Derby City Council working with The Derwent Valley Community Rail Partnership are proud to offer a free fringe event to The Greatest Gathering.
Our fringe event is free and is based at Derby’s recently refurbished Market Hall. The free event will compliment The Greatest Gathering happening in Derby the same weekend of Fri August 1st (9am to 6pm), Saturday August 2nd (9am to 9pm) and Sunday August 3rd (11am to 3pm).
There will be a 14 panel Derby and the Railways heritage display courtesy of The Midland Railway Study Centre on the ground floor. Belper model railway group will be displaying some of their layouts including one of Middleton Top in Derbyshire. They will have some static models too. This is in the Ordish Room. There will be family train themed board games to play including copies of Ticket to Ride courtesy of Days of Wonder. We have a locally developed Ticket to Ride game based on Derbyshire’s historic railway network. There will be an EMR photo hole in the wall to have your picture taken next to a vintage train. There will be information on The Derwent Valley World Heritage sites and other attractions that can be reached by train from Derby to continue your train themed weekend.