & societies and 'How to' demonstrations on many aspects of the hobby.
A FREE shuttle bus service will run approximately every 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday between Peterborough Railway station and the venue. The first bus from the Railway station will be 8.30am and the last bus from the venue will be 5.15pm each day. If you're driving, the venue offers FREE parking, for Sat Nav please use PE2 6HE.
Advance ticket booking is open – BOOK NOW to SAVE on admission, have 30 minutes early entry into the show, receive a free show guide on arrival and have a chance of winning a FREE subscription to either BRM, Garden Rail, Narrow Gauge World, Traction or Engineering in Miniature.
Visit the website for information on layouts and exhibitors and to book www.model-railway-shows.co.uk
The show is kindly supported by Market Deeping Model Railway Club and Nene Valley Railway
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08 December 2018
Event Name: EMGS AGM, Members Day & Modelling Workshop
Classification: Other event
Address: Tynedale Farmers Function Suite, Tyne Green, Hexham, Northumberland. NE46 3SG
Day 1: 8th December 2018
Opening times Day 1: 10.30am - 4.30pm
Prices: Admission 5.00EMGS members Free
Disability access: Yes
Car parking: Yes
Website: http://www.emgs.org/events/?event_id1=94
Organising body: The EM Gauge Society Limited
Organiser: Roger SawyerEMGS [email protected]
Saturday 8th December 2018 at Tynedale Farmer Function Suite, Tyne Green, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3SG
Ample Free parking and excellent facilities for the less abled and just a short walk from the railway station and the historic Hexham town centre
The AGM (for EMGS members only) will commence at 2pm sharp.
The Annual Competition will be held during the day, with the results announced once the AGM has been completed.
4mm Modellers Workshop
Admission £5.00, EM Society Members FREE
As part of the Members day and AGM this year we are indebted to the North East and Borders Area Group of the EM Gauge Society for arranging the venue, layouts and the Modellers Workshop.
Layouts
Kielder Forest - ‘EM’ NE & Borders Area Group layout (19 x 2’6”) circa 1956 the last days of the Border Counties line
Middle Peak – ‘EM’ Owned by members of NE & Borders Area Group (5’ x 18”) 60th Anniversary competition layout featuring a working limestone loading hopper
Un-named layout - ‘EM’ NE & Borders member- by Peter Shields and under construction
Callaton - 2mm FS NE & Borders member – by Mick Simpson. Situated north of Newcastle in the 1970’s cameo layout showing methods of construction
Castle Caereinion – 009 NE & Borders Member (6’ x 1’) by Martyn Harrison, the station as it was in the early days of preservation
Demonstrators
Beginners Guide to EM - Graham Hudson
DCC - Nigel Cliffe (all you ever wanted to know and more!)
Trackwork - Chris King
Trees - Jean King
Scenery - Martyn Harrison with the layout ‘Castle Caereinion’ as a prop
Wagons - Duncan Wilcox - Wizardry in plasticard
Loco Construction - Peter Stanger demonstrating with his range of 52F Models
Soldering Roger Sawyer Learn how to solder and have a go
Buildings Ian Hunter
Spittal The design and construction of a layout in ‘EM’ Ian Lister
Trade
Eileens Emporium
Lanarkshire Models & Supplies
Stoneybridge Structures
EMGS Trade Stand
Photographic Presentation
David Dunne with the ‘Armstrong Collection’
Catering
The Tynedale Auction Mart restaurant will be open for meals, bacon/sausage rolls teas coffee etc.
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08 December 2018
This event began 08/12/18 and repeats every week until 09/12/18
Event Name: G&WMRG Mince Pie Weekend
Classification: Open Day
Address: 5a Park Road, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9QE
Day 1: 8th December 2018
Opening times Day 1: 1000-1630
Day 2: 9th December 2018
Opening times Day 2: 1000-1600
Prices: Adult £3, Children £1, Family £6.50, Under 5s Free
Disability access: No
Car parking: Yes
Organising body: Gresley and Wychnor Model Railway Group
Organiser: Peter Bayley-Bligh
Club layouts, including progression on N-gauge Gresleyvale - guest layouts Buxworth LMS 'O' gauge layout and Ryburgh 'OO' gauge.
Only one day has registered in the event calendar but it is two days as above - also 9th December 2018 Peter BB
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Upcoming Events
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22 November 2025 Until 23 November 2025
0Get ready for the UK’s premier railway modelling exhibition! The National Festival of Railway Modelling 2025 returns to the NEC, Birmingham this November.
For more information click here!
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22 November 2025 10:00 Until 23 November 2025 16:30
0Our 57th Exhibition will once again be held at Turnberries Community Centre, Bath Road, Thornbury BS35 2BB over the week-end of 22nd & 23rd November 2025.
Opening times: Sat 10am – 5pm Sun 10am – 4pm
Admission: Adult - £8 Child (5 – 16) - £3 Family (2 + 2) - £18
Refreshments will be available.
These are the layouts we have invited:
City Basin Goods N Gauge Bishops Castle Station 00 Gauge Iron Mould Lane 00 Gauge
Devils Bridge 009 Gauge Memory Lane 00 Gauge Lintor Town 00 Gauge
Puffin Colliery 00 Gauge Calderbridge N Gauge Wantage Town P4 Gauge
Binegar N Gauge Great Swilling 4mm EM Gauge Tyn-y-Coedcae 7mm Scale
Blagdon 00 Gauge Haybridge Wharf 3mm gauge Burnham-on-Sea N Gauge
Nottingham Victoria 00 Gauge Thursley O Gauge Hagbourne Road 00 Gauge
A Journey Through Time 3mm gauge Trains in a Car N Gauge
Traders: Societies: Demonstrators:
Tony Wilcox Dean Forest Railway John Beals
Lord & Butler Class 60 Preservation Group Neil Walker
Trainsporter WC&P Railway Society
ABM Designs
Moor View Models Paul Baulsch (Avon Valley Railway)
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22 November 2025 10:00 Until 17:00
0WINTER MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION
Surrey's fun model railway exhibition.
Presented by the North Downs Model Railway Circle
Saturday 22nd November 2025
3rd Banstead Scout Group, Scout Ridge, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 1RB.
Open 10.00 am to 5.00 pm.
Adults £6 Under 16s £3, Senior/Disabled £5, Families £12 [2+2]
All profits to 3rd Banstead Scout Group.
18 invited layouts in all major scales, Traders, Refreshments, Free Parking and close to Banstead station.
For details see http://www.ndmrc.info/Home/Winter/Winter.htm
Contact Stuart Robinson 077-5845-8827 and [email protected]
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29 November 2025 10:00 Until 17:00
0This is a family themed show utilising club and club member's layouts and guest layouts in various scales plus 009 gauge layouts courtesy of Merseyside & SW Lancashire 009 Gauge Society.
There will be trade support , club shop and a refreshment service.
Admission price includes entry to the 009 Gauge Society Merseyside & SW Lancashire show - layouts, trade, demonstrations, society stand.
Adults £5.00 Children £6.00 (All children wll have the opportunity to visit Santa and receivw a small gift).
Admission and Club Shop purchases can be made in cash or by credit/debit card.
Layouts and Traders details to be confirmed nearer the time of the event.
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29 November 2025 10:00 Until 16:00
0Nailsea and District Model Railway Club are Pleased to announce we are having an open day again this year.
Layouts Attending
Len Martin Diorama OO Gauge
Norton Vale – OO Gauge DCC SOUND
Great Swilling – EM Gauge
New Mexico – HO & H0e Gauge DCC SOUND
Portishead TMD – OO Gauge DCC SOUND
Rye (Rother Road) – OO Gauge
G Scale Layout By Member
Virginstow – N Gauge
OO9 Layout By Paul Levy (TBC)
Modelling Demo By Members
Test Track – 3 x N Gauge 4 x OO Gauge DC/DCC
Clubs new N Gauge layout (Work in Progress)
Trader
Moor Lane Models Pre Owned Models – Moor Lane Models
Club Trade Stand
RESTROOMS AVAILABLE
LIMITED FREE PARKING ON SITE
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Recent Event Reviews
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WMRA Annual Exhibition
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Excellent show. plenty of free parking, over 30 layouts, lots of traders and full catering. I liked the scenery on the illustrated 009 gauge Feorag layout set in an imaginary island west of Cornwall. TT:120 seems to be well received with two small oval layouts on display.
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Macclesfield Model Railway Group's Annual Exhibition ( PLEASE NOTE: NEW VENUE!!!! )
By Merfyn Jones,
I was there for a MBF meeting/exhibition last Saturday. Excelent hall with all the facilities you need.
The bus from the station was a very good help for those that want to come by train rather than drive.
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The Swansea Railway Modellers Group does an excellent job every year with this one, and it is well worth attending. It always features a fabulous set of layouts, traders, and societies on display. If you weren’t able to attend this year, check out my video to give you an idea of what to expect at the show and make sure to attend in 2026: Swansea Model Railway Exhibition 2025
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Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society - Open Weekend
By Phil Parker,
Excellent day. With delicious cake!
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Robertsbridge Model Railway Show 24-25 May 2025
By clogger,
Good little show. Bit biased though as I’m exhibiting at the show and have done so for a couple of years now.
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