Largest Model Railway in UK ?

[malc-c]

Stumbled across this video on YouTube. Guy claims its the largest model railway... but whilst it is very impressive, it might not be the largest

 

[Peter Kelford]

The guy himself accepts that it might not be the largest. It's an unverifiable marketing claim used as Simon Bolton (the creator) wants to set this up in shopping malls and the like up and down the country. You might like to know that York Baseboards did the work.

 

[nlogax]

I'd suggest McKinley may have that one beat if you look at total track length, normalised for scale. Though are multi tiered helical fiddle years cheating? Charlie Bishop from Chadwick MR gave a great overview of it.

 

[Cowley]

There used to be one in an old mk1 coach on Exmouth seafront that used to claim it was the largest. It certainly had a lot of track packed in there but it’s probably fair to say that realism wasn’t too high...
It was rather moth eaten too by the time it finally closed a few years ago.

 

[Peter Kelford]

Well there are all sorts of claims.

Some of the visitor attractions will claim so, Leamington Spa (Waterman et al.), McKinley and more.

 

[malc-c]

There used to be one in an old mk1 coach on Exmouth seafront that used to claim it was the largest. It certainly had a lot of track packed in there but it’s probably fair to say that realism wasn’t too high...
It was rather moth eaten too by the time it finally closed a few years ago.

We used to holiday in Beer most summers, annual pilgrimage to Pecorama etc - and remember the layout in Exmouth, although my recollection was that the layout was in a building and the cafe in the carriage - but it was 20+ years ago.

 

[malc-c]

I'd suggest McKinley may have that one beat if you look at total track length, normalised for scale. Though are multi tiered helical fiddle years cheating? Charlie Bishop from Chadwick MR gave a great overview of it.

And they are still expanding - Love their videos, subscribed to both their channel and Charlie's ...