43rd Annual Exhibition – Saturday 10th May 2025
We are pleased to announce our next Annual Exhibition to be held again at Queens School, Bushey. Over twenty exciting layouts have been booked and are listed below with the society and trade stands coming. Put the date in your diary!
Location: Queens’ School, Aldenham Road, Bushey, Herts WD23 2TY.
Parking is free. Designated parking area for disabled visitors
Opening time: 10am – 4:30pm.
Admission: Adults £8, Children £4. Accompanied children under 16 free (maximum two children to one paying adult).
Snack Bar and seating available.
Pick up a Quiz Sheet at the entrance for some fun with the children looking around the Exhibition.
2025 Exhibition - List of Layout Exhibitors
| LAYOUT NAME | GAUGE | KEY FEATURES |
| Achalraj | 9 | Himalayan India |
| Books Bridge | 16.5 | UK – early 20th Century |
| Braughing & Standon | N | Hertfordshire, England |
| Brief Encounter | 0 | England – based on the film |
| Churchwaldem RhB | N | Switzerland, narrow gauge |
| Donnersbachkogel | H0 | Austria |
| East Anstey | N | West Country, 1960s |
| Exebridge | 3mm | West Country – around the river Exe |
| Fareford Depot | 0 | UK – imaginary |
| Geeksville Depot | H0 | Nebraska, USA |
| Hells Glen Power Station and Coal Mine | N (US) | USA |
| Hobbs Row Halt | 9 | English micro-layout |
| Inchyra Paper Mill | 0 | Fife, Eatern Scotland |
| Micro Layout Display | various | English and USA locations |
| Oakley Lane | 0 | UK, 1960s |
| St Mary’s | 16.5 | Wales – narrow gauge |
| Thomas Town | 0 | Island of Sodor |
| Tinner’s Wharf | N | West Country 1970s |
| Turntable Yard | N | UK |
| Upperton | N | Wiltshire, 1960s. |
| Welham Mitey | 0 | Mid Somerset, 1930s / 1950s |
List of Traders and other Societies
SOCIETIES
| SWHMRS Club Shop and Information Stands | |
| Friends of the National Railway Museum | |
| Model Electronics Railway Group (MERG) | |
| Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society | |
| Double O gaue Association(DOGA) |
TRADERS
ABC Models
AGR Model Raikway Store
BrooksModels
Fenland Model Railways
Invicta Model Rail
Keiths Model Railways
SaintScale
Starlight Models
WM Collectables
Some of the layouts coming to the 2025 Exhibition
Pictures from the 2024 Annual Exhibition here. For a 30min video, see our Youtube channel.
L2024 Annual Exhibition
Last year’s Exhibition was held on Saturday 11th May 2024 at Queens’ School, Bushey.
There was a splendid collection of twenty-three layouts exhibited, ranging from the miniature to an O gauge scene stretching the entire length of one of the halls.
A video of the Exhibition has been posted on our Youtube channel – see the link on the Contacts page or just search for South West Herts MRS videos.
A message from our Chairman reads: “A huge thank you to all members, wives and friends who helped with the exhibition on Friday and Saturday. We have received a lot of very good feedback from the public, the traders and the exhibitors. I think it was enjoyed by all and I have had about seven of the exhibitors asking to return with other layouts. The ladies running the lunchtime did a very good job and several positive comments were received on the exhibitors’ lunches”.
The visitor numbers were over 420 adults. This is down on last year, but on the first weekend where we had decent weather, I can’t blame families for wanting to get out into the sunshine. We still had a nice surplus so we can call the event a success. There were several enquiries from prospective members and a number of the membership application forms available were taken away.
Here is a very complimentary response from one of the exhibitors and this is typical of the feedback we have received.’
“On behalf of Oxford & District Model Railway club and members attending, I would like to thank you for a brilliant day that we all enjoyed. We were very well looked after and appreciated your excellent hospitality.”
