Bekonscot Model Village (Beaconsfield )

Bekonscot Model Village is a tourist attraction in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, & is the oldest model village in the world. When you first arrive, make sure you go in the model village's own car park (on the other side of the road from the model village entrance), which is free, as opposed to the Pay & Display car park next to the model village. When you first enter, you will see that the ticket office & gift shop are housed in a refurbished old train carriage, which I thought was very charming. You then walk in to the model village itself, & will be pleasantly surprised at how big it is. The village has been maintained in a mostly ...  Read the complete review

Bekonscot Model Village is located in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire (just off the M40 and a few miles from the M25) and is the world's oldest model village. 2009 is Bekonscot's 80th birthday and visiting the village is a real step back in time to a more peaceful 1930s existence with six miniatures towns and villages complete with castles, beaches, stately homes, cricket on the village green and a model railway running through the whole thing. **Getting There and Prices** By car, Bekonscot is easily accessible from the M40 and from surrounding areas. There is a car park over the road from the village with free parking, although this is not particularly big ...  Read the complete review

Bekonscot Model Village is to be found at Beaconsfield, a short distance from Junction 2 of the M40, and is a truly magical place. It is in fact the World's oldest Model village, celebrating 80 years of existing in 2009. It is a place that I have visited with my children many times at various stages of their childhood, and each time we go both they and I find something new to look at, and spot a new miniature person or house. What is refreshing about this village is that it is a little step back in time with no concessions to the modern age, the village is set in the 1930's, if it is not how England was then perhaps it is how it should have been. The village is not a ...  Read the complete review