Pendon 2025

[Gilbert]

Despite being only 90' away I have never been to Pendon - despite the best efforts of many modelling friends....
Today I weakened and popped down for Day 2 of their 2025 opening weekend - the additional attraction of both Nick Wood with Much Murkle and Paul Rhodes and Old Parrock no doubt helped...what a great few hours...lots to see and some friendly conversations.

Pendon:

Pendon Museum 2 February 2025 Opening Weekend

Explore this photo album by Chris H on Flickr!

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Guest layouts:

Pendon Museum Guest Layouts 2 February 2025

Much Murkle by Nick Wood and Old Parrock by Paul Rhodes

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Chris H

 

[timbowales]

The problem that I have with Pendon, as a non-driver, is the impossibility of getting there

 

[simond]

You could perhaps do as Roye England, whom I understand preferred to cycle…

 

[timbowales]

You could perhaps do as Roye England, whom I understand preferred to cycle…

At age 70+ and with dodgy balance I’m not going to be learning to ride a bike anytime soon m

 

[Richard Gawler]

I made my first visit about 20 years ago. I had no car at the time and took the train to Didcot then a taxi. On the way back, some other visitors to Pendon took me to Culham, where I took a local train to somewhere or other and then back home. I'm a Friend of the museum but I've only managed two more trips since then, I do agree it is awkward to get to.

 

[simond]

It’s awkward to get to by motorised transport too, if you live t’other side of the M25…

 

[Fitzroy]

It must have been quite disturbing, back in the day, to peer out of your front parlour to find someone dressed as a boy scout sketching the fortifications and muttering to himself in Esperanto with an Australian accent...

 

[Bigjohn]

Simond
Surely everybody is the wrong side of the M25??????????

 

[Osgood]

Many thanks for the photo album links - they do a great job of illustrating the sheer scale of this layout - better than the set of images in the books.
Must get there one day (I always made a point of doing a drive-by on the off chance whenever out that way, but never struck lucky).

 

[Gilbert]

Many thanks for the photo album links - they do a great job of illustrating the sheer scale of this layout - better than the set of images in the books.
Must get there one day (I always made a point of doing a drive-by on the off chance whenever out that way, but never struck lucky).

The size is staggering and TBH no photos really do it justice.......
Chris

 

[Joe Keegan]

Simond
Surely everybody is the wrong side of the M25??????????

Yes , I am on the wrong side of the M25

I have made the trip from Ireland to Pendon a few times

It is doable if you are healthy/interested , just saying

The photos are a great but seeing it in person there’s no comparison

 

[simond]

The pub just along the road is nice too.

last time we went, we did Didcot on the Saturday, mainly to measure up the match truck, stayed overnight, toured various other railway sites, followed by Pendon & lunch on Sunday. Madame was absolutely delighted by Pendon.

then again, she has history, we met alongside the massive Eurotunnel model at IVA88 in Hamburg.