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Model Railroad Clubs: United Kingdom


  • Abingdon & District Model Railway Club: Abingdon, England. Interests cover a wide range of scale, period and region at all levels of expertise. (10/26/97)
  • Adnalms Järnvägsklubb: A UK based club modelling the railways of Sweden in HO. (7-26-01)
  • Alton Model Railway Group: Alton, UK. The group was set up in 1983 as part of Alton Model Club to encourage anyone living in North East Hampshire interested in modelling railways. (10/31/99)
  • Altezeitgruppe-Dorset Reichsbahn Gruppe: Dorset, UK. Internet based group for enthusiasts of pre-war German railway models. (6-18-02)
  • Andover & District Model Engineering Society: Formed in 1945 and occupies a site at Red Rice, a private estate to the south of Andover. (10/31/99)
  • Association of Model Railway Societies in Scotland: Formed in 1966 to promote an interest in model railways of all gauges with a view to improving technical and cultural standards. (3/10/00)
  • Ayr Model Railway Group: Ayr, Scotland. Ayr Model Railway Group has 50 members and covers Four Gauges: - HO, OO, O and N. The HO Gauge is being built to American Practise. (2-3-02)
  • Bassetlaw (North Notts) Railway Society: Retford, Nottinghamshire. The Bassetlaw Railway Society is based in Retford, Nottinghamshire and has its meetings in the former buffet and first class dining room of Retford railway station on the busy East Coast Mainline. The website contains details of the society, its meetings and other activities. (11-15-05)
  • Falkirk Model Railway Club: Falkirk, Scotland. Details of club meetings, exhibitions and brief history. Some photos of club layouts. (2-13-03)
  • First Bangor Model Railway Club: Information about First Bangor MRC with exhibition and local interest photographs (6-9-01)
  • Barnsley Model Railway Club: Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Descriptions of our layouts, clubrooms, history and annual exhibition. (4-12-02)
  • Barry and Penarth Model Railway Club Barry, England. One of the largest and most active model railway club in South Wales, with a very active HO american group .(5/27/01)
  • Basingstoke & North Hants Model Railway Society: The Society supports three interest groups, each working on exhibition quality layouts in their chosen scale and styles. (5/18/00)
  • Bassetlaw Railway Society: Meets in Retford on the third Wednesday of each month. Meetings comprise a mixture of visiting speakers, film and slide shows, and modelling demonstrations. (10/31/99)
  • Beaconsfield And District Model Railway Club: England. An O gauge club. (10/26/97)
  • Beckenham And West Wickham Model Railroad Club: Anerley Town Hall, London SE 20, England. An active club promoting all aspects of railway modeling. A large number of layouts from O to N. Regularly participates in exhibitions. (10/19/97)
  • Bentley Model Railway Group: Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Fundamentally a group of now very old school friends who get together now and again to play trains. We've got a couple of layouts. (7/22/97)
  • Blackburn & East Lancaster Model Railway Society: Blackburn, UK. Currently has three layouts operational or under construction. (10/31/99)
  • Brighton Model Railway Club: Brighton, England. Details of the club, its layouts, membership and links to other local clubs and model shops etc. (12-21-01)
  • British 1:87 Scale Society: Supporting modellers of British outline in H0 3.5mm 1:87 scale. (1/23/00)
  • Broad Gauge Society: Formed in 1980 to promote research into and the modeling of the British 7' gauge railways of the 19th Century. (10/26/97)
  • Cambridge Model Engineering Society: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Ground level 3.5in, 5in and 7.25in tracks plus 16mm garden railway on the edge of Cambridge (8-17-05)
  • Central Southern Group Of The Gauge O Guild: Wimborne, Dorset, England. The meetings provide an affiliation point where all aspects of working in O Gauge are discussed. (10/26/97)
  • The Chatham & District Model Railway Club Website: Chatham, Kent. The Official Website of the Chatham & District Model Railway Club. We cater for all our members needs with scales from N-0. (5-11-05)
  • Chester Model Railway Club: The main aim of our club is to join people together by the common interest of modeling railways of different scales and gauges. It caters for all, from those just starting up to more advanced modelers, so plenty of help and encouragement are available. We currently have four sections, with layouts in 009, N, 4n12, 00 and 0, the last three being at various stages of construction. (4/30/01)
  • Clay Hill OO Gauge Model Railway Society: Modelling from the late 1950's to early 1960's. (10/31/99)
  • Cleveland Model Railway Club: Boosbeck, Boosbeck, Guisborough, England. A town model railway club in the country. Most gauge catered for with layouts being built. (5-2-02)
  • Clydeside Model Railway Club: Scotland model railroad club. (3/10/00)
  • Colchester & District Model Railway Club: Several N, HO and OO scale layouts.. (10/31/99)
  • Crawley Model Railway Society: The Society is often invited to exhibit layouts at model railway shows throughout the South East of England. (10/31/99)
  • Dundee Model Railway Club: Dundee, Scotland. Tells the story of our club sinc 1949 (10-14-06)
  • East Grinstead Model Railway Club: The club room is in the basement of East Court in East Grinstead. (10/31/99)
  • East Kilbride Model Railway Club: OO and N gauge layouts. (10/31/99)
  • East Surrey N-Gauge Group: Group of railway modellers working in N scale (1:148), approximately 2mm to the foot. We are a local area group of the National "N" Gauge Society, which publishes a bi-monthly journal to over 3,000 members. (9/12/99)
  • Enfield Town Model Railway Club: Details of our club, it's activities, the meeting place, and showing some member's layouts. (6-5-01)
  • Edinburgh & Lothians Miniature Railway Club: Edinburgh, Scotland. The club, which was founded in 1951, builds and operates layouts in a variety of gauges and scales, and is at present active in 0, 0:16.5, 00, 009, and N. (10/31/99)
  • Ely & District Model Railroad Club: Ely, United Kingdom. The website of Ely & District MRC giving details of layouts, exhibitions and club venue. (12-7-02)
  • Exeter Model Railway Society: Exeter, Devon. Layouts in multiple scales. Annual show in Exeter, details on our website. (10-15-02)
  • Folkestone, Hythe and District Model Railway Club: Long established club in South-East England. Web site features layouts, exhibition dates and club magazine articles etc. (5/20/99)
  • Gainsborough Model Railway Society: Florence Terrace, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. The nostalgic scene of the heyday of steam railways may be recaptured by visiting the world-famous Gauge O (7mm to 1 foot) Railway of the Gainsborough Model Railway Society. (10/26/97)
  • The Gauge '0' Guild Limited: Sheffield. Club information, O gauge modeling, and more. (02/28/06)
  • Glasgow & West Of Scotland Model Railway Club: The club mainly models 1950's and 1960's British Steam and Green Diesel in both N gauge and 00 Gauge. However, on some occasions, Modern British Traction can be seen on the layouts. (3/10/00)
  • G Scale Society: Collection of G Scale modelers, covering mainly UK, but including some from all over the world. The club publishes its own colour journal quarterly, and has local area groups. (7-28-03)
  • Ground Level 5 Inch Mainline Association: UK's leading club in Ground Level 5". Site contains club info, construction articles, pictures , and more. (3/10/00)
  • Hassell-Rode, O Gauge exhibition layout: The O gauge layout from the South Cheshire Group of the Gauge O Guild and members of Alsager Railway Association. (5/14/01)
  • Hazel Grove And District Model Railway Society: Hazel Grove, Stockport, England. 0 to N scale model railway club. (7/2/97)
  • Heywood Model Railway Group: Heywood, England. Currently based in Champness Hall Rochdale but hoping to move back to Heywood proper in the near future. (12-20-06)
  • Historical Model Railway Society: Dedicated to the study, recording, publishing and of information on the railways of Britain, and the construction, operation, and public display of accurate models of these railways. (6/05/98)
  • Hull Miniature Railway Society: One of the longest established Model Railway Clubs in the country. (5/18/00)
  • Ilford & West Essex Model Railway Club: Chadwell Heath, Essex. Essex based MRC with diverse interests from N guage to 7.25" gauge live steam [note to webmaster - please remove existing out-of-date iwemrc link] (5-29-06)
  • Isle Of Thanet Railway Society: Located at Broadstairs Railway Station. The club has six layouts in various gauges. (11/1/99)
  • Ipswich Railway Modelers Association: Suffolk, England. Club activity information and details of club layouts. (3/4/99)
  • Kitmaster Collectors Club: Run by a dedicated and knowledgeable band of enthusiasts, they aim to help and encourage the collecting of the kits and documenting the history of Kitmaster. (2/15/98)
  • Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society: Over 55 members mainly from South Warwickshire. We have five club layouts in various stages of construction - in EM, P4, OO, O and N gauge. (5/18/00)
  • Letchworth Model Railway Society: Letchworth, England. N and OO scales. The general aims of the society are to preserve and encourage railway modeling in as many of it's various forms as possible. (10/26/97)
  • The LING Club (The Model Railway Club of Lancing): Lancing, West Sussex, England. A family club with members from 3 years old and up. (9/7/99)
  • Lytham St. Annes Railway Society: Actively promotes the hobby in the Fylde area. Members’ interests range widely from British pre-grouping steam to present day diesel & electric's and their layouts range from 'N' Gauge to 'G' Scale. (11/1/99)
  • Maidstone Model Engineering Society: Information about recent and forthcoming events and photo gallery of members locomotives at the Maidstone Club in Kent, England. (5/18/00)
  • Manchester Model Railway Society: Manchester, England. Home of some of the best fine scale (2mm, 4mm, HO, O) model building. One of the UK's oldest clubs. Famous for the Alex Jackson coupling. (6/05/98)
  • Merseyside Model Railway Society: Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Information about the Merseyside Model Railway Society including details of the next show (10-21-01)
  • Mickleover Model Railway Group:We have a clubroom and we organise the Derby model railway exhibition, one of the largest in the UK.(4/30/01)
  • Model Electronic Railway Group: London, UK. MERG exists to foster co-operation in the application of electronics to Model Railways. The site features a complete DIY NMRA DCC system. The group has members in many countries using email to keep in touch. (6-26-02)
  • The Model Railway Club Of London, England: Details and the up to date bulletin of one of the longest established model railway clubs in the UK. (9/26/98)
  • New Mills & District Railway Modellers: Details of our club, recent exhibition and forthcoming events. (4/20/00)
  • The Newcastle Model Railway Club Inc.: The Newcastle Model Railway Club. Features photos of the clubs layouts (both N & HO), contact details, and links (5-29-01)
  • Newcastle & District Model Railway Society: Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Catering for all the popular scales from Z to Gauge O in constructive and friendly surroundings. (7/17/98)
  • Norbury & South London Transport Club: Croydon, Surrey. We cater for all forms of transport and meet most Tuesday evenings near East Croydon Station, and bi-ennial exhibitions. (2-26-05)
  • North East Area Group Of The N Gauge Society: We are a small group of members meeting in members homes running different stock on different layouts, chatting about railways and N Gauge matters in general. (9/12/99)
  • Normanton & Pontefract MRS: Pontefract, England, Yorkshire. Club and members layouts, Exhibition information, location, become a member (11-22-06)
  • North Mersey Model Rail Show: Since 1975, the show has provided a showcase for some of the UK's finest talent in the world of Model Railways. (5/18/00)
  • North Turton O gauge group: We are a new group based in Edgworth nr Bolton (7-2-01)
  • Nottingham Model Railway Society: The Society has working exhibition layouts in 3.5mm scale, 4mm scale - both 00 (16.5mm gauge) and EM (18.2mm gauge) - and in 7mm scale (0 gauge). Our individual members also model in 3.5mm scale (HO gauge), in 4mm scale 00, EM and P4 (18.83mm gauge) and in 7mm scale. Our interests cover all British railways from the late 19th century to the present day. One of our specialties is the construction of accurate, working overhead and third-rail electrification systems. We have our own premises, with an extensive reference library. We are the organizers of the famous NOTTINGHAM East Midlands MODEL RAILWAY EXHIBITION now staged over the third weekend each March. (9/7/99) REV (6/2/01)
  • Perth and District Model Railway Club: Perth, Perthshire. Visit our website for details of the club and to follow the progress of our newest layout being built. (12-30-01)
  • Preston & District Model Railway Society: Preston , England. Model railway club promoting all aspects of railway modelling. Details clubrooms, meetings,layouts and exhibition. (10-25-05)
  • Redditch Model Railway Club: Members are involved in the construction and operation of club exhibition layouts. A new 4mm Southern Region exhibition layout is also currently under construction. (5/18/00)
  • Renfrewshire Model Railway Club: One of Scotland's oldest Model Railway Clubs. This page gives a description of most of the clubs layouts. (7/9/99)
  • Risborugh and District Model Railway Club: Princes Risborough, England. We meet every Friday evening from 8.00 - 10.00pm at the Community Centre in Princes Risborough. (1-16-03)
  • S Scale Model Railway Society: The "S" scale organization in the United Kingdom--railway modeling in 3/16" scale. (9/8/00)
  • Scalefour Society: British society specializing in finescale 4mm to the foot modeling to a true track gauge of 18.83mm. Site includes news, diary, and society exhibition pages, as well as membership data. (6/29/97)
  • Seaboard Southern Model Railway Club: Representing the South Eastern Division of the British Region, National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). It is about American model railroading as enjoyed by members of the Association living in the South East of England. (12/7/03)
  • Sheffield 0 Gauge Group: Where, who, test-track, exhibition layout and more. (5/12/01)
  • Solihull Model Railway Circle: A group of enthusiasts of all ages with extensive knowledge of Railways both large and small. (5/18/00)
  • South Hants Model Railway Club: Portsmouth, Hampshire. Gives details & photos of club, its layouts,programme of activities, & location. Details of past & forthcoming exhibitions (2-7-06)
  • Southern E-Group: An e-mail based club for those interested in prototype and modeling the Southern Railway in England. Information, tips, photos, and more available. (5/5/97)
  • Stafford Railway Circle: Stafford, Staffordshire. Full details of modelling and other activities, exhibition and monthly magazine. (9-18-01)
  • Stockport and District Railway Modellers: Stockport, Cheshire. Founded 1976, provides for Railway Modellers in Stockport and surrounding areas, open to all irrespective of ability and scale modelled. (10-19-03)
  • Sutton Model Engineering Club Ltd.: Members of this club have interests in mechanical modelling and have locomotive tracks for all gauges 0 to 7 1/4". (4/20/00)
  • Swindon Model Railway Club: SWINDON, ENGLAND. Swindon Model Railway Club was Founded in 1953. The Club was formed with the objection of encouraging the building, operation and display of 'Small Scale Model Railways', and the fostering of interest in Railways in general. The Club, which owns its own Clubroom, meets every Tuesday evening from about 8.00 pm. The Clubroom is situated on the Blunsdon Station Site of the Swindon & Cricklade Railway. < < < NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME > > > (4-28-08)
  • The Model Railway Club of London: london, uk. the oldest model railway club in the world. exhibition layouts in 2mm finescale, 7mm finescale and ho. large 4mm finescale layout under construction. (5-7-04)
  • Twickenham & District Model Railway Club: Richmond-upon-Thames, UK. We are a large club which meets on Friday nights. We have layouts in several gauges. (10/28/99)
  • Uckfield Model Railway Club: Uckfield, East Sussex, England. Catering for Railway modelers in 2mm, 4mm & 7mm scales, and Model Engineers in 5 inch & 7-1/4 inch gauges. (5/5/97)
  • Upson Downs Model & Enthusiast Group: Internet-based, Internet-based. An internet-based model and enthusiasts group and general transport interest forum with a UK bias, but not exclusively so. (12-15-02)
  • Ulster Model Railway Club: Information on this club in Ulster, Ireland. (7/23/97)
  • Warley Model Railway Club: organises The Warley National Model Railway Exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham England. Club and exhibition details. (5/20/99)
  • Waveney Valley Model Railway Club: Beccles, Suffolk, UK. Model railway club based in North East Suffolk. Clubhouse with test tracks in N, 00, 0 & G1. Annual Southwold exhibition first weekend in August. (12-10-03)
  • Western Model Railway Society: London, Greater London. Based in Acton, West London, the WMRS has its own clubroom with permanent layout, as well as exhibition layouts. (4-28-04)
  • Westford Modellers Group: Westford, our Exhibition layout, is 51ft long and 3ft wide and depicts a mainline seaside terminus on the Western Region of British Railways during the 1950's - 1960's. The layout is to 4mm scale and uses 16.5 mm track to fine scale standards. Rolling stock is mainly kit built, with some re-modelled proprietry models. (9/8/00)
  • Weymouth Model Railway Association: Broadwey, Dorset, England. We have layouts under construction in N Gauge, OO Gauge (Finescale & Standard) and O Gauge. (2/15/98)
  • Woking Miniature Railway Society: Mizens Farm, Woking, Surrey, England. A live steam railway club. (2/15/98)
  • Worthing Model Railway Club: Information on this club in Worthing, England. (5/5/97)
  • Wyre Forest Model Railway Club: Model Railway Club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. Annual Exhibition in March. New members welcome (6-29-01)
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