Brick Coast Main Line, the UK’s largest portable Lego Railway will be one of the highlights at this year’s Ashford Festival of Railway Modelling taking place over the weekend of 12/13th April. Using over 150,000 bricks, models of Stonehenge, Locomotion Museum and the Forth Bridge will be linked together by over 100m of track featuring a variety of well- known locomotives skilfully created from Lego bricks!
In what promises to be one of the biggest and best model railway exhibitions in the South East this year, visitors will enjoy 40 model railways in nine different scales and gauges, many coming to Kent for the first time.
From the BR blue era in the North West of “St Seeb” to the Great Western seaside terminus of “St Johns”, and the mountain ranges of “Joganji River” to the wooded countryside of “Artist’s Valley” , there will be a wide range of layouts to inspire and entertain. Local interest will be catered for by layouts “Lydd on Sea”, “Oxley Heath”, “Hops Farm” and “Holmeshurst”. In an exhibition first, Gordon and Maggie Gravett’s superb layouts Pempoul and Arun Quay will be exhibited together for the first time and there will be five brand new layouts not exhibited before.
Trade and society stands will be attending selling a range of new and second hand items.
The festival is being organised by Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC) and takes place in Ashford Town Centre on the weekend of 12/13 April. Layouts are located in two adjacent venues Ashford College and the Elwick Club'
Over the Festival weekend, visitors will also be able to visit the free exhibition on Ashford’s Railway Legacy presented as part of the nationwide Rail 200 event (open Saturday only) and Ashford Borough Museum with their wide range of railway artefacts (open both days). Children’s activities will be taking place at the Craftship and a beer festival in the Coachworks.
Wristbands are £12.50 for adults and £2.50 for children under 16. Carers supporting paying visitors with disabilities are free.
Address
Ashford Festival of Railway Modelling 2025
Ashford College and Elwick Club
TN23 1NN
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