Guildex 2024

Date:

7th & 8th September 2024

Location:

Bingley Hall on Stafford County Showground. Weston Road. Stafford

Price:

See below

On-line tickets:

https://www.gaugeoguild.com/onlinesales/ticketsales.aspx

Postal tickets:

Postal tickets also available from via 01594 841856

Information:

Tickets

Please note that for Guildex, we have introduced one day tickets as well as the two day tickets.

Prices in 2024 are:

One day - £15 for members & £20.00 to non-members

Both days - £20.00 for members & £25 for non-members.

The above prices are for advanced tickets which are a preferential rate and permit entry from 09:30 instead of 10:00.
Prices on the door will be £2.00 extra for one day tickets and £2.00 extra for two day tickets regardless of being a member or non-member

The show guide is now available at https://www.gaugeoguild.com/events/2024/Guildex_2024_showguide.pdf

Hunslet Works

Lowery Lane

Tetbury

The bus provider has been confirmed and the timetable for 2024 is the same as 2023

Demonstrators:

10 demonstrations of modelling skills and three seminars

Stands:

LAYOUTS SO FAR (27/07/2024)
Allerby: 7 mm Fine Scale. A fictional part of the railway system somewhere in Northern Cumbria from 1985 to 1992.
Great White River Navigation, Extraction and Steam Packet Co: American 0N16-5
Tetbury.: BR Western Region 7 mm Fine Scale A classic GWR branch line at the end of Steam.
Nafferton: 7 mm Fine Scale A large continuous run layout based in the East Riding of Yorkshire towards the end of steam
Bankgate sidings.: 7 mm Fine Scale Set somewhere in the North East
Hunslet Works: 7 mm Fine Scale, a section of the Hunslet Engine Co works in Leeds built by Andy Ross.
Johnstown: 7 mm Fine Scale minimum space circular layout. Built by the late Tony Kell to prove you don't need a lot of space for an O gauge layout.
Buffers Lock: 7 mm Fine Scale A Great Western Ent to end Branch line from the republic of Ireland
Lowery Lane: 7 mm Fine Scale, a small modern goods yard
Hadley, Stonybrook, and Swale: 7 mm O n 16-5 a fictitious narrow gauge line
Weekend yard: 7 mm Fine Scale, the layout built over the weekend of last years Guildex, now fully completed
York Gauge 0 Group, Test Track: Accommodates 7mm Fine Scale + 16.5 mm gauge DC and DCC operation
E M Test Track: 7mm Fine Scale accommodates DC DCC and Live Steam.
The Gauge O Guild Modular Layout

TRADERS SO FAR
55H
1039 Models
A.W.Adams Loco Boxes
Absolute Aspects
Accurascale UK
AirFramed Glass Display Cases
Amberly Components
Bill Hudson Transport Books
Brushes 4 Models
Buzz Models
C & L Finescale Track Building Systems
Connoisseur Models
Contikits
CPS Models / Sanspareil
CRT Kits
Dapol Ltd
Decor Fab Personalised Gifts
Diane Carney Nameplates
Duncan Models
Easy-Build Coaches & DMU Kits
EBMA Hobby & Craft
Ellis Clark Trains
Finney7
First Class Kits
Footplate Models
Gladiator Model Kits
Greenwood Railway Products
Haywood Railway
Heljan A/S
HMRS
Intentio
J & M Hughes
JS Models
Lanky Kits
Latem Design Replica Railway Signage
LCUT Creative
Legoman Biffo & DC Kits
Lightmoor Press
Masterpiece Models
Metalsmith (Leeds) Ltd
Midland Railway Centre
Midland Railway Society
Minerva Model Railways
MMR Models
Modern Outline Kits (MOK)
Modular Layout display
Monk's Gate Models
Moor View Models
MSC Models
Nick Tozer Railway Books
Northumbrian Painting Services
P.R.Model Railway Products
Parliamentary Trains
Peartree Engineering
Peter Clark Models
PLM Cast-a-Ways
Poppy's Woodtech
Premier Components
Primo Models
Ragstone Models
Ray Heard Model Railways
Ron Connor Totem Signs
S M Models
SBT Developments
Scorpio Models
Shamrock Trains
Simon's Sort Out
Skytrex Ltd
Slaters (Plastikard) Ltd
Squires Model and Craft Tools
Steamline Ltd.
The Craftlight Company
The late Colin McCallum Estate
TMS Models
Torri Laser
Tower Collection Blackpool
Tower Models
Trainsporters
Walsall Model Industries
Walsworth Models
Youchoos

SOCIETIES
7mm Narrow Gauge Association
Modern Image O Gauge Group
Missenden Modellers
Scale7 Group
Warley Model Railway Club
Stafford Railway Circle
Stafford Society of Model Engineers
Great Central Railway Society
London North Western Railway Society
Severn Valley Railway
Signalling Record Society
Telford Steam Railway
The LMS Patriot Society
Hornby Railway Collectors Association with O gauge vintage layout for visitors to run their stock on.

Bo'ness O Gauge Group
Following the arson attack, the group are looking for advice on their clean up, any hints and tips, and they will also bring some of their damaged stock for people to have a look at. It will also give group members an opportunity to engage with many of the donors who kindly contributed to the crowdfunding after the fire.

OVERSEAS STANDS SO FAR:
The Overseas Members information stand with Steve Lamb
Cercle de Zero (France)
Austria, Switzerland and Germany Group
Nordic Countries
Ireland

GUILD STANDS
Guild Membership
Guild sales
Guild publications
The Loco Clinic and DCC advce service
The Technical Team - Modelling Competition and Display

Driving:

By Road
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.

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

By Rail
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.

By Air
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.

Transport:

See Driving for road details

By Rail
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.
There is a courtesy bus service to and from the railway station both days
By Air
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.

Layouts:

GAUGE O GUILD

Tickets

Lowery Lane

The bus provider has been confirmed and the timetable for 2024 is the same as 2023

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