This section reflects the activities of the ScaleSeven Group’s Area Groups. If you are new to ScaleSeven, you may find visiting or joining your nearest group a worthwhile experience. If there isn’t one near you, consider forming one yourself!
Area Groups are informal gatherings, run with a view to sharing experiences in S7 modelling in a friendly and sociable fashion. The national Group supports and encourages the formation of Area Groups. There are currently nine groups in the British Isles, though not all are active at present.
We’re pleased to see our first official overseas Group report, from Cor de Jong, a long-time S7 member in Holland.
About the Area Groups
Dutch ScaleSeven Group
- Co-ordinated by Cor de Jong T +31 23 538 23 32
East Anglian Area Group
- Co-ordinated by Peter Hunt T 01787 375884
- Meetings occur on the last Sunday of each month, in Sudbury, Suffolk.
East Midlands Area Group
- Co-ordinated by David Thompson T 01522 885620
- Meetings occur at intervals of six to eight weeks, venues to be decided.
The Midland Area Group
- Co-ordinated by George Brodie T 0115 840 1756
- Based at the HMRS Study Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire.
North Kent Area Group
- Co-ordinated by Heather Kavanagh T 01634 864017
- Meetings will be held in Chatham, at a member’s house. Please call for more information.
Severnside Area Group
- Co-ordinated by Peter Drost T 02920 797070
- Meetings take place on the second Sunday in the month four times a year, at Nailsea, Somerset, Cardiff, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Please contact Peter to confirm the location of the meeting you wish to attend.
South East England Area Group
- Co-ordinated by Peter Mann T 01923 820976
- Meetings take place monthly, and usually take place at the co-ordinator’s home on a Sunday afternoon.
South West Scotland Area Group
- Co-ordinated by Jim Mitchell T 01294 602274
- Meetings take place in members’ homes roughly every four to six weeks. This Group is very active, so expect to get roped in to build something if you visit!
West Country Area Group
- Co-ordinated by John Day T 01392 270692
- Meetings are usually held every month at the Crediton Station Tea Rooms, Crediton, Devon.
Warley MRC S7 Group
- Co-ordinated by Paul Stokes T 0121 373 8143
- Meetings are held at the premises of the Warley Model Railway Club.