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Welcome to The Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Society
(LWMRS)​​​​
We are pleased to announce that our Clubroom upgrade project has been completed and opened by
Pete Waterman on Saturday 7th September 2024.
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Members meet every Thursday evening and we are now able to welcome visitors from 7:30pm.
The clubrooms are fully accessible with a lift available to the new first floor.
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​​​​We are now able to invite membership applications from individuals who are interested in forming interest groups new to the club (e.g. narrow gauge formats and scales e.g. TT120). Space is available in the extended clubrooms to accommodate new layouts.
For details email the membership secretary - membership@lwmrs.co.uk ​​
Charity Wagon Project
Our latest charity wagon project has been delivered and is now available for you to collect. We will have examples of the 'N' gauge and 'OO' gauge available at our open day or at The National Festival of Railway Modelling on the 23rd & 24th November 2024 at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. We have moved away from 'The Myton Hospices' theme, this time selecting a local brewery for the wagon graphics.
All profits raised from the sale of the wagons support our local hospice group.
If you would like to order your example of these limited edition wagons please email
Our next exhibition appearance will be over the weekend of 23rd & 24th November 2024 at the
The National Festival of Railway Modelling at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.
Outdoors@lwmrs​​
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​We are now able to invite membership applications from 45mm G1 modellers.
Membership provides unlimited access to the outdoor track and the group space allocated in the extended clubhouse.
For details email the membership secretary - membership@lwmrs.co.uk
The Outdoor 45mm track is now open to visitors by application.
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Visiting groups are welcomed, enquiries via email to Outdoors@lwmrs.co.uk
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​For more information join the Facebook group Outdoors@lwmrs or email - Outdoors@lwmrs.co.uk.
The Society has over 100 members mainly from South Warwickshire and the surrounding areas. We occupy spacious club rooms, now over two floors just outside Leamington Spa, each in excess of 3,500 sq ft for layouts, a discussion area, library toilets and kitchen. Indoors, we have a number of club layouts in various stages of construction - in O, P4, OO and N gauge - and the club layouts regularly appear on the exhibition circuit and in the modelling press. Outdoors we have a 45mm dead rail track with three 90 meter circuits.
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We meet regularly every Thursday evening so come down to the club rooms and have a look around. You will be sure of a good welcome and there is plenty of interest for all modelling skills, or for those who just like to chat, or browse in the extensive club library.
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During 2022 and the early part of 2023 members have constructed an outdoor railway. Currently there are three complete loops of 45mm gauge track suitable for battery powered and live steam models. The Outdoor track will be fully operational from early 2024. For more information on open sessions please join the Facebook group Outdoors@lwmrs, email - outdoors@lwmrs.co.uk or see events on this website.
CLUB ROOMS
We moved into a spacious new club rooms just outside Leamington Spa in April 2006 and then extended by adding a first floor in 2024 which provides nearly
7000 sq ft for layouts, discussion area and library.
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The clubhouse is fully accessible including the first floor which is served by a lift.
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There is a kitchen in the clubhouse, with tea and coffee making facilities, as well as the facilities to heat up food. Members are welcome to use it whenever they are using the clubhouse. The kitchen also operates as a tea and coffee bar on regular club nights, supplying complimentary hot drinks and biscuits.
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The library contains many railway related materials: books, magazines and periodicals, photographs and videos.
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There is a small workshop which is available to members.
GROUPS
The Society has over 80 members mainly from South Warwickshire and the surrounding areas. Most of the members belong to one of layout groups but many just like to meet other members and chat in the library area with its extensive range of railway books and magazines. Several of the members also have their own layouts which have exhibited at our own or other shows.
CLUB LAYOUTS
We have seven club layouts in various stages of construction in all the major gauges: N (Kineton, Toysleigh and Midway), OO (Duxbury and "Project 2"), P4 (Clarendon) and O (Kimble) and these regularly appear on the exhibition circuit and in the modelling press. All the layouts would welcome new joiners.
ACTIVITIES
Visitors are welcome to come along to our club night on any Thursday evening from 7:30pm. You will be guaranteed a warm welcome with plenty of interest for all levels of modelling skill or just the opportunity to chat with members or browse the extensive club library. We have seven club layouts in various stages of construction in N, OO, P4 and
O gauges and these regularly appear on the exhibition circuit and in the modelling press.
"The Society's objectives are to advance public education and foster a general interest in railways and model railways, and in particular to encourage a high standard of modelling amongst its members”
L&WMRS Articles of Association