Exhibition 2026

Saturday 24th 10-5pm & Sunday 25th 10-4pm January 2026

Admission £10 Accompanied children under 16 FREE

Layout list to follow in due course

List of Layouts

Kids Corner

Railway built with the world famous bricks

SMRS Thomas layout – have a go at operating the famous little blue engine and his friends

List of Traders/Societies & Demonstrators

Where to find us

Directions to the Exhibition

Below is a list of directions on how to find us, depending on your method of transport.

Travelling via Car

Barton Peveril College is about 1½ miles from M3 Junction 13 or M27 Junction 5 and will be AA signed from shortly after the junctions.
Please use SO50 5BX for SatNav.  (The college post code will take you to the back entrance of the campus)

PARKING – Onsite parking fills up quickly, particularly on the Saturday.
Disabled Parking is available at the front of the college (Chestnut Avenue entrance)
If the car park is full, street parking is available in Chestnut Avenue, the long layby is free at weekends and the residential streets to the south (Southampton) side of Chestnut Avenue are not restricted at weekends. The streets to the north (Eastleigh) side of the college are residents only on Saturday but are largely unrestricted on Sunday. Please park sensibly and legally.

Alternatively, park in one of the car parks in Eastleigh town centre and make use of our FREE bus service running from Eastleigh railway station to the exhibition

Travelling via Train

Both Eastleigh and Southampton Airport Parkway stations (London Waterloo line) are about a 25 minute walk, or by bus as below.

Free Heritage Bus

Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust (www.sadtht.co.uk) will be providing a free bus service between Eastleigh and Southampton Airport Parkway stations and Barton Peveril College.  The service is expected to run approximately half hourly from about 9.30am

Travelling via Bus

Bluestar Route 2, (Southampton – Eastleigh – Fair Oak) from Eastleigh station, stops in Derby Road near Tennyson Road.  It is a short walk along Tennyson Road to the back entrance to the college. Every 15 minutes on Saturday, half-hourly on Sunday.

Bluestar Route 5, (Eastleigh to Romsey, Saturday only) from Eastleigh station, stops outside the college, infrequent service (every 2 hours).

http://www.bluestarbus.co.uk/service.shtml?serviceid=3864

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