Welcome

from the members of the

South Devon Garden Railway Group

We are delighted to announce the ever popular Exeter Garden Railway Show was last held on the 25th October 2025 and a greater success than ever!

But if you missed it...... DON'T PANIC!!!!! We'll be running the show again next year so please make a note in your diaries for 24th October 2026;

Saturday, 24th October 2026

10.30 am - 4.30 pm

The Matford Centre

Matford Park Road

Marsh Barton Ind Estate

Exeter EX2 8FD

(FREE PARKING next to Park & Ride)

Further information will be published here as details become available so please book mark this page.

To help you enjoy the show even more, please note:

Admission to the show will start at 10.30 a.m. and we regret there will be no access to toilets before that time.

The Bring & Buy stall will be open for sales from 11.00 a.m.

We are pleased to announce that we are now able to accept credit or debit cards on the door.

The hall gets very crowded so the only dogs allowed in are guide dogs and assistance dogs.

A handy guide and stall layout plan of the show will be avaliable for you to download here shortly before the event.

Until then we will leave you with details of our last show which is avaliable for you to download here: Plan

The Exeter Garden Railway Show is the largest of its kind in the South West and makes a fabulous day out for all the family. The aim of our show is to promote the garden railway hobby from O gauge to Scale 3 and everything in between. The 2026 show will be our 23rd and is intended to be up to our usual high standard and held at the Matford Centre in Exeter.

We will be having lots of operating live steam, electric and vintage exhibition layouts in standard and narrow gauges. We can promise many specialist trade stands,refreshments and plenty of experts to give you help and advice. Our renowned Bring & Buy stall will be open for sales of all those pre-loved items from 11.00 a.m.

If you were one of the many visitors, traders, exhibitors, or stewards in attendance the South Devon Garden Railway Group would like to say a big thank you for making the 2025 show once again such a great success.

Our good friend Peter Hillman has very kindly filmed earlier events.

Part one...