About the Club

The King's Lynn & District Society of Model Engineers was formed in 1970, to bring together all those in the area interested in Model Engineering.

We're a small friendly club comprising of - at present - just over 40 members, who have many interests from railways to traction engines, stationary engines, model aeroplanes, miniature road vehicles; have a look at the Member's Projects gallery to see what sort of thing our members make.

Like many Societies, a large portion of our membership is interested in miniature railways, and one of the Club's earliest aims was to build a track to run the models on. Our track at the Lynnsport Leisure Centre site has developed considerably over the past five years and it is open for public rides each Sunday afternoon from Easter to October.

If you're not an engineer, don't worry, not all of us are. Some of us just come and play trains, operate the Railway and enjoy the company and drink tea! We're always interested to meet others and welcome them to the Club.

If you're like to join us, please see the Membership page for details

Club Projects

A few pages showing what the Club has been up to recently...

• The Container Project - making a clubhouse at Lynnsport

• The Loop Line Project - improving the Railway

Charity

The Club helps to support charity, each year a fixed percentage of our ticket revenue is donated to a local charity.

2009's charity is the East Anglian Air Ambulance which is entirely dependant on donations to keep its two helicopter ambulances operational over Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

In 2008 we supported Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind, in 2007 we helped the Lynn Heart Support Group and in 2006 we helped Diabetes UK.

When the portable track attends a charity fund raising event, a percentage of the takings goes to the fund the event is in aid of.

Child Protection Policy

The Society's policy for child protection can be viewed here