Narrow Gauge Now


Finding Us:

We hold our regular meetings in the Newstart Coffee Shop at Portland College, and use more of the facilities there for our annual open day, Narrow Gauge Now. A map of the site is provided below. Portland College is a fully accessible site. 

The full address for Portland College is:

Portland College

Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 4TJ

BY CAR: Portland College is situated south of Mansfield on the A60. Car parking for the Newstart Coffee Shop is behind the main building adjacent to the outdooe sports area and close to the Newstart Coffee Shop entrance. 

BY PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Mansfield is served by rail by the Robin Hood Line  between Nottingham and Worksop. The Pronto bus service runs very regularly between Chesterfield, Mansfield and Nottingham, and passes the Portland College entrance on the A60.

Click here for more details on our current meeting programme.

More information about Portland College can be found here.

Portland College Overview

Header Photo: 

Falcon Rock, a layout owned by one of our members that has featured in several recent railway modelling publications. Photo by Gary Telford, courtesy of Voie Libre Magazine