Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Model Railway Exhibition, in association with Nottingham Model Railway Society
Diary Details
Saturday & Sunday 24th & 25th May 2025 [please note: not as originally advertised]
In 2025 the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Model Railway Exhibition, in partnership with Nottingham Model Railway Society, bring you a new, larger show, with everything you need for making your model railway. This year sees the opening of our new exhibition hall, with over 10,000 square feet of displays, crammed full of everything model railway related, making this one of the largest events of its kind in the East Midlands. We will bring you layouts of all gauges and eras, trade support for all your modelling needs, and demonstrations of ‘how to’. Layouts and trader listings will be updated as the bookings continue; please check back for the latest info. If you have a exhibitable layout and are interested in exhibiting it in future please email nthcmrx@gmail with your layout details and photographs.
The full show guide is now available. Please note that there will be no printed copies of this show guide.
Opening Hours
Saturday 24th May 2024, 10:00 – 17:00
Sunday 25th May 2024, 10:00 – 16:00
Venue
NTHC Ruddington – Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Mere Way, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6JS
Admission
Adults £8.00.
Children 5-16 £2.
Accompanied under 4s FREE.
Card payments are available. Major debit cards (MasterCard/Visa) accepted.
Parking on site: £2 per vehicle. This is to help towards the upkeep of the site. Card payments are available.
Köstritzer – 3.5mm scale HO gauge Coal Mine in West Germany in the 1970s
Bear Creek – 2mm scale N gauge layout set in Canada
Black Diamonds – 2mm scale N gauge North American modular layout
Bottom of the Barrel – 4mm scale OO gauge industrial brewery, built in a barrel
Britannia Mills – 4mm scale OO gauge local Nottingham industrial layout
Brookthorpe – 2mm scale N gauge BR blue era terminus
Central Alonzo Mill – 3.5mm scale HO gauge sugar mill as served by the Hershey Railway in the year 1958, in pre-revolutionary Cuba
Cwm Hapus – 4mm scale OO9 gauge mountain line set in Wales
Ebbols Lane TMD – 4 mm scale OO gauge 1980s/1990s TMD
Grimley Moor – 2mm scale N gauge modern image in Greater Manchester.
Illie Town – 4mm scale OO gauge privatisation era TMD
Knowles Hill Colliery – 4mm scale OO gauge NCB layout
Little Lechlade – 7mm scale O gauge GWR branch line
Netherwood Sidings – 7mm scale O gauge Woodhead route in the 1970s (BR blue era)
Oulton TMD – 4mm scale OO gauge Midlands in the early 1990s
Pettleworth Downs – 2mm scale N gauge 1940s/1950s main line in southeast England
Trinity Dock Street Bridge – 4mm scale OO gauge Hull dockside in 1939
Uppingham – 3mm scale TT gauge BR, Rutland, c. 1960
Venture Park – 4mm scale OO gauge modern day maintenance depot servicing HST stock
Wilford Road – 4mm scale OO gauge BR (Midland) steam in a Nottingham might-have-been depot
Wits End – 2mm scale N gauge boxfile layout, with small station and grain silos
12A Models – Unique and interesting 3D printed kits and components for railway modellers
DEMU – Diesel & Electric Modellers United: all about UK diesel and electric era modelling in any scale
Friends of the Great Central Railway Bridging the Gap Project
Rob Law/Skog Carriage and Wagon Works – 3D printing – Rob will be demonstrating how he makes O gauge wagons
NMRS Club Secondhand Sales – The NMRS club’s secondhand inventory, and more, all offered for sale as seen – grab a bargain!
A2B Model Railways – Model shop based in Matlock
Accurascale – Leading manufacturer of highly detailed models
Anoraks Anonymous – Specialists in pre-owned stock, at bargain prices
Booklaw Publications – A wide range of books from Nottingham’s local railway publisher
Brickyard Models – Railways and tractors
Buggleskelly Station – Tom Marshall, Professional Model Maker
CM3 Models – Specialists in scratch building supplies, tools, switches and scenic accessories
Culcheth Models – Warrington-based model shop
TTC Diecast – formerly Loughborough Model Centre, TTC stock a wide variety of rolling stock from all the major manufacturers, and a varied range of discounted model products
Zoe Hunter Maps – A fine selection of historical railway maps
Other Heritage Centre attractions open as usual
Public transport:
By train – Nearest railway stations are Beeston [3.6 miles], Nottingham [4.32 miles], East Midlands Parkway [4.67 miles], and Attenborough [5.12 miles]. We recommend travelling to Nottingham and then proceeding by bus (see below).
By bus – Nottingham City Transport: Saturday, 3, 3A or 10 to Ruddington Green, then walk down Asher Lane and through Rushcliffe Country Park; Sunday, 10C to Rushcliffe Country Park. All buses call at Nottingham railway station.
This area of Nottingham is not served by tram.
By car – Take the M1, leave at Junction 24, take the A453 (Remembrance Way) towards Nottingham, then onto Green Lane in Clifton Village, towards Ruddington (becomes Clifton Lane, then Clifton Road), right at the Victoria Tavern onto B680 (Wilford Road/Dutton’s Hill/High Street), follow B680 left at the Frame Breakers (Kirk Lane), right at traffic lights onto A60 (Loughborough Road), right at roundabout onto Mere Way, and right at next roundabout.