The NMRA BR Winter Meet on 1 February 2025 will be at the Stokenchurch Community Centre, Bartholomew Tipping Lane, Stokenchurch HP14 3RX. This is the venue we’ve used since 2022. It’s exactly one mile from M40 J5, and is easy to find and signposted within the village.
The venue will be open to NMRA members and the public from 10:00 to 16:00. The NMRA Publicity Stand and the Region Library will be there. AP Assessment will also be available but should be advised beforehand to Keith Webb, AP Chair, to make sure we have enough space and to arrange assessors.
Traders confirmed are Anoraks Anonymous, SCC, AngloAmerican and 3D Printed accessories from Barry Clements.
The Centrepiece layout in the main hall will be from the Gosport N-Scale modular group. We also welcome Hywel Rees for the first time with a C&O theme circular layout to watch the train go by and Sorrento Park, a small TT scale North American switching layout.
Please contact Keith Webb if you have a layout that you’d like to bring, either for 2025 or later years as we do currently have space for at least one.
There will be space for members Bring and Buy, at £10 per table. Please contact Keith Webb to book space.
Admission will be £5 for NMRA members and £10 for non-members, intended to highlight the value to be gained from being an NMRA member. We will ask you to bring your NMRA Membership card on the day.
There are attractions close by which might interest non-railers in your family sharing the day out. Stokenchurch is where the M40 crosses the northern edge of the Chilterns, with red kites almost always visible. Aston Rowant nature reserve with several woodland walks is a mile or so away. Stonor Park, Nuffield Place and Greys Court – all National Trust – are not far away, as are the Hell Fire caves and West Wycombe park. Waterperry Gardens, a must for gardening enthusiasts, is up the M40 towards Oxford. Do check with these attractions for opening times. Oxford itself is just up the M40, with a Park & Ride available at Thornhill on the A40 from J8/8a. Bicester Outlet Village is close to M40 Junction 9, about 20 miles north.
