SELMEC Meccano Show 2026

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.

Our dealers will have Meccano parts and sets for sale, and you can win prizes in our raffle.

It’s a great day out for all the family, and FREE for accompanied kids!

Find out more at selmec.org.uk or visit londonmeccanoclub.org.uk for details of this and many other Meccano events happening in and around London.

Facilities

• Refreshments.
• Wheelchair accessible.

Admission

• Adults: £5
• Accompanied Children: FREE (Children aged up to 16 may enter free when accompanied by a paying adult.)
• Unaccompanied Children: £5

Nearest public transport

• Falconwood and Welling railway stations serving central London, Dartford and the Medway Towns.
• B16 bus route serving Bexleyheath, Welling, Eltham and Kidbrooke.