Chatham Show
Model Railway Exhibition 18-19th July 2026
The Chatham Show is returning to the The Historic Dockyard Chatham for 2026 following the success of 2025. Join us on 18-19th July for one of the largest events in the South East celebrating all things model railways and model engineering.
Below you can and a full list of layouts, traders, demonstrations and societies. List will be updated weekly.
Layout
1. Abbey Light Railway – 0-16.5
2. Addleford Green - OO
3. Ashgate – OO
4. Benbridge – N
5. Blindheim - O
6. Bristol Harbour – OO
7. Bulldog Quay - EM
8. Bumbline Bridge – OO
9. Cardiff Canton - OO
10. Columbia Wharf – EM
11. Conyer Creek Loco Depot - O
12. Conyer Creek Signals - O
13. Cromer - O
14. Dagnall - OO
15. Dinsdale 1830 - OO
16. Durham Road TMD – OO
17. East Glasson Port Authority - OO
18. Fareford - OO
19. Filisur RhB - N
20. Five mile house - OO
21. Gammar Silo Rotatory – ON30
22. Gresten - Hoe
23. Gweithdy Dyffryn – O14
24. Hassell Harbour Bridge -O
25. Hatchend - N
26. Havergo Junction - OO
27. Hengist Road - OO
28. Japan in Bloom - N
29. Johannesdorf Tirolerbahnen – 0-16.5
30. Kamiack Falls Model Railroad - HO
31. Kaninchenbau – Hoe
32. Kent Gscale – G
33. Largar and Lime works – ON30
34. Llanwyddon – TT120
35. Marley potts and witherwack sidings – OO
36. Nant Gwernol – OO9
37. Natford TMD – OO
38. Newvaddon Parkway – N
39. Oak Lane Tmd - OO
40. Penhalig Quay and Blackrock sands – OO9
41. Ropley - OO
42. Scarlington - N
43. Sheepcroft - EM
44. Soelden - HOe
45. St. Paddy - OO
46. Stodmarsh - O
47. Stoney Shaw – 0-16.5
48. Swanscombe works – OO
49. Swillybegs – 7mm Irish
50. Tan Y Coed – OO9
51. Wordsley Wharf - O
Traders
1. 12A Models
2. Accurascale
3. All wheels
4. Andy Lynch
5. Bachmann Collectors Club
6. Best Model Toys
7. BritishRailways Tv
8. Buggleskelly Station
9. Bunters Yard
10. C & L Finescale
11. Cambrian model Rail
12. Cdc Designs
13. Chalk Garden Rail
14. Chatham Mrc Club shop
15. Coastal Dcc
16. DCC Model Railway signalling
17. Doug’s Tools
18. Dream Steam
19. Golden Arrow Products
20. Harveys Hobbies
21. Harrison Brown
22. Hornby Magazine
23. Js Models
24. Kingsway Models
25. Leigh models and hobbies
26. Invicta Model Rail
27. Kent Model Exchange
28. Motorail
29. Online Models Ltd
30. On The Rails
31. Plus Daughters
32. Puffin Billy
33. Rail-books
34. Railstuff
35. Redline Baseboards
36. Ron Lines
37. Ron Totams
38. Roxey Mouldings
39. Roxley Models
40. Saddletank books
41. Sawyer Models
42. Southern Scale Models
43. Tellendalloch Scenics
44. Thunderbolt Models
45. Trainsporters
46. Wm Collectables
Societies & Demonstrators
1. 4SUB Association
2. 73130 Ltd
3. Aimrec
4. Chatham & District Model Railway Club
5. Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway
6. East Kent Railway
7. Emperor's Path Weathering
8. Heritage Traction
9. Historic Dockyard Chatham
10. Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
11. South Eastern & Chatham Railway Society
12. Southern Electric Group
13. Spa Valley Railway
14. Suburban Electric Railway Association (SERA)
15. The British Overseas Railways Historical Trust
16. The Double O Gauge Association
Get to us!
The Historic Dockyard Chatham
ME4 4TZ
Follow the brown anchor sign from the A2/M2
Parking is available at the Historic Dockyard Chatham and also at the adjacent Dockside Outlet Centre
All local parking facilities have Tariffs
Details of the charges can be found here for The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Ticket Prices & Times
Ticket Prices - Available Online
Prices for 2026
£11 on the day
£10 in Advance, also allowing entry 30 mins early at 9.30am each day
Accompanied children (under 16) free
Times
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm
Spend the day with us
CALL THE MIDWIFE OFFICIAL LOCATION TOUR
If you’re a fan of the hit series and you’ve been wondering where Call the Midwife is filmed, put yourself in the picture and explore where the real drama happens with a Call the Midwife Official Location Tour.
HALF PRICE DOCKYARD ENTRY WITH SHOW TICKETS
Explore three historic warships to learn about warship construction, refit and repair and examine important objects related to the Dockyard and the wider maritime world from the collections of Royal Museums Greenwich and Imperial War Museums.