2025 AGM
Thursday 18 September – AGM The GRES AGM 2025 will be held on Thursday 18 September from 7.45pm at our usual location of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Gravesend. The current GRES Committee are eager to attract new members onto…
Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society
“To encourage interest in railways, past, present and future, including their operation”

Thursday 18 September – AGM The GRES AGM 2025 will be held on Thursday 18 September from 7.45pm at our usual location of the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Gravesend. The current GRES Committee are eager to attract new members onto…
When:Friday & Saturday, 19–20 September 202510:00 – 16:30 each day rapidotrains.co.ukRMweb Where:The Market Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 8LW(Minutes’ walk from Maidstone West Station; ample pay-and-display parking nearby; wheelchair accessible venue) rapidotrains.co.uk What to Expect: High-quality model railway layouts including: Overlord…
East Kent Model Railway Society (Whitstable) – Pop-up Model Railway Show Organiser: East Kent Model Railway Society (Whitstable) Pop-up Model Railway Show, Strode Park House, Lower Herne Road, Herne Bay, CT6 7NE (10am – 3pm). Adults – £3, Accompanied Under…
Spa Valley Railway – 5th Model Railway Show (Model Railway Weekend) Dates:Saturday & Sunday, 20–21 September 2025 • 10:00 – 17:00 both days spavalleyrailway.co.uk Venue:Spa Valley Railway — Stations at Tunbridge Wells West, Groombridge, and Eridge in Kent spavalleyrailway.co.ukWikipedia What’s…
GRES also has a dedicated sub-section for members who are passionate about model railways. Our focus is primarily on 00 Gauge, and we work on both personal layouts and two club layouts that we maintain collectively. We hold meetings twice a month…
Organised by Folkestone, Hythe and District Model Railway Club Venue: Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone, CT20 2DZ Opening Times: 10:00am – 5:00pm both days Prices Adults £8.00 Children £4.00 Family £22.00 Event Website folkestone-mrc.com
ART AND THE TRAIN A talk by art historian Andrew Ashton Trains have been represented in art for nearly 200 years. This talk will look at the different ways in which railways have been portrayed over this time. Interestingly,…
Tuesday 7th – Henry Harryman will be taking us back two hundred years to consider how the railways changed our lives. This promises to be an interesting evening and I encourage you to join us at our usual venue of the Emmanuel Church Hall, 55…
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ONE DAY Beckenham Model Railshow 2025Forest Hill Boys School, Dacres Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 2XN.Saturday 18th October 2025 10am – 4:30pmBIGGER VENUE – Beckenham & West Wickham MRC are proud to announce we moved to bigger venue which will…