

Soar Valley Model
Railway Club
The leading model railway club for Leicestershire.
Established 1981.
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Our Dorehill layout will attend the NEC show
Model World Live
26/27th April 2025..

Great reasons to join the SVMRC
If you’re an existing model railway enthusiast, new to the hobby or just want to improve your skills then why not join us at the SVMRC.
Our members come from all walks of life and have varied model railway skill sets. We have some members who are brilliant at electrical work whilst others are fantastic at being creative with scenery. We have some who have been modelling for years and some who are brand new to the hobby. We even have a professional model maker who has been building layouts throughout his career!
Whatever your level, you will be made to feel welcome to the club. Perhaps you are more interested in running model railways and are a collector of rolling stock? Whatever your interest and level the SVMRC has a warm welcome waiting for you.
We are a family orientated club and very much welcome family and junior members.
All Scales
We cater for all scales at the club. Our club layouts are primarily OO, O and N gauge.
Some members also model in other gauges and garden railways.
DC or DCC
We run layouts in both DC and DCC, including our exhibition layouts. If you are interested in learning how to wire layouts in either format, we have members who can help you, and more importantly, can help to teach you the skills needed to apply to your own layout.
Adding decoders to loco’s and units, we have experienced members who can help with this.
Learning New Skills
Need to learn how to make buildings from scratch? Need to improve your scenic techniques? Perhaps your track layout design never quite comes through? All of these things and more can be worked on in a fun, friendly environment at the SVMRC. Give it a go….you can always do it again!
Exhibitions
One of the main purposes of our club is to exhibit our own layouts and to visit other exhibitions.
If you would like to learn how to operate a layout, as part of a team, at exhibition level, then we can help make this happen. Our layouts are exhibited at various events throughout the country and we often get invited by exhibition managers to attend other shows around the country.

Club News
QR Codes
Our website has now been loaded with layout information content, to be accessed by specific QR codes attached to areas of our Dorehill St. Stevens layout. This will enable visitors to the layout to get interactive context as they move around and enjoy the trains running. Look out for the QR codes when you see…
Committee Meeting
The next scheduled club committee meeting will be held on Tuesday 13th May 2025. at 20.00hrs.
Exhibitions & Events…
Our Charnwood Forest layout…
Our ‘O’ gauge layout Charnwood Forest Railway Currently being upgraded but available for shows, please contact us.
Dorehill St Stevens
Our ‘OO’ gauge layout Dorehill St.Stevens will be attending the N.E.C Model World live on 26/27th April. Model World LIVE 2025 | Key Model World This is an ‘OO’ layout measuring 41′ x 14′ viewable on 4 sides set late 1950/early 60’s on the London Midland region.
Loughborough Model Railway Exhibition 2025
Our own premier annual model railway exhibition. 16th & 17th August 2025Loughborough Grammar School First lot of layouts and traders added to list. Updated : 05/12/24
Layouts News
QR Codes
Our website has now been loaded with layout information content, to be accessed by specific QR codes attached to areas of our Dorehill St. Stevens layout. This will enable visitors to the layout to get interactive context as they move around and enjoy the trains running. Look out for the QR codes when you see…
Our Charnwood Forest layout…
Our ‘O’ gauge layout Charnwood Forest Railway Currently being upgraded but available for shows, please contact us.
Dorehill St Stevens
Our ‘OO’ gauge layout Dorehill St.Stevens will be attending the N.E.C Model World live on 26/27th April. Model World LIVE 2025 | Key Model World This is an ‘OO’ layout measuring 41′ x 14′ viewable on 4 sides set late 1950/early 60’s on the London Midland region.
Foxhill Colliery Update
Foxhill Loughboro’Show 2024
Lossiemouth Progress…
Ian is now building the old harbour and walls. This is not to be confused with the seawall which is now done. To be updated……