The 37th Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition will take place on the 1st and 2nd of November 2025.
 
The venue is the same as last year - the Sophia Hall at the Glamorgan Cricket Ground in Sophia Gardens, Cardiff CF11 9XR.
Sat: 10am-5pm   Sun: 10am-4pm
 
Ticket price on the door is £10 adults. Children under 15 are free (when accompanied by an adult).
Advance discounted tickets are available on our website...
Early Bird Tickets are £8 (up until 30/07/2025) and include 2 free raffle tickets.
After that date, advance tickets are £9 available from 31/07/2025 up until the week of the show and include 1 free raffle ticket.
To purchase and for more details of ticket offers see our website https://www.cardiffmodelrailwayshow.co.uk/tickets.asp
Note: Advance tickets are also available from Lendon's Model Shop and open days at the Heath Park Miniature Railway, Cardiff.
 
This year we will feature a broad selection of layouts in most sizes and scales, also societies and modelling demonstrations. 
Two of our layouts provide youngsters to drive their own trains!
There will be plenty of model railway traders selling new and second hand items catering for all your modelling needs.
There will be approximately 40 stands in total. 
Limited on-site free parking is available on a first come first served basis.
Public transport and pay-per-use car parks are nearby....see website for full details.
There will be a raffle drawn on the Sunday afternoon.  See website for prizes https://www.cardiffmodelrailwayshow.co.uk/prizedraw.asp
Hot and cold refreshments will be available from the cafe.
 
Layouts
ABERDEEN KIRKHILL   OO  Glenn Daniel    Large Late-80's BR Diesel layout
ROUNDHOUSE    N    Mike Edmunds    USA Depot scene
WELFORD COPPICE    OO9    Peter Cullen    Narrow gauge & standard gauge quarry
MEMORY LANE    3-Rail    Swindon MRC    A trip down memory lane with Hornby 3-rail
WOOD STREET    O    Swindon MRC    Industrial shunting in Swindon 
HARDWICK GRANGE    OO    Matthew Toft    Frank Dyer's timeless study of the East Midlands with prototypical operation
ABERGAIN    EM    Graham Tierney    GWR in West Wales
CARDIFF CANTON    OO    Chris Fordham     Canton Shed in the 1990s modelled to perfection
BISHOPS QUAY    OO    Bridgend MRC    GWR/LMS rail & waterway scene
MOORS VIEW    N    Paul Holwill     Snowy Dartmoor scene 
IRON MOULD LANE    OO    Bristol East MRC     A steel works in the South of Bristol
HORTON GREEN    OO    Matt Haynes    South Devon GWR Terminus
ROLVENDEN    P4    Robin Gay     Kent and East Sussex Railway in the mid 1920s
LIZERPOOL    OO    Penarth MRC     Steam and a dockyard combined
BADGERS MOUNT    OO    Mark Patrick    Network South East electrics
DEVILS BRIDGE    OO9    Andy Cundick    The Vale of Rheidol station in model form
GORTON LANE    OO    Brian Tucker    Woodhead 1500v electrics
QUARRYSIDE HALT  OO9  Blaenavon MRC
CASTELL COCH  Z Gauge  Max Jones
Visit the Exhibitors page on our website for further details and pictures from all the above layouts.
 
Traders
813 Preservation Fund
ABC Model Railways
Bespoke GLR Services
David Gwynn Trains
Going Loco
Hereford Model Centre
Lord & Butler
Merlins Models
Moor View Models
Paul Dean Collectables
Richard Panes Spares
Squires Tools
Trainsporters
 
Demonstrations
Fred Lewis - O Gauge Loco construction
 
Societies and Displays
2mm Scale Association
Cardiff Model Engineering Society
Cardiff Trolleybus Group
Dean Forest Railway
EM Gauge Society
Great Western Study Group
Model Electronic Railway Group - MERG
N Gauge Society
PPM Z Gauge - Show sponsor
RCTS (Railway Correspondence and Travel Society)
The Welsh Railways Research Circle
 
How to find us
Postcode: CF11 9XR.
See map below and visit our website www.cardiffmodelrailwayshow.co.uk/contact.asp for guidance on car parking options and public transport. 

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Note revised college name since posters printed - now called Coastland College but same campus as last year’s event.
 
For poster, full door times, prices, exhibitor list etc., see 
 

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The SMRE (Sheffield Model Railway Enthusiasts) will be hosting an open day at their club rooms on Saturday 1st November 2025, 10am - 4:30pm.

Carterknowle Methodist Church,
Edgedale Road,
Sheffield,
S7 2BQ

Adults: £3
Accompanied Children Under 16: Free

7+ members' layouts will be in attendance, and the club rooms on the top floor will be open. If you're in the area and have ever wondered what we get up to, then this is an ideal opportunity to come and take a look! (Spoiler alert: it's mostly chatting rubbish and playing trains! )

We'll also have the club sales stand open, and refreshments available in the on-site café.



Unfortunately disabled access is limited to the downstairs hall only, which includes the members' layouts, refreshments, trade stand, and toilets. The club rooms are located on the top floor accessible only via stairs.

My latest layout, Forge Island, will be having its first semi-proper outing here which I'm rather looking forward to!




 

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Sadly the Hereford Show planned for 1 November 2025 has been cancelled.  It will hopefully be rearranged for a suitable date in 2026.

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Open to all - non members welcome!
 

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