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01 November 2025 02 November 2025
2025 SPALDING MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITIONDates: 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
37th Cardiff Model Railway Show 2025The 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
WMRA Annual ExhibitionNote 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
Sheffield Model Railway Enthusiasts Club Room Open DayThe 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 10:00 13:00
Southampton Toy Fair -
01 November 2025 10:30 15:30
HEREFORD MODEL RAILWAY SHOW - CANCELLEDSadly 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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01 November 2025 14:30 17:30
Midland Railway Society - South-East Area Meeting
Upcoming Events
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LLANFAIR GARDEN RAILWAY SHOW
Garden railway show incorporating 16mm scale and G Scale.
9 layours and 30 trade stands.
Now organised by the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway, and incorporated into their Annual Gala.
Adults £6, Under 16s £4, Under 5s free, entry included in Saturday Day Rover ticket.
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Marchwood 2026 Model Railway Exhibition
Currently Marchwood Modellers are beavering away organising publicity alongside contacting potential exhibitors and traders for the very first Marchwood Modellers' exhibition to be held in September 2026.
For more details, as and when they become available, please look on our website at http://www.marchwoodmodellers.com/marchwood-exhibition.html
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Edinburgh Model Railway Exhibition 2026
The Edinburgh Model Railway Exhibition 2026 is being held at
George Watson’s College
69 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH10 5EG
Sat 5th September 10am – 5pm
Sun 6th September 10am – 4pm
To celebrate the Edinburgh and Lothians Miniature Railway Club's 75th Anniversary, this exhibition will be twice as large as their previous shows at the same venue.
More details are on the club website at https://elmrc.org.uk/exhibition/
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Basingstoke & North Hants MRS Open Day, Sunday, 6th September 2026
On Sunday, 6th September we will be opening the doors of our clubhouse for the second of this year's two Open Days, an informal session open to the public.
All the club layouts will be there and also some of our members' own layouts in 2mm, N, 00, 009 and 0 covering a number of eras, so about 10 in total (7 of which have been exhibited at our and/or other model railway shows) and a couple of local traders too, more than you get at some exhibitions but with free entry!
Club layouts
Beggarwood Lane, 00 DCC, late 1960s to early 1980s Southern 3rd Rail
Camford Junction, 2mmFS and N Gauge
Lulworth and Winfrith Road 00 DC, 1950s/60s Southern Steam (with maybe the occasional diesel)
Lynton 009 DC and DCC, Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
The Royal Albert Bridge, N Gauge, WR mid-1950s to early 1970s
The Club's New 0 Gauge Layout
Modules from Junior Section Layout Stratton Park
Members' layouts
Kantravel, N Gauge
North Quay, 2mmFS IOW 1940s/50s
Red Post Lane Depot, 4mm 00 late 1980s - early 1990s
Wyatt's layout, 4mm 00
Traders
Neil Cresswell - Pre-loved rolling stock
Model Railway Bits - Scenics and accessories
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Londons Transport in miniature Sunday 6th Sept N1 6DA
Wasn’t sure if this was already advertised elsewhere on the forum but thought worth a mention. Link below to the website and a bit of the exhibtion blurb too.
themodelrailwayclub.org/events/londons-transport-in-miniature/
The MRC together with their friends at the London Underground Railway Society are organising a one day mini-exhibition featuring London Underground modelling.
The event will have a selection of model railway layouts, displays, demonstrations and manufacturers present.
Hopefully the day should be an ideal chance to see current strands of Underground modelling and engage with those exhibiting as well as seeing a range of models from RTR, kit built and 3D printed examples across a range of scales and eras. There will definitely be prototypes from 1890s to current Piccadilly 2024 Stock on display! But equally important it should be a chance for both societies to attract new members as well as a rare chance for like minded modellers to meet up and socialise. We trust members will patronise the event and assist to bring it to the attention of any friends that maybe interested.
It will be held at Keen House, London N1 9DA between hours of 11.00 and 16.00.
Tickets on the door to the public will be £12.00 for adults , accompanied 5-16s £6. For members of both LURS and the MRC entry will be £10.00. MRC members will need to show their membership card and LURS members should bring an UN delivery envelope to gain the discounted ticket price on the door.
The MRC snack bar and licensed bar will be open throughout the day selling teas, coffees, soft drinks, snacks, rolls and with a full alcoholic bar offering too.
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Recent Event Reviews
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Burnham-on-Sea Model Railway Show - Sedgemoor Rail - 29 & 30 August 2026
good show been trading at this show for years
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Immingham Model Railway Show
A great show, as always. Some excellent layouts. Thank you to all concerned.
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Weston-Super-Mare Model Railway Show 2026
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!
The catering van outside - ended up giving up because as we all stood queuing to buy food, nothing happening in the van, there was a lot of playing with kids and babies but the 4 people there couldn't manage to free up one to take orders.
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7mm NGA Trent Valley Group Modelling Day
An excellent day was had by all. Keep the 30th January 2027 free.
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SOUTHAMPTON MODEL RAILWAY SHOW -JANUARY 24TH/25TH 2026
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.
3. Essence of Ventnor in 0 gauge was one of the splendid layouts there. I saw it last year at the Brockenhurst exhibition.
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.
