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01 November 2025 02 November 2025
Dates: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd November 2025
Address: Springfield Exhibition and Conference Centre,
Camelgate,
Spalding,
Lincolnshire.
PE12 6ET.
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Opening Times:
Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm
(Advanced Tickets & Disabled/wheelchair users 09:30)
Sunday: 10:00am to 4:30pm
(Advanced Tickets & Disabled/wheelchair users 09:30)
Entrance Prices:
Advanced Tickets: £11. Under 16's: £1. Under 5’s: Free
On the day: £12 on the door. Under 16's: £1. Under 5’s: Free
Advanced tickets available from: https://spaldingmodelrailwayclub.org.uk/advanced-tickets/
Parking:
Free parking within Exhibition Centre grounds
Please note parking is on grass field so can be slippery if wet
Paid parking available in Retail Outlet next door to Exhibition Centre
30 Layouts - 24 Traders - 5 Demonstrators - 3 Societies
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01 November 2025 10:00 02 November 2025 16:00
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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01 November 2025 10:00 02 November 2025 16:00
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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01 November 2025 10:00 16:30
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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01 November 2025 10:30 15:30
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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Upcoming Events
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11 July 2026 09:00
0Exhibition to be held at St Marys Church Hall Rosehill street now known as Neuadd Ni see poster enclosed for more details etc
Poster exhibition Summer 26.pdf
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11 July 2026 09:00 Until 15:30
0In support of the Risborough Festival on Saturday 11th July 2026, the Risborough & District Model Railway Club will be holding an Open Day at the Princes Risborough St. Mary's Hall (Church Street) from 10:00 to 16:30. We plan to part exhibit our new O gauge layout project, as well as our Test Track for members of the public to test their rolling stock on. There will be second hand sales, refreshments and some modelling displays. Admission is FREE.
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11 July 2026 09:00 Until 12 July 2026 15:00
0A model show with a difference.
Alongside up to 10 layouts in various gauges there will be trade support, bookstall, tombola, access to a Deltic cab, chance to photo one of the DPS Deltics, railwayana display, view the roundhouse and its displays, train ride on the Springwell branch
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12 July 2026 09:00 Until 15:00
0Our first model railway show for some years showcasing at least 11 club, members and friends exhibition standard layouts including. Exton Quay 00 FS , St Leven 3mm, Piddle Regis 00, Parkstone Goods 00 FS, Ramsgate Sands N, Exmoor Vale 00, Rockery Lane 00, and Pine Road 00 FS.
Free Parking, Light Referments, Step free access to all show areasEXTON QUAY 00 Fine ScaleST LEVEN 3mm Scale
PIDDLE REGIS 00 Scale
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18 July 2026 09:00 Until 19 July 2026 15:00
0After another successful show the Chatham & District model railway club are excited and proud to announce the 2026 chatham show at the historic dockyard chatham and slip 5.
Advanced tickets are available on our website now which are £10 instead of £11 and also means you can get in at 9.30am instead of 10am. Under 16s are free. It will have 100+ exhibitors with over 45 layouts
List will be updated as everyone books in
Half price entry to historic dockyard chatham with show tickets.
Onsite parking £3.50 for up to 7 and half hours.
Local arriva bus from chatham train station number 1-2
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A great show, as always. Some excellent layouts. Thank you to all concerned.
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Great mix of layouts and trade,
....but the floorplan created real bottlenecks around the entrance which was also the route between halls (via the changing rooms!) and so was already going to be busy anyway. But there were further trade stands and coffee stand put there.... creating groups of people lingering and blocking...... why oh why!
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By Robin Brasher,
Despite South West Trains' best efforts I managed to get to the exhibition on time. I had my doubts when they announced at Southampton Central Station that my train would be running non stop to Waterloo but I got on a Cross Country train that stopped at Southampton Airport. The pictures show:
1. My arrival at the exhibition on a heritage bus provided by the organisers.
2. There were a lot of people at the exhibition and a huge queue for the coffee machines. There seemed to be more people there than in previous years.
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4. Seaton Junction in 00 gauge was another interesting layout. There was an N gauge model of Seaton Junction at Pecorama that it donated to our model railway club so I found it interesting to see Seaton Junction in a larger scale.
I was not so lucky with my return journey as South West Trains was unable to run any trains from Southampton Central to Bournemouth and Weymouth so I ended up having to catch a taxi to Bournemouth.
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WMRA Annual Exhibition
By Robin Brasher,
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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