Railwells 2026
14 - Layouts
9 - Demonstrators
15 - Traders
Parking for both Saturday and Sunday will be available in Palace Fields Charge £5 all day. To find this location just follow the Railwells Parking signs.
Railwells 2026 including Scalefour Southwest and Special EM and 2mm sections.
Scalefour Society 50th Anniversary
S Scale Society 80th Anniversary
Somerset & Dorset Railway 60 Years from closure.
Organised by the Wells Railway Fraternity
The Town Hall,
Market Place,
Wells,
Somerset BA5 2RB
Please note for show parking follow the Railwells parking signs as you enter the centre of Wells, Somerset.
Saturday 8th August, 10.30 to 5.00
Sunday 9th August, 10.30 to 4.00
Admission Adults £10.00
Accompanied Child (14 and under) Free
Wheelchair-bound Free
Children up to 17yrs £5.00
For further and up-to-date information
– Organiser Chris Challis 01308 897539
P4 Flintcombe S&DJR – Dorset Gang of 4
S Scale Arcadia – Richard Barton
Port de Crozon Reseau Breton Railway 1:50 Scale 18.2mm Gauge – Gordon and Maggie Gravett
P4 Cheddar S&DJR – Simon Challis
Layouts
2026 Layout list as of 01.05.2026
P4 Cheddar S&DJR – Simon Challis
This layout depicts the S&D as it would have been 100 years ago
P4 Flintcombe S&DJR – Dorset Gang of 4
A might have been station built in Dorset set in the 1930s
P4 Ventnor Town
With the stock that would have been running on 6 June 1962
P4 Ally Gruban Road – Bernie Baker
Og The Bridge – Kevin Cartwright
Showing what can be built in O Gauge
S Scale Arcadia – Richard Barton
Layout depicts the GWR in Herefordshire in the 1920/30s
S Scale Ewell – Brendan Walsh
1:50 Scale 18.2mm Gauge – Gordon and Maggie Gravett
Port de Crozon Reseau Breton Railway
Broad Gauge GWR Marlborough – Andy Cundick
Marlborough Station from 1865 to 1875
OO The North Circular Mountain Railway – Geoff Trenholme
You cannot get a much smaller layout than this one
OO Roundabout – Geoff Trenholme
A very very small layout
009 Woody Bay – Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
A station on the Lynton & Barnstaple narrow gauge railway
Ng Fine Scale Churnbury – David Mace
Ng Evercreech Junction – Shepton Mallet & District MRS
The junction built for the Bath extension as it would have been in 1950s and 60s
Layout list updated 05.05.2026
Traders asked to attend Railwells 2026
Bill Hudson Transport Books
Scalefour Society Stores
Dart Castings with Monty’s figures and MJT
Taff Vale Models
Branchlines
Wells Railway Fraternity Book Sales, in aid of The Railway Children Charity
Attwood Aggregates attwood.aggregates@yahoo.com phone 07740381999
Roxey Mouldings
CM3 Models Selling all the tools and bits you need
Railway Children’s Charity book sales
Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust
Aspire Gfts and Modells
Blacksmith Models
Model Stock (ABS) A new name for ABS 4mm kits
EBMA Hobby & Craft
Refreshments The Wookey Hub, Food all day
Updated 01.05.2026
Demonstrations booked to attend Railwells 2026
Modelling EM and Soldering
Steve Flint
How to Solder
Roger Sawyer
Track Construction and Working in S7
The Scale 7 group
2mm Association Roadshow
Paula Martin
Modelling in 2mm scale
Jerry Clifford
Kit and Scratch-built Wagons in 4mm
John Chambers
Starting in P4
Gavin Clarke
Modelling in Gauge 1
Simon Castens
Modelling the Broad Gauge
Ashley Phillips
Updated 01.05.2026
Please note that all details of exhibitors and traders are tentative and should be confirmed prior to the date.
‘Getting to Railwells/Scalefour Southwest by public transport
There is now a bus service to Wells from Bristol. The bus is the Mendip Xplorer service 376, marked from Bristol to Wells, Glastonbury and Street. For those travelling by train, the bus stop at Bristol Temple Meads is at the bottom of the station approach on the right. In Wells, the bus stops at ‘The former HSBC bank building at the end of Sadler Street 150 yards from the Town Hall. It is best to go to the Wells bus station or ask at the exhibition ticket office for the return journey.
An up-to-date timetable can be found on the www.firstbus.co.uk website, choosing ‘Timetables’ from the menu, ‘Bristol, Bath and the West’, and then ‘376’ for the required route and choosing ‘Find Timetables’.