Club History

Around 2009, the old Alnwick and District Model Railway Club was reborn as The Alnwick Model Railway Society. This was never formalised as a society, but constructed an 00 gauge layout with a strong focus on the ECML at Alnmouth, the old Alnwick branch & station and other local railway features. During the winter of 2011, it became evident that the premises used for the layout was becoming too small for the number of members and size of the layout. After searching for some months a new venue was located in the village of Rock near Alnwick. It had already become clear that to undertake this new venture the ‘club’ needed to be formalised. Eventually a constitution was written & approved, the new name of Alnwick Model Railway Club was taken and a bank account opened. After some negotiation, a lease was taken out on the old Village Hall at Rock and planning began.