Category:Model Villages

Model of a C17th Cornish fishing village, by Charles Paget Wade [image info]

Traditionally, Model Villages are built outdoors, from materials designed to withstand the elements (such as real stone and cement).

The use of outdoor spaces usually allows the main open spaces between village buildings to be large enough for visitors to wander through at least parts of the layouts, and the focus on rustic and period villages allows builders to omit complicating street furniture such as lamp-posts and telephone wires that would otherwise get in the way (and be dangerous if fallen upon).

Partial listing

These are the UK model villages that we've been able to find current website pages for (as of March 2016):

a-l:

• Anglesey Model Village (angleseymodelvillage.co.uk)
• "Astaria" model village, Museum of Power, Maldon (museumofpower.org.uk)
• Babbacombe Model Village (babbacombemodelvillage.co.uk)
• Bekonscot Model Village and Railway (bekonscot.co.uk)
• Blackpool Model Village (blackpoolmodelvillage.com)
• Bondville Model Village, Bridlington (bondvillemodelvillagebridlington.co.uk)
• Bourton-on-the-Water Model Village (themodelvillage.com)
• Corfe Castle Model Village (corfecastlemodelvillage.co.uk)
• Devon Railway Centre Model Village (devonrailwaycentre.co.uk)
• Godshill Model Village, Isle of Wight (modelvillagegodshill.co.uk)
• Ewedale Model Village, Kettlewell (kettlewellvillage.co.uk)
• Legoland Windsor: Miniland (legoland.co.uk)

m-z:

• Merrivale Model Village (merrivalemodelvillage.co.uk)
• Polperro Model Village (polperromodelvillage.com)
• Southsea Model Village (visitportsmouth.co.uk)
• Vauxhall Park Model Village (vauxhallpark.org.uk)
• Southsea Model Village (localhaunts.com)
• Wiston-le-Dale model village, Wistow (wistow.com)

External links

• The Model Villager – Model village, miniature town and scaled-down city exploration (themodelvillager.wordpress.com) – Tim Dunn