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Club Directory

This is by no means an exhaustive list of UK wargaming clubs, but at least it's a start... !

Clubs wishing to have their websites added or details changed in this list should contact the BHGS vis this form

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UK Based Clubs:

  • Abingdon Wargames Club - Abingdon based gaming club
  • Barnstaple and North Devon WG Club - meet every Monday evening. Historical games - from all periods - are played alongside Fantasy. Contact Everett Sharp for more details
  • Bedford Gladiators - Bedford based gaming club
  • Bracknell Wargamers - Bracknell based club
  • Bristol Big'uns - Bristol based club
  • Bristol Quick Fire Games Club - meets bi-weekly at the Meadow Vale centre, Speedwell. Contact Bill Reynolds
  • Brighton Wargames Club - Brighton based gaming club
  • Burnley Wargames Group - Burnley based gaming club
  • Burton & District Wargames Club -  Organisers of the Burton Doubles
  • Carmarthen Old Guard Wargames Club - meeting weekly in the Ore Knot in Carmarthern. Contact Kyle Roberts
  • Cambridge City Games Club - Cambridge based gaming club
  • Central London Wargames Club - London based gaming club, meeting Mondays & Thursdays in Mornington Crescent
  • Chelmsford Bunker - Chelmsford based club
  • Cheshunt Wargames Club - in Herts
  • Chesterfield (Grassmoor) - Mountain Gremlin Games, local FLGS with drop-in gaming tables
  • Clevedon Crusaders : Meet every Friday in Yatton Village Hall, Many periods played - contact Nick Fullerbigfulsey@gmail.com
  • Coltishall Cowards - Norfolks premier DBM hotbed !
  • Coventry - Scimitar Wargames, also on Facebook
  • Darlington - Prince Bishop’s Wargames Club, Brafferton. Contact Ken Bell for details
  • Devon Wargames Group, Exeter
  • Devizes & District Wargames Club - Devizes based club
  • Darkfire Wargamers - a small group of Wargamers based out of Perth, UK who offer a diverse range of games including FoW, FoG, FoGR and a number of others. 
  • Durham Wargames Club - Durham based gaming club
  • East London Wargames Club 
  • East Manchester Historical Games Society
  • Edinburgh League of Gamers - playing a range of  games from historical to Warhammer
  • Essex Warriors - Writtle near Chelmsford based club
  • Evesham Wargames Club - Evesham based club
  • Exeter - Devon Wargames Group
  • Templars - Falkirk Wargames Club 
  • Farnborough Wargames Society
  • Gaming Club Network - an association of independent gaming clubs with a code of conduct
  • Glasgow and District Gaming Club (GDWS)
  • Grimsby Wargames Society - Grimsby based gaming club
  • Guildford Wargames Club. Meets at St John’s Centre,Merrow GU4 7DA on Monday evenings
  • Halifax Wargames Club - playing ADLG, DBMM in ancients. Wednesday 7:30 to 10:30. Contact Roger Greenwood
  • The Herts Volunteers , originally in Bishop’s Stortford, now Meeting in Quendon, Essex, contact Michael Hoddy 
  • Horchurch Wargames Club - Hornchurch based club
  • Ilford Wargames Group - Ilford in Essex
  • Leicester Juggernauts Wargaming Club, Kirby Muxlow - Meeting tuesday nights, see their facebook page for details  
  • Leeds Night Owls 
  • Luton Legionnaires Wargames Club 
  • Liverpool Wargames Association -  2,500 Sq Feet of gaming space in the centre of Liverpool - a members Association run for the members, by the members
  • MADGamers - in the Windsor and Maidenhead area, meeting on Friday nights 
  • Maidenhead Reapers -  meeting on Mondays in Blandford House from 6pm, playing a range of historical and "Warhammer" games including Saga and Bolt Action
  • Mailed Fist Wargames Group
  • Manchester Area Wargames Society
  • Manx Wargames Society - Isle of Man, (Port Erin). 
  • Milton Keynes Wargaming Society - MK based club and organisers of Campaign
  • Newark Irregulars 
  • North Down Warlords
  • Northampton Warlords - Northampton based gaming club
  • Nottingham Board and Wargames Club - Multiple venues, multiple weeknights, all in central Nottingham
  • October Wargames Association - based in Birmingham
  • Oxford Wargames Society - Oxford based gaming club
  • Pennine Raiders - Halifax-based wargames club. We play a variety of rules including ADLG, DBMM, Bolt Action, Black Powder, Pike & Shotte and Hail Caeser.
  • Phoenix Gaming Club - Rushden based gaming club
  • Plymouth Association of Wargamers - also hosts of the annual PAW show
  • Pinner Wargames Club 
  • Pontefract Wargames Club, at M&I Models and Miniatures. Contact Mark for details
  • Reading & Newbury Wargames Club - organisers of the Colours show
  • Redditch Tabletop Gamers
  • Reigate Wargames Group
  • Ringwood Association of Wargamers - a new group in Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest
  • Rygas Roughnecks - Exeter based club
  • Rotherham Wargames - meetings held Saturdays 9am - 4pm at The Masbrough and Thornhill Community Centre, College Road, Rotherham S60 1JE 
  • Scimitar Wargames - Coventry, also on Facebook
  • Sheffield Wargames Society - Meets on Wednesdays at Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Rd, Sheffield, S2 2TP​ - Games played: A bit of everything! 
  • Shrewsbury Wargames Society - Shrewsbury based club
  • Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers - If that's your bag these guys will be!
  • Southend on Sea Wargames Group - Southend based club
  •  Southampton / New Forest, Wessex Wargames Society (meeting every other Saturday ).
  • South London Warlords - Organisers of Salute
  • South East London Wargames Group (SELWG) - organisers of the SELWG show at Crystal Palace, the club meet in Catford, and run an open day at Crystal Palace each October too.
  • Shropshire Independent Gamers - contact Christian Delaney 
  • Stourbridge & District Wargamers - Friday nights at The Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Amblecote. Contact Dave for details
  • SW Circuit  - Home of the South West Doubles League and associated 25mm competitions
  • Swindon & District Wargamers - Swindon based club
  • Tanelorn Wargames Club (East London)
  • Tabletop North - Northern Ireland
  • Templars - Falkirk Wargames Club 
  • Thames Valley Wargamers - Bourne based club
  • The Sad Muppet Society - Basingstoke based club
  • Tring Wargames Club 
  • Wargames Association of Reading - Reading based gaming club and organisers of Warfare
  • Warwickshire Gamers - Whitnash based club (junc. 15 M40)
  • Wessex Wargamers Winchester
  • Wessex Wargames Society (based in Southampton / New Forest, meeting every other Saturday ).
  • Wigan Tabletop Games Club meet Friday and Sunday evenings, playing a plethora of games not limited to: Pikeman's Lament, Song of Blades and Heroes, HOTT, DBA, Epic 30K, WH40K, Warmahordes, Gaslands, Pulp Alley, WH Ancients, Blood Bowl, Dreadball. We also play board games!
  • Windsor and Maidenhead - MADGamers, meeting on Friday nights 
  • West Norfolk Wargamers WnW, Meet monthly by arrangement; usually at Southery Village Hall. Contact gerrysutcliff@aol.com for details
  • Wrexham Wargame Club, second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at the "Saith Seren", Chester Street, Wrexham. Search for "Wrexham Wargamers" on facebook
  • Wycombe Warband - High Wycombe based club
  • Wyre Forest Wargames Club - Based in Kidderminster but with members from a wide area of the Marches
  • Wyvern Wargamers - Worcester, Redditch, Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and surrounding areas
There are other lists of clubs online, including:
  • The Collection Calculator
  • Reinforcements by Post Painting Service
  • Tabletop Gaming Magazine
  • Gaming Club Network Facebook listing
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