# Model Village UK

> The independent British scale model and miniature heritage directory.

Model Village UK (modelvillage.co.uk & modelvillage.uk) is an independent directory documenting Britain's model villages, miniature towns, and heritage railways. Registered in 2003, the domain serves as a non-commercial public guide to scale modeling craftsmanship and garden railway preservation.

## Core Directories & Guides

- [Great British Model Villages](https://modelvillage.co.uk/): Comprehensive gazetteer of iconic operating UK model villages, including Bekonscot Model Village & Railway (est. 1929, the world's oldest), Bourton-on-the-Water (the UK's only Grade II listed model village), Babbacombe Model Village (Torquay), Godshill Model Village (Isle of Wight), Wimborne Model Town (Dorset), Merrivale Model Village (Great Yarmouth), Bondville Model Village (East Yorkshire), Corfe Castle Model Village (Dorset), Southport Model Railway Village (Merseyside), and Southsea Model Village (Portsmouth).
- [Great British Model & Miniature Railways](https://modelvillage.co.uk/railways): Companion guide to the UK's premier model railway museums and operational miniature steam lines, including Pendon Museum (Wallingford), Pecorama & Beer Heights Light Railway (Devon), Gainsborough Model Railway (Lincolnshire), Brighton Toy and Model Museum (Sussex), Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (Kent), Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway (Cumbria), Bure Valley Railway (Norfolk), and Fairbourne Railway (Gwynedd).
- [The Saundersfoot Model Village Retrospective](https://modelvillage.co.uk/pembrokeshire): A personal historical record of thirty years of full-time craftsmanship begun c. 1989 by an independent family, creating a permanent 1:12 scale masonry recreation of historic Victorian Tenby. Features medieval castle walls and towers hand built from self-cast pigmented concrete stones, fiber-reinforced concrete house walls, and roofs of glass fibre and slate across five sheltered coastal acres near Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire.
- [About This Domain](https://modelvillage.co.uk/#about-domain): Explaining why an independent family holds the category-defining domain pair modelvillage.co.uk and modelvillage.uk (registered 2003) and why it is dedicated as a public, non-commercial heritage directory.

## Geographic & Heritage Scope

- **Country**: United Kingdom (England and Wales)
- **Primary Regions Covered**: The Cotswolds, South West England, South East England, South Coast, Isle of Wight, East Anglia, Yorkshire, North West England, and West Wales (Pembrokeshire Coast).
- **Attraction Types**: 1:10 to 1:12 scale outdoor model villages, Grade II listed miniatures, bonsai garden displays, G-Scale and Gauge 1 garden railways, 15-inch gauge miniature passenger railways, and museum layouts.

## Privacy Notice Regarding Saundersfoot Site

- The Saundersfoot site in Pembrokeshire contains an active private family home and is strictly closed to the general public.
- The grounds and models are private property; unannounced visits cannot be accommodated under any circumstances.
- For legitimate inquiries from heritage preservation trusts or commercial leisure operators, correspondence may be sent to contact@modelvillage.co.uk.

## Contact

- **Website**: https://modelvillage.co.uk
- **Domain Pair**: modelvillage.co.uk / modelvillage.uk
- **Email**: contact@modelvillage.co.uk