We organise a two day exhibition in January every year at St Anselm's School, Old Dover Road, Canterbury.
Over the weekend our visitors are able to enjoy a range of high quality railway model layouts in a variety of scales and prototypes. There is also a good selection of trade and other stands offering our visitors the opportunity to see and buy a wide selection of model railway related products, many of which are not available in local model shops.
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Go to our Exhibition Archive page for a virtual tour of the layouts at our 2025 Exhibition as well as at previous Exhibitions and to see what you missed if you did not visit.
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Our 2026 Exhibition will be on the 17th and 18th January 2026. Layouts booked to attend include the following:-
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LAYOUTS
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Fairfield Priory - O
Fence Houses NCB - OO
Helland Wharf - OO
Moors View - N
Queen Charlotte Dock - O
Blackmoor - OO9
Northport Quay - Irish 7mm narrow gauge
Holmshurst - O
London Road Sidings - OO
Rampage - OO
Ospringe (St Peter) and Water Lane - N
Brook Street - O
Great Ownsley - OO drive-it yourself
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Canterbury and District Model Engineering Society - Model Display and Train Rides
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The City of Canterbury MRS has been in existence in its present form since 1988. In that year some members of the original Society that formerly met in the old Canterbury West station building until the roof fell in, decided to reform the Society.
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Our Society and Members layouts are attending the following Exhibitions :-
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Holt Street is being exhibited at the Faversham MRC Exhibition on 13th and 14th September 2025
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​Lemanis Light Railway will be at The Folkestone MRC Exhibition on 4th and 5th October 2025
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Bigbury will be at the Great Electric Train Show, Milton Keynes on 11th and 12th October 2025
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Coalhouse will be at the Great Electric Train Show , Milton Keynes in October 2026
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