Events: detail
Kew Bridge Steam Museum Model Boat Show
- Hosted by:
- Kew Bridge Steam Museum
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- April 28, 2007 at 12:00 pm
- Ends:
- April 29, 2007 at 06:00 pm
- Location:
- Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Green Dragon Lane, London, TW8 0EN United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Medway Queen Top Model At Kew Bridge Steam Museum Boat Show
The popular Kew Bridge Steam Museum Model Boat Show is set to drop anchor on the weekend of 28 & 29 April.
The event presents model boats in all shapes and sizes, from warships, sailing vessels, merchantmen and paddle steamers, to models of sea-going ships and river craft. The centre piece of this year’s show will be large scale models of the Medway Queen and HMS Vanguard, Britain’s last battleship.
The exhibition contains trade stalls, a demonstration pool with a radio control ‘have a go’ sessions, craft activities as well as the chance to ride on the museums’ steam railway.
The show is the ideal opportunity to discuss ideas and techniques with like-minded enthusiasts, to browse the sales stalls and watch the magnificent resident steam engines in action, including a Hathorn Davey triple expansion engine of a similar design to marine power plants.
Medway Queen The historic paddle steamer Medway Queen is famous as a well-loved seaside excursion steamer and for her part in the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation when she rescued 7000 men. As a first stage to complete restoration and a return to excursion service the ship’s hull is currently undergoing a rebuild, partly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Medway Queen Preservation Society intends to follow this with a replacement boiler and refurbished machinery as quickly as funds permit. For more details visit www.medwayqueen.co.uk.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- No
Additional information
How to find us: In Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlesex about 200 yards from the north side of Kew Bridge under the tall Victorian Tower. Nearest motorway is M4 (coming into London, turn off at Junction 2 signposted to Kew Gardens and North/South Circular roads, down to Chiswick roundabout, then pick up signs for Kew, Brentford and Hounslow. Keep right at the traffic lights before Kew Bridge and then turn first right into Green Dragon Lane). The Museum car park has space for 40 cars.
Public Transport: Buses: 65, 237, 267, 391. Main Line Train: Kew Bridge (South West Trains from Waterloo via Clapham Junction) Gunnersbury (North London Line) then 237 or 267 bus. London Underground: Gunnersbury (District Line) then 237 or 267 bus. South Ealing (Piccadilly Line) then 65 bus.
Admission: Cornish Experience Weekends and some special events weekends, Adults £8.00 Concessions: £7.00, Other Steaming Weekends; Adults £7.00, Concessions £6.00 Weekdays (engines not in steam) Adults £5.00 Concessions £4.00 *Children 15 and under FREE – children under the age of 15 are admitted to the museum for FREE, but must be accompanied by a paying adult. Proof of age may be required. Please note different rates may apply at some special events and activities.
Further information: The museum is open from 11.00 am to 5.00 pm, last admission 4.15, Tuesday to Sunday. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays, Good Friday and December 22-26. Tel: 020 8568 4757 or email: info@kbsm.org or visit www.kbsm.org
