Guildex 2026
Date:
5th & 6th September 2026 - 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:
One day: Members £15. Public £20. Two Day: Members £20. Public £25
Details:
Click here to download the full show guide

 

LAYOUTS INVITED

Invermire

 

Cobbolds Wharf

 

Union Chocolatiere de Pays De Waes (The Belgian chocolate factory}

 

Harlyn Pier

photo credit Tony Wright

 

Millicent Street

 

Medborough

 

 

 

Rushen Valley

A modular layout shown to its full extent

 

Hazelcombe

Diesel Hydraulics and more

 

Newchappel Junction & Sidport Regis

7 mm Finescale GWR / Southern mainline and branch

 

Knype Bridge

Penrhyn Quarries

 

Holmeshurst

Llanymynech and Llynclys

 

 

The Guild Modular Layout Featuring “Colinwood” presented by the St Neots MRC

 

The Lego Layout

EMGOG Test Track

This test track is able to accommodate dc / dcc and live steam 7 mm finescale

The Selby Test Track

This yest track is able to accommodate dc / dcc and can run track gauges of 9 mm,16.5 mm, 32 mm and 45mm.

The Children,s Layout. 

 Children 6 to 60 and beyond allowed

Demonstrations

Traders  Booked so far

1039 Models

4D Modelshop

55H

7mmloco.co.uk

Ace Products

AirFramed

Atkitz

Bill Hudson Books. Lightmoor Press and Wild Swan Books.

Brushes 4 Models

Buzz Models

C & L Finescale Track Building Systems Ltd

Connoisseur Models

Contikits

D & S Models

Dapol

Diane Carney

Duncan Models

Easy-Build Coaches

Ellis Clark 

Ennis 75 Models

ESU LokSound

Finney7

First Class Kits

Footplate Models

Gladiator

Greenwood Track

Haywood Railway

HMRS

Intentio , Unable to attend

J & M Hughes

JSModels

LCUT Creative

Masterpiece Models

Metalsmith (Leeds) Ltd

Midland Railway Society

Minerva Model Railways

MMM (Made in Manchester Models)

Monk's Gate Models

Moor View Models

MSC Models

MT Miniatures

Nick Tozer Railway Books

Northumbrian Painting Service

Online Models

P.R.Model Railway Products

Peter Clark Models

Phoenix Precision Paints

PLM Cast-a-Ways

Premier Components

Primo Models

Ragstone Models

Ray Heard Model Railways 

Roxey Mouldings

S M Models

Sanspareil ICS

Scale Impressions

Simon's Sort Out 

Skog Carriage and Wagon Works

Skytrex Ltd

Slaters Plastikard

Squires Model and Craft Tools

Steamline Ltd.

T G Models {new trader)

TMS Models

Tower Collection Blackpool

Tower Models

Trainsporters

True to Scale

Walsall Model Industries

Walsworth Models

Warren Haywood 

Yellowshed Designs

Youchoos


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.

Shuttle bus service

This will run from Stafford Railway Station to the county showground on both days

The service is being provided by the Potteries Omnibus Preservation Society.


 

Event details last updated Wednesday 2 September 2026

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