Our 2024 Exhibition

The Uckfield Model Railway Club is holding it's Annual Exhibition at the same venue again in 2024 following on from the highly successful event held last year. Once again we will be featuring a selection of some of the best quality layouts around. There will be full trade support as well as demonstration & society stands.

The Exhibition poster can be downloaded here.

We hope to have at least 20 layouts portraying
British, American and Continental prototypes,
including standard and narrow gauge practices.

Those layouts invited include those to:
16mm/ft scale, 7mm/ft scale (0, 0-16.5, 0-9), 1:64 scale (S),
4mm/ft scale (P4, EM, 00, 00-9), 3.5mm/ft scale (H0),
3mm/ft finescale, 1:148 scale (British N),
and 2mm/ft finescale.

Incorpororating Scalefour Southeast, a Scalefour Society regional event. Featuring the Society's Membership Stand and the Scalefour Stores, along with associated P4 layouts and demonstration stands.

Trade invited to attend include:

Branchlines, C & L Finescale Track Building Systems, Cambrian Model Rail,
Coastal DCC, Compass Model Railways, Dart Castings, Dingo Servo Mounts,
Golden Arrow Productions, Green Scene, Matthew Cousins GRA,
Monk's Gate Models, Plus Daughters, Prickley Pear Products,
Rail-Books, Roger Jones, Roxey Mouldings, Scalefour Stores,
Severn Models, Squires Model & Craft Tools,
South Eastern Finecast and W M Collectables.

The Uckfield Civic Centre is a modern building situated in the very centre of the town. The High Street, featuring shops and places to eat, is only a minutes walk away. The FREE High Street 'Luxford Field' car park (304 spaces) is adjacent to the venue and will be signposted from the town's bypass. Tesco, with its own car park, is also next to the venue.

If the council car park is full, the railway station car park (171 spaces) is five minutes walk from the venue. For the show weekend, Network Rail and APCOA have kindly waived their normal charges - so parking here will also be FREE.

FREE Car Parking at Uckfield Railway Station Car Park
Postcode TN22 1HS

Alternatively why not travel to the exhibition by train?
Hourly service from London, via East Croydon

The exhibition is on two levels of the Civic Centre with stair and lift access between the floors. The venue is disabled friendly and is accessible from the car park via ramps. A limited number of periscopes will be available to borrow in return for a modest £5 returnable deposit.

We will also be having The 2mm Scale Association Roadshow in attendance featuring demonstrations, publication sales and at least three layouts constructed to 2mm finescale track & wheel standards.

If coming by train, Uckfield railway station is about 5 minutes’ walk away from the venue and is served by hourly Southern services. Saturday services run direct from London Bridge via East Croydon and Oxted. Sunday Services start from Victoria via East Croydon with a change at Oxted.

Admission: Adults £9.00 Children under 16 FREE*

*Up to two children (aged 5 to 15 inclusive) will be
admitted free if accompanied by a paying adult.
Unaccompanied & additional children £4.00 (under 5s free).
Admission on the door only - cash or card.

A5 Exhibition Guide with track plans and photographs of all layouts
£1.00

Hot and cold refreshments, including meals at lunchtime, will be available from Luxfords, the licensed restaurant within the Civic Centre, which has waitress service.

Luxfords Restaurant

For those visitors arriving early hot bacon or sausage baps will be available to purchase from 9am each morning.

For a map of the centre of Uckfield, supplied by Google maps, see below.

Five minutes walk from Uckfield Railway and Bus Stations.

Train journey planning:
National Rail Enquiries

For detailed bus journey planning:
Traveline

Our 2025 Exhibition will be on the 18th & 19th October at the same venue.