Meccano Show 2026
Saturday 17 October 2026
10:30am – 4:30pm
Falconwood Community Centre
31–39 Falconwood Parade
Falconwood
London
DA16 2PG
| Adults |
£5.00 |
| Accompanied children |
Free |
| Unaccompanied children |
£5.00 |
Cash only. Children aged up to 16 may enter free when accompanied by a paying adult.
London’s most popular Meccano Show returns to Falconwood for its 47th year!
At our Meccano Show you’ll see working models of cars, cranes, trains, funfair rides and more, all built from Meccano, the famous construction toy invented by Frank Hornby in 1901.
If you’d like to try building a Meccano model our Make It With Meccano Workshop will supply you with parts and simple instructions, or you can design and build your own model using our supplied parts and enter it into our Meccano Creative Challenge for the chance to win a prize (entries must be submitted by 3:00pm).
We’ll also have non-Meccano guest exhibits and activities including:
- The Electronics Club Circuits Workshop — Build working circuits using real electronic components and microchips using the parts, simple instructions and guidance that will be provided. There’ll also be a demonstration of four aspect colour light signalling, the system used on our local railway lines.
- Small N Working — An exercise in minimalism even by N gauge standards, this is a light-hearted display of working N gauge model railway layouts housed in what might seem impossibly small spaces including toolboxes, lunchboxes, CD cases and even a coconut! They feature among them an English village, Japanese tram layout, motorbikes, and, for the children, layouts built from Lego and others including characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob the Builder.
- More to be announced — check this page later this year!
Our dealers will have Meccano parts and sets for sale, and you can win prizes in our raffle.
Refreshments and accessible facilities for wheelchair users will be available.
It’s a great day out for all the family, and FREE for accompanied kids!
Calling all makers!
Are you a model maker, a member of a model engineering club, or an operator of STEAM workshops for children? We’re looking for people with interests related to Meccano (e.g. Hornby products, model railways, live steam, die-cast models, 3D printing, robotics, electronics etc.) who are available to exhibit/run workshops at our Meccano Show.
There will be no charge for exhibiting and we can provide tables, chairs and power, so if you are interested please get in touch as soon as possible.