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    07 September 2024      08 September 2024

    Guildex 2024
     
    Date: 7th & 8th September 2024
    Location: Bingley Hall on Stafford County Showground. Weston Road. Stafford
    Price: See below
    On-line tickets:
    https://www.gaugeoguild.com/onlinesales/ticketsales.aspx
    Tickets 
    Please note that for Guildex, we have introduced one day tickets as well as the two day tickets.
    Prices in 2024 are:
    One day - £15 for members & £20.00 to non-members 
    Both days - £20.00 for members & £25 for non-members.  
    The above prices are for advanced tickets
    Prices on the door will be £2.00 extra for one day tickets and £2.00 extra for two day tickets regardless of being a member or non-member

     
    We hope to have a similar Bus Timetable to that in 2023 which is below:
    The provider has been confirmed and the timetable for 2024 is being finalised
     

     
    Demonstrators:
    14 demonstrations of a full range of modelling skills
    Stands:
     
    LAYOUTS SO FAR (27/07/2024)
    Allerby: 7 mm Fine Scale. A fictional part of the railway system somewhere in Northern Cumbria from 1985 to 1992.
    Great White River Navigation, Extraction and Steam Packet Co: American 0N16-5
    Tetbury.: BR Western Region 7 mm Fine Scale A classic GWR branch line at the end of Steam.
    Nafferton: 7 mm Fine Scale A large continuous run layout based in the East Riding of Yorkshire towards the end of steam
    Bankgate sidings.: 7 mm Fine Scale Set somewhere in the North East
    Hunslet Works: 7 mm Fine Scale, a section of the Hunslet Engine Co works in Leeds built by Andy Ross.
    Johnstown: 7 mm Fine Scale minimum space circular layout. Built by the late Tony Kell to prove you don't need a lot of space for an O gauge layout.
    Buffers Lock: 7 mm Fine Scale A Great Western Ent to end Branch line from the republic of Ireland
    Lowery Lane: 7 mm Fine Scale, a small modern goods yard
    Hadley, Stonybrook, and Swale: 7 mm O n 16-5 a fictitious narrow gauge line
    weekend yard: 7 mm Fine Scale, the layout built over the weekend of last years Guildex, now fully completed
    York Gauge 0 Group, Test Track: Accommodates & mm Fine Scale + 16.5 mm gauge DC and DCC operation
    E M Test Track: 7mm Fine Scale accommodates DC DCC and Live Steam.

    TRADERS SO FAR
    1039 Models
    A.W.Adams Loco Boxes
    Accurascale UK
    AirFramed Glass Display Cases
    Amberly Components
    Bill Hudson Transport Books
    Brushes 4 Models
    Buzz Models
    C & L Finescale Track Building Systems Ltd
    Connoisseur Models
    Contikits
    CRT Kits
    D.C.Kits
    Dapol Ltd
    Diane Carney
    Duncan Models
    Easy-Build Coaches
    EBMA Hobby & Craft
    Ellis Clark Trains
    Fine Scale Brass (UK)
    Finney7
    First Class Kits
    Footplate Models
    Gladiator
    Greenwood Railway Products
    Haywood Railway
    Heljan
    HMRS
    J & M Hughes
    JSModels
    Lanky Kits
    Latem Design Replica Railway Signage
    LCUT Creative
    Lightmoor Press
    Marcway
    Masterpiece Models
    Metalsmith (Leeds) Ltd
    Midland Railway Centre
    Midland Railway Society
    Minerva Model Railways
    MMR Models
    Monk's Gate Models
    Moor View Models
    MSC Models
    Nick Tozer Railway Books
    Northumbrian Painting Service
    P.R.Model Railway Products
    Parliamentary Trains
    Peartree Engineering
    Peter Clark Models
    PLM Cast-a-Ways
    Poppy's Woodtech
    Premier Components
    Primo Models
    Ragstone Models
    Ray Heard Model Railways
    S M Models
    Sanspareil ICS
    SBT Developments
    Scorpio Models
    Shamrock Trains
    Simon's Sort Out
    Skytrex Ltd
    Slaters Plastikard
    Squires Model and Craft Tools
    Steamline Ltd.
    TMS Models
    Torri Laser
    Tower Collection Blackpool
    Tower Models
    Trainsporters
    Walsall Model Industries
    Walsworth Models
    Youchoos

    SOCIETIES SO FAR (27/07/2024)
    7mm Narrow Gauge Association
    Scale7 Group
    Stafford Railway Circle
    Stafford Society of Model Engineers
    B'Ness O Gauge Group
    Great Central Railway Society
    London North Western Railway Society
    Signalling Record Society
    The LMS Patriot Society
    Hornby Railway Collectors Association with O gauge vintage layout for visitors to run their stock on.

    OVERSEAS STANDS SO FAR:
    The Overseas Members information stand with Steve Lamb
    Cercle de Zero (France)
    Austria, Switzerland and Germany Group
    Nordic Countries
     
    Driving:
    By Road
    The Showground is situated on the A518 Stafford to Uttoxeter road some 4 miles from Stafford. Drivers from either the North or South using the M6 motorway should exit at junction 14 and follow the signs for the County Showground.

    Distances in Miles
    Birmingham 32 Newcastle 173
    Bristol 116 Norwich 194
    Edinburgh 265 Nottingham 64
    Liverpool 72 Oxford 95
    London 145 Shrewsbury 32
    Manchester 60 York 106

    By Rail
    The Showground is just 4 miles from Stafford Railway Station. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line offering a direct service to London Euston with a journey time of approximately one hour and twenty minutes. It also offers direct services to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Liverpool.

    By Air
    Airports - Birmingham International and East Midlands airports are both a 50 minute drive from the Showground whilst Manchester Airport can be reached in little more than an hour.
    Transport:
    See Driving for road details

    By Rail
    The Showground is just 4 miles from Stafford Railway Station. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line offering a direct service to London Euston with a journey time of approximately one hour and twenty minutes. It also offers direct services to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Liverpool.
    There is a courtesy bus service to and from the railway station both days
    By Air
    Airports - Birmingham International and East Midlands airports are both a 50 minute drive from the Showground whilst Manchester Airport can be reached in little more than an hour.

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    RMweb Exhibition/Event Calendar 0 Comments · 0 Reviews

    07 September 2024      08 September 2024

    LWMRS Opening Event – 7th & 8th September
     
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