HASTINGS MODEL RAIL SHOW 2026 - New Venue

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20 layouts and 17 traders
 
Summerfields Leisure Centre
Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
 
10am - 4pm  (09:45am entry for pre sold ticket holders) 
 
Sun 17th May 2026
 
Entry £8 adults  - £5.95 pre booked
          £5 aged 3 to 16  - £3.95 if pre booked
          £15 Family - £12.95 if pre booked  (family max 2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children)
          Rail staff/ TFL staff with staff passes £5
To pre book visit https://wegottickets.com/event/694601
 
The venue is next to the gorgeous Hastings Museum which has a section dedicated to the railways of Hastings and free entry, so worth visiting there after the show.
 
Summerfields Leisure Centre is approximately 3/4 mile from Hastings Rail Station (up hill!)  but buses operate from both Hastings and St Leonards stations direct to the venue. Direct buses from Rye, Bexhill and Tunbridge Wells also to outside venue.
 
PARKING
There is a pay-and-display parking on-site.  The machine accepts either coins only or payment by Ringgo phone app (Location code: 17164). Please check the link for more details before your visit.
https://www.hastings.gov.uk/parking/car ... merfields/ There are 100 spaces and these will fill up very fast, so recommended leaving car at home and coming by bus

There is some limited on-street parking immediately surrounding the leisure centre. We recommend if coming by car to park away from the venue and take a 10 minutes bus ride direct to the site entrance.  
 
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Stagecoach buses operate from Hastings and St Leonards stations direct to the venue. Connecting buses from Rye, Tenterden and Eastbourne are also in operation - please check timetables before you travel.  
 
PLEASE NOTE:
The exhibition is located on the lower ground floor of the venue, accessible via a short flight of stairs.
Full wheelchair access to the exhibition hall is available via a lift; venue staff will assist with this if required.
Regretfully, pets are not permitted in the venue with the exception of guide dogs. 
Most traders will accept card payments, but smaller trade stands/ pre-loved stands may be cash only. 
Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

LAYOUTS
Ashdown Wharf 00
Brief Encounter – Monochrome 00
Cannon Halt 00
Caravanserai  009
Ceder Canyon Junction N
Fenwick 00
Fur Immer Drehen H0e
Gamma Silo Rotatory On30
Have-O-Go O  
Kilwinnoch N
Los Tanimals N
Mindelheim Junction N
New Walmington Pier 009
Oakwood Town N
Prawf Llwybr 009
Salzgrabe HOe
Subarashi Tochi Japanese N
The Shunting Puzzle 00
Trainmaster Ride On
West Hay 009
Westfield N
Wentwood Sheds 00
 
Quest 2 which is S gauge will also be giving a full running demo on test track. This loco is built for the attempt at the World speed record for a model train. This was a major attraction at one of our other shows last year with the prototype Quest 1 and kids seem to have great fun being allowed to stand behind the fan engine on launch and feeling the power.  
 
TRADERS
Andy Lynch
Allwheels
DOGA sales stand
Harvey Models
Harrison Brown Models
Jon's Diecast Models
Kingsway Model building Kits
Model Railway Signs
Models U Drive
Plus Daughters N gauge stockists
Rainers Trains
Ron Lines Model Railways
Silverdale Models
Southwark Pre-loved Locos
Southern Scale
Squires Tooling
Trainmaster
The Wagon Yard
True to Scale Aggregates