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12 April 2025
The National Garden Railway ShowDon't miss the 2025 National Garden Railway Show at Stoneleigh Park, probably the largest event of its kind where 16mm, G-Scale, G3 and G1 traders and exhibits are all under one roof. This is the show where manufacturers launch new products and where you will find garden railway traders that don't attend other shows, and in some cases, don't trade online! at least 18 layouts are expected, most with live steam, in various garden gauges and scales, and over 60 exhibitors.
Garden railways are a great family activity, and we love to see young railway enthusiasts experience the excitement of real steam models, so bring the family to the show - FREE ENTRY for accompanied Under 18's
There’s lots to see and do including a Massive Prize Draw, the Model of the Year Competition, Member to Member Sales, Cafe / food and drink outlets
NB : There is NO cash machine - Make sure you bring plenty with you!
Don't miss out on a grand day out at the biggest show of its kind in Europe.
Tickets bought in advance £18.00 (Longer opening hours - All day, 9.30 - 5.00)
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12 April 2025 09:00 16:00
Linlithgow Model Rail - 2025Scotland N Gauge Model Rail Show
Low port Centre, Linlithgow - next to Railway Station
Our new larger venue allows us to bring you a larger N gauge Show in the beautiful setting of the low port centre in Linlithgow
Around 14 model N Gauge layouts
Demos and advice stands
Large Café area relaxing and catching up with friends
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12 April 2025 09:00
MRX2025 Spring – High Wycombe - Saturday 12th AprilWe bring the Society’s Wycrail exhibition experience, with a high standard of quality and inspirational layouts, once again to a “small and friendly” venue, as ‘MRX25 – Spring‘, building on the success of the Society’s Clubroom Open Days – popular with locals and experienced modellers alike.
2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. Britain and the world changed forever. Railway 200 celebrates the past, present and future of rail. We at the High Wycombe & District Model Railway Society are pleased to be supporting Railway 200 with our two exhibitions during 2025 and other activities.
We’re delighted to be working once again with our sponsors, AGR Model Railway Store and The Transport Treasury.
Venue
CRESSEX COMMUNITY CENTRE
203 Cressex Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP12 4PZ
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Opening Hours
10am to 4.30pm
Layouts confirmed as attendingare as follows:
Mothecombe 00 Steam 1950s, / 60s HWDMRS ‘Junior modellers’ layout
Kinlochlaggen N Scottish Steam / Diesel 1960s/70s
Cynon Valley + Potteries N Steam 1960s
Giffard Laneoo Diesel 2000s
Bryn Y Brenin Mawr 00 & 009 Diesel 2020s and narrow gauge preserved steam
Braemuir Harbour N Diesel 1990s
Little Himalayan Railway 009 Steam
Bleat 009 North Wales Steam
Northfield Harbour H0 North American Diesel 1970s/80s
Leatown 00 BR diesel 1971/81
Shadwell Sidings 00 Steam and diesel 1960s
Klein Schmalitz H0 German Steam 19th October 1914
Traders attending:
HWDMRS Pre-used stand & Members sales
The Transport Treasury.
AGR Model Railway Store
JB’s Model World
Hedgerow Scenics
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12 April 2025 09:00 16:00
Epsom & Ewell Model Railway Club Open DayOur Annual Open day this year, is on Saturday 12th April from 10am-5pm at Ruxley Church, Ruxley Lane, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey KT19 0AF.
Admission is FREE (but donations welcomed)..
On show will be a selection of club & members layouts in N, 2mm, OO9, OO, P4, 0 gauges, including Hartsbridge (O), Ferring (P4) and Hinksey Yard (N),
Additionally a number of modelling demonstrations, small number of local traders, second hand stall and light refreshments.
Limited on-site parking. Tolworth station is one mile away which is passed by 418 bus route (Kingston-Epsom), with a bus stop right outside the church.
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12 April 2025 09:30 15:30
Fordingbridge 8th Annual Charity Model Railway Exhibition8th Annual Charity Model Railway Exhibition
When? 12th April 2025 from 1030 until 1630
Where? Avonway Community Centre Fordingbridge SP6 1JF
You can expect to see 20 layouts in N, 00 and O gauges (overleaf), Railway books, pictures and jigsaw stall Railway film show “Railway Café” – bacon rolls and homemade cake Model engineering and trade stands.
Adults £7
Children (6-16) £1
Family £14
Where does the money go? We don’t shake buckets after disasters, we fundraise before they happen. Proceeds will again go to the Water Survival Box Charity run by Rotary Chelwood Bridge who will attend to show the boxes.
What it’s all for
Once again, we will be raising money for Water Survival Boxes. Our Rotary Club philosophy is to raise money in advance of need rather than collect it by shaking buckets of money, which almost always arrives too late. 2023 saw more than its share of disasters, and there was apparently no limit to the need for WS boxes. Amongst other places, boxes went to the flooding and cholera outbreak in Somalia, the Turkey/Syria earthquake, disasters and conflict in Sudan, two consignments to the Moroccan earthquake and more boxes to Ukraine. Members of the Rotary Club of Fordingbridge went to Midsomer Norton to pack boxes and to hand over the money collected from the 2023 Model Railway Exhibition. Our friends from the Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge will be in attendance to show visitors the Water Survival Boxes they supply.
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.
