Colchester & District Model Railway Club

July 2026
Autumn Open day 8 November 2026 Orpen Hall West Bergholt.

January 2026
Spring Open day 12 April 2026

November 2025
Autumn Open day 9th November 2025

October 2024
Autumn Open Day 27th October - Orpen Hall West Bergholt.

April 2024
Spring Open day 7th April Orpen Hall West Bergholt.

October 2023
Autumn Open day 15th October Orpen Hall West Bergholt.

March 2023
Open day 23/3/23 will be held in Orpen Hall as usual.

September 2022
The club is operating normally. We have 4 groups working on different layouts.

August 2022
The club will be holding a second Open day in 2022 - 30th Ocober 2022 at the Orpen Hall

April 2022
Club AGM will be held on 12th May 2022 at the clubhouse

We had a successful Club Open Day on 10/04. We welcomed of the regular attendees to our first event since Covid struck. back

March 2022
The club has re-opened fully. There are new OO and N gauge layouts under construction.
New members welcome to come and join us.

The club Open day is going ahead at the Orpen Hall West Bergholt on the 10th April 2022.

September 2021

The 2021 Exhibition was cancelled on15th September.

The members have been returning over the last month. Most layout groups are working again.
New members welcome to come and join us.

July 2021
The Club has re-opened for members for the normal meeting day of Thursday evening.
We expect to open to new and prospective members on Thursday 19th August.

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Now on to railway matters.
2024/09 Autumn Open day in the Orpen Hall.
2024/01 Spring Open day in the Orpen Hall.

2023/09   Autumn Open day in the Orpen Hall

2023/04 Spring Open day in the Orpen Hall.

2022/09   Autumn Open day being held in our normal exhibition slot.

2022/4 2022 Exhibition is not going ahead.

2022/03 Open day is going ahead.

2021/9 The exhibition was cncelled.

2021/4 The exhibition is going ahead.

2020/1    Little Colne has ben sold

2019/11 Donauhafen, the club's HO layout is no more.

2019/10 New junior / beginners OO layout has been approved.

2019/03 Hills Country has now moved to North East Scotland.

2019/02Two groups in the club have started on new N Gauge layouts. One group is doing a modular layout with no fixed time period or location. The other group are doing a UK outline layout.

So if you want to get in on the start of new layouts come and join us on Thursday evenings.


	Future Club Events
	Autumn Open day 2026 :	8^th November 2026
		Open day Poster

	Location	Orpen Hall West Bergholt

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July 2026 Autumn Open day 8 November 2026 Orpen Hall West Bergholt. January 2026 Spring Open day 12 April 2026 November 2025 Autumn Open day 9th November 2025 October 2024 Autumn Open Day 27th October - Orpen Hall West Bergholt. April 2024 Spring Open day 7th April Orpen Hall West Bergholt. October 2023 Autumn Open day 15th October Orpen Hall West Bergholt. March 2023 Open day 23/3/23 will be held in Orpen Hall as usual. September 2022 The club is operating normally. We have 4 groups working on different layouts. August 2022 The club will be holding a second Open day in 2022 - 30th Ocober 2022 at the Orpen Hall April 2022 Club AGM will be held on 12th May 2022 at the clubhouse We had a successful Club Open Day on 10/04. We welcomed of the regular attendees to our first event since Covid struck. back March 2022 The club has re-opened fully. There are new OO and N gauge layouts under construction. New members welcome to come and join us. The club Open day is going ahead at the Orpen Hall West Bergholt on the 10th April 2022. September 2021 The 2021 Exhibition was cancelled on15th September. The members have been returning over the last month. Most layout groups are working again. New members welcome to come and join us. July 2021 The Club has re-opened for members for the normal meeting day of Thursday evening. We expect to open to new and prospective members on Thursday 19th August. _____________________________________________________________ Now on to railway matters. 2024/09 Autumn Open day in the Orpen Hall. 2024/01 Spring Open day in the Orpen Hall. 2023/09 Autumn Open day in the Orpen Hall 2023/04 Spring Open day in the Orpen Hall. 2022/09 Autumn Open day being held in our normal exhibition slot. 2022/4 2022 Exhibition is not going ahead. 2022/03 Open day is going ahead. 2021/9 The exhibition was cncelled. 2021/4 The exhibition is going ahead. 2020/1 Little Colne has ben sold 2019/11 Donauhafen, the club's HO layout is no more. 2019/10 New junior / beginners OO layout has been approved. 2019/03 Hills Country has now moved to North East Scotland. 2019/02Two groups in the club have started on new N Gauge layouts. One group is doing a modular layout with no fixed time period or location. The other group are doing a UK outline layout. So if you want to get in on the start of new layouts come and join us on Thursday evenings.

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