Exhibition
The club runs an annual exhibition every year on a Saturday in mid February at the local leisure centre. It's one of the largest one-day model railway shows in the area and known for the quality and variety of the exhibits showing a range of different gauges, scales and prototypes. We also endeavour to have a range of interesting sales stands from traditional model shops to specialist traders and societies.
If you want to contact our exhibition manager regarding our exhibitions or invites for club layouts to others please use the details in the 'contact us' section of this website or in the footer below.
Our next exhibition will be
Saturday 2oth February 2027
between 10am and 5pm
at the Angel Centre in Tonbridge.
More details on who's attending and how to find the venue are shown in the sections below.
Where
The Angel Centre, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1SF
The Angel Centre is conveniently located in the centre of Tonbridge, a 5 minute walk from Tonbridge railway station with frequent trains to and from London, Sevenoaks, Redhill, Ashford, and Tunbridge Wells, and a short walk from the High Street bus stops. In addition, the venue is surrounded by large car parks (pay and display).
Most of the building is wheel chair accessible with a lift between floors. Access to the exhibition is via the main entrance. There will be light refreshments available within the centre and the nearby high street has a range of coffee shops and restaurants and various takeaway food outlets..
NB: Threat to Exhibition Venue
Tonbridge and Malling Council (TMBC) are replacing the Angel Centre where we hold our exhibitions. This will potentially affect were we can hold them in future years and their size though it will NOT effect the 2027 one. You can find more details on the TMBC website.
How much
Adults £9 (cost to be confirmed)
Under 16 free
Payment by cash or card
'Hop ups' to allow children to see some exhibits will be available (subject to demand) for a small deposit (cash only) from the admissions desk. The deposit will be refunded on their return.
Exhibitors
This is a list of those layouts, traders and other stands that have been invited and may change as a result of elements out side of our control. We suggest checking it again occasionally, especially closer to the exhibition.
Layouts
A Dreary Tuesday OO
Arnold Layne O
Broken Creek HO
Drws-Y-Nant 2mm fs
Folly Lane OO
Foxwell Lane OO
Neuhausen HO
Northport Quay 7mm
Ouse Wharf P4
Port de Crozon 7mm scale on EM 18.2 guage track
Rye Sands OO
Shepherdswell OO
St.Seeb OO
Strood Dock O
Wordsley Wharf O
Addleson Green
Dinsdale 1830
Kite Dale
Traders
Dart Castings
Cambrian Models
Best Toys & Models
Kingsway Models
Dingo Servo Mounts
Railroad Trading
C & L Finescale
Invicta
Redline Models
Southern Scale Models
Trainsporters
ACE Models
Plus Daughters
Dave Wills
Rail Books
Golden Arrow
Rapido Models UK
Wagon Yard
Coastal DCC
M Cousins
M Turner
Heritage In Motion
Prickley Pear Products?
Southern Electric Group
Harrison Brown
Carriage & Wagon
Squires
Harrison Brown
Carriage & Wagon
Squires
Others
Demonstration Stand
TMRC Club Stand
Spa Valley Railway
Tonbridge Model Engineers
0 Gauge Guild ?
EM Gauge Society?
Have-0-Go Layout
Admissions Desk
TMRC Sales Stand
Layout at 2024 TMRC exhibition
Layout at 2024 TMRC exhibition
Layout at 2024 TMRC exhibition
Layout at 2024 TMRC exhibition
Highlights from previous exhibitions
2024
We had ~1,300 adults and children through the door. Comments were mostly positive saying how good the exhibits were and in fact how enjoyable the show was. We aimed to have wider walkways between the rows of exhibits to make it easier to move around and view them.
The exhibition was visited by Dawn Quest a well known model railway journalist and her video record of the exhibition can be viewed on her website here (comments do not necessarily reflect those of TMRC).