See below for the Calendar of events.
Please note that we hope to add a number of additional presentations to this list as we confirm details with the people concerned – please watch for updates here and on the Home Page.
On our club nights there is a charge of £2.00 for members (guests are free).
For presentation/speaker evenings the fee is £2.00 for adult members and £3.00 for guests.
The Annual General Meeting held in early December is free to all members.
With effect from 1st January 2025 the membership fee is £40 pa for adults and is free for under 18s.
Chapel Lane
Wimborne Railway Society
United Reformed Church Hall (now Wimborne Community Church)
Chapel Lane
Wimborne
BH21 1PP
N.B. There is drop-off space in Chapel Lane. Most members park in East Borough or West Borough.
There is also paid parking at,
Allenview Car Park (BH21 1AS) 400yds
Walford Mill Car Park (BH21 1NL) 350yds
Programme of Meetings – Club Nights start at 7.30pm and all Presentations begin at 7.45pm
| 2026 | Event |
|---|---|
| MAY 21st | CLUB NIGHT |
| MAY 28th | "Looking back at presentations from 2012/2013" - Trevor Hargreaves |
| JUNE 4th | CLUB NIGHT |
| SUNDAY JUNE 7th | OPEN DAY AT ALLENDALE |
| JUNE 11th | CLUB NIGHT |
| JUNE 18th | CLUB NIGHT |
| JUNE 25th | "Some summer signalboxes" - Steve Green |
| JULY 2nd | CLUB NIGHT |
| JULY 9th | "The Shillingstone Project - Past, Present and Future" - Gavin Collins |
| JULY 16th | CLUB NIGHT |
| JULY 23rd | "An audio-visual evening with Brian House - including a look at Bournemouth Trolleybuses" |
| JULY 30th | CLUB NIGHT |
| AUGUST 6th | CLUB NIGHT |
| AUGUST 13th | CLUB NIGHT |
| AUGUST 20th | CLUB NIGHT |
| AUGUST 27th | CLUB NIGHT |
| SEPTEMBER 3rd | CLUB NIGHT |
| SEPTEMBER 10th | CLUB NIGHT |
| SEPTEMBER 17th | "Ships of the Solent" - Colin Hall |
| SEPTEMBER 24th | CLUB NIGHT |
| OCTOBER 1st | WRS QUIZ |
| October 8th | CLUB NIGHT |
| October 15th | "Moving the odd, the awkward and the difficult" - Andrew Goodman MD of Railway Support Services |
| OCTOBER 22nd | CLUB NIGHT |
| OCTOBER 29th | "East German Steam in the 1990s" - Trevor Hargreaves |
| NOVEMBER 5th | CLUB NIGHT |
| NOVEMBER 12th | Slides on a Theme coordinated by Trevor Hargreaves |
| NOVEMBER 19th | CLUB NIGHT |
| NOVEMBER 26th | "More Stations" from the extensive travels of Paul Carpenter |
| DECEMBER 3rd | CLUB NIGHT |
| DECEMBER 10th | AGM - 8pm all members welcome |
| DECEMBER 17th | Xmas audio-visual show - Brian House |
| DECEMBER 24th | CLOSED |
| DECEMBER 31st | CLOSED |
| JANUARY 7th 2027 | TBA |