Events

We hold four club meetings and a public exhibition each year — our AGM is in January, the Geoff Carter Cup and Adrian Ashford Award competitions are held biennially in June, and our Meccano Show is in October.

We also attend many free local events and festivals, so keep checking this page to find out where you can see us next!

Upcoming events

January 2025 Meeting

This is one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members show off their latest Meccano creations.

March 2025 Meeting

This is one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members show off their latest Meccano creations.

June 2025 Meeting

This is one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members show off their latest Meccano creations.

September 2025 Meeting

This is one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members show off their latest Meccano creations.

Meccano Show 2025

London’s most popular Meccano Show returns to Falconwood for its 46th year, featuring working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more. A great day out for all the family!

Previous events

Meccano Show 2024

London’s most popular Meccano Show returns to Falconwood for its 45th year, featuring working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more. A great day out for all the family!

Eltham Centre Display 2024

Our annual promotional display at the Eltham Centre featured models from many of our members.

September 2024 Meeting

This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations.

Foal Farm Country Festival 2024

Foal Farm’s biggest fundraising event of the year included a dog show, arena shows with their animals, stalls, live music, food, drinks, inflatables, kids’ activities and more, including our Meccano display and Make It With Meccano workshop.

Dartford’s Big Day Out 2024

A free event featuring a steam rally, vintage vehicles, funfair, live entertainment, food, and our Meccano models display.

June 2024 Meeting

This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations.

Welling 2024 Model Show and Open Day

Welling Model Club were guest exhibitors at our Meccano Show in 2022, so we’re reciprocating and showing some of our Meccano models at their Model Show and Open Day this year! The main attraction will be their members’ models of figures, aircraft, cars, military vehicles, vignettes, dioramas and more.

March 2024 Meeting

This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations. Later in the meeting Alan Wenbourne gave a talk on the development and operating principles of the Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) and showed us his computer-controlled model of Volkeswagen’s version of the DSG.

January 2024 Meeting

This was one of our informal quarterly meetings where our members showed off their latest Meccano creations.

Welling Sparkle 2023

We’ll be showing models at Welling’s celebration of Christmas, Welling Sparkle, again this year. In addition to our Meccano display and other activities for kids there will be a fabulous Christmas market with gift stalls, seasonal food, mulled wine and hot chocolate, plus live entertainment and, of course, Santa!