Guildex 2025
Date:
6th & 7th September 2025 - Sat 09:30 - 17:00 Sun. 09:30 - 16:00 for all visitors
Location:
Bingley Hall on Stafford County Showground. Weston Road. Stafford, ST18 0BD View in Google Maps
Price:
SEE BELOW
Details:

TICKET PRICES:

Guildex - One day:    £15 for members. Members partners £15 and £20 for ALL other visitors

Guildex - Two days:  £20 for members. Members partners £20 and £25 for ALL other visitors

 

You can access the floor plan, show guide and key lists here:

https://www.gaugeoguild.com/events/2025/Guildex_Floor_Plan_2025.pdf

https://www.gaugeoguild.com/events/2025/Guildex_Showguide_2025.pdf

https://www.gaugeoguild.com/events/2025/Guildex_Lists_2025.pdf

 

The following layouts are booked to attend:

Arun Quay by Gordon & Maggie Gravett

 

Dalnottar Riverside by The Scottish Diesel and Electric Group

 

Harbourne St Mary by Market Harborough MRS

 

Haymarket by Alistair Tait

 

Hassell Harbour Bridge, The Alsager Railway Association

 

Manchester Hardwick Bridge By Chris Warner & the Low hill Team


 

Prospect Road from Ireland by Barry Moule

 

Selby by Renny Lord & Team

 

St Georges Wharf by Alan Gray
 

 

The Basin by Stan Summers

 

Whaplode by Thomas Hoy

 

Woodhill Goods  by Adrian Walby

 

The Guild Modular layout with scenic section ‘Colinwood’ by St Neots MRC

 

East Midlands (EM) O Gauge Test Track

Liverpool and West Lancs (LAWLOGG) O Gauge Group Test Track

Demonstrations will include Soldering with Rob Bishop. Track Building with David Nicholson and Alan Benson. Battery Remote Control Operation with Phil Downs.  Figure Painting by Rob Anderson.  Metal Kit Construction with Brian Tole. Plastic Modelling with Chris Tooth. Road Vehicle Modelling by Colin Hobson. Templot Assistance and Track Construction with John Jones & Terry Downes.  Modern Freight Vehicle Modelling with Garry Lane.  .   Painting and Lining by Geoff Haynes.

This year is the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, Nigel Paine and Robin Taylor will be displaying models from the early days of the railway as well as demonstrating how to create models of the period.

Getting to the Show

A free shuttle bus is being provided running from Stafford Rail Station op the Showground and return.  The service is being provided by the Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society.

Driving
The Showground is situated on the A518 Stafford to Uttoxeter road some 4 miles from Stafford. Drivers from either the North or South using the M6 motorway should exit at junction 14 and follow the signs for the County Showground.


Birmingham.     32    
Newcastle       173
Bristol.             116    
Norwich.          194
Edinburgh.       265    
Nottingham.       64
Liverpool            72    
Oxford                95
London.            145    
Shrewsbury.       32
Manchester        60    
York.                 106

Public Transport
The Showground is just 4 miles from Stafford Railway Station. The station is situated on the West Coast Main Line offering a direct service to London Euston with a journey time of approximately one hour and twenty minutes. It also offers direct services to Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Manchester and Liverpool.

Airports - Birmingham International and East Midlands airports are both a 50 minute drive from the Showground whilst Manchester Airport can be reached in little more than an hour.
 

Traders booked so far: (Updated 30/08/2025) 

1039 Models
55H
Ace & Shamrock Trains
Ace Products
AirFramed
Atkitz
Bill Hudson Transport Books
Brushes 4 Models
Buzz Models
C & L Finescale Track Building Systems Ltd
Colin McCallum Estate
Connoisseur Models
Contikits
Craft Lighting
D.C.Kits
Dapol
Diane Carney
Duncan Models
Easy-Build Coaches
EBMA Hobby & Craft
Ellis Clark
Ennis 75 Models
Finney7
First Class Kits
Footplate Models
Gladiator
Gloforce
Greenwood Track
Haywood Railway
Heljan
HMRS
J & M Hughes
James Green Artist
JSModels
Lanky Kits
LCUT Creative
Masterpiece Models
Metalsmith (Leeds) Ltd
Midland Railway Centre
Midland Railway Society
Minerva Model Railways
MMM (Made in Manchester Models)
MMR Models
Modelu
Monk's Gate Models
Moor View Models
MSC Models
Nick Tozer Railway Books
Northumbrian Painting Service
Online Models
P.R.Model Railway Products
Peartree Engineering
Peter Clark Models
Phoenix Precision Paints
PLM Cast-a-Ways
Poppy's Woodtech
Premier Components
Primo Models
Ragstone Models
Ray Heard Model Railways
S M Models
Sanspareil ICS
SBT Developments
Simon's Sort Out
SKOG
Skytrex Ltd
Slaters Plastikard
Squires Model and Craft Tools
Steamline Ltd.
TMS Models
Tower Collection Blackpool
Tower Models
Trainsporters
Walsall Model Industries
Walsworth Models
Youchoos

 

Overseas Stands and Societies Attending 

OVERSEAS STANDS
Ireland
Cercle du Zero
Overseas Guild Rep
Overseas seating area for any other overseas attendees 
SOCIETIES
MERG
Missenden
Signalling Record Society
Great Eastern Railway Society
Telford Steam Railway
GCRS
MIOG
Severn Valley Railway
7mm NGA
Warley MRC
Scale 7 Group
Hornby Railway Collectors Association HRCA
LMS Patriot Co
Welsh Railway Research Circle (WRRC)
Stafford Railway Circle
Stafford & District Model Engineering Society

Event details last updated Saturday 30 August 2025

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