 View over site in 2008 | |
  Location within Buckinghamshire | |
| Established | 1920s |
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| Location | Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°36′49″N 0°38′41″W / 51.61361°N 0.64472°W |
| Type | Miniature park |
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| Website | bekonscot |
Bekonscot Model Village and Railway is a model village built in the 1920s in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK at a scale of one inch to one foot. It portrays aspects of England mostly dating from the 1930s and contains several fictitious villages featuring replicas of notable local buildings. The model railway has almost 10 scale miles (400 m) of tracks and in 2001, a 7 1/4 in gauge railway was opened to transport visitors. Bekonscot has become both a popular tourist location and a part of English culture. It is commonly referred to as the oldest surviving model village in the UK and by 2020, had received over 14 million visitors. Authors such as Enid Blyton, Mary Norton and Will Self have been inspired by the village.