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Edinburgh Reporter
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Edinbrick raises thousands for Fairy Brick charity
The charity Lego based event which took place at Meadowbank Sports Centre last month raised £20,763 for the charity, Fairy Bricks. Edinbrick, Scotland's Biggest LEGO Display show raised a new fundraising record of £20763 for their charity partner of Fairy Bricks in 2025. Run on an all volunteer basis for charity Edinbrick's team of organisers, volunteers and displayers were supported by their biggest attendance in their new bigger venue at Meadowbank. The 2025 show not only broke records for Fund Raising but also the number of displays and attendance. The move to Meadowbank is considered to be a great success for the team with the extra space allowing for the biggest ever display at Edinbrick – the 8m long Forth Bridge Model. Lead organiser Doug Adamson gave thanks to everyone who came to the show. 'The feedback from ticket holders has been overwhelming positive. Everyone who was part of the show from the volunteers to the displayers to the visitors contributed to the best Edinbrick Show ever. Our mission at Edinbrick is to put on a fun , family friendly charity event. Each year we say we want to be bigger and better than the year before – and thanks to the efforts of everyone involved behind the scenes, our charity partner, our volunteers and displayers we've got a lot to live up to for next year. 'Our new venue of Meadowbank Sports Centre couldn't have been more welcoming all the Edinburgh Leisure staff were brilliant to work with. We knew moving to our third venue in as many years was a risk, as it meant more capacity for visitors but we sold out the show weeks in advance once again. Not ones for resting despite being an all volunteer team we are already working on Edinbrick 2026.' Following on from the most successful Edinbrick show, the dates for 2026 have already been confirmed for the 9th & 10th of May 2026 at Meadowbank Sports Centre. A special offer for tickets has been announced for a limited time 2026 tickets will be priced at 2025 prices only £6.50 for ages 5 and up. Tickets for 2026 are available at © 2025 Martin McAdam Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Reporter
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Edinbrick LEGO model show was a sellout
At Edinbrick 2025, the charity LEGO Model Show at Meadowbank Sports Centre there were many models to admire, but none more so than the 26 feet long, 100,000 brick replica of the Forth Bridge, featuring two LNER Azumas and Scotrail trains which cross the real bridge daily. It is believed to be the largest model of its kind of the UNESCO World Heritage site – which carries as many as ten LNER trains per day in each direction. The model was first unveiled by LNUR (LEGO Northern UK Railway), the UK's largest LEGO train club, last year, and building on that success, this is its first visit to Scotland, where it proved popular with visitors to the show. The two working replica train tracks carried miniature models of trains during the weekend. LNER donated several prizes for the Edinbrick Tombola, raising money for Fairybricks – the official LEGO Charity in the UK which provides LEGO to children in hospitals across the country. Last year's event raised more than £17,000 for the charity – with this year's event expected to raise even more. Ahead of the event James Downey, Finance Director at LNER, said: 'I'm a huge LEGO fan so I'm really excited that model LNER Azuma trains will be on show this weekend on the giant LEGO Forth Bridge. I hope lots of families take a real LNER Azuma to Edinburgh to see this fantastic show. We're delighted to be supporting the charity fundraising at Edinbrick and hope to help raise lots of money to put LEGO into hospitals.' Richard Carter-Ulusoy, Chair of LEGO UK Railway, said: 'We were really excited to hear that our model of the Forth Bridge gained the attention of LNER. As massive fans of the railway, it's a pleasure to join with them at Edinbrick to raise money for a brilliant charity – and have some fun too!' As well as the 'everyone's a winner' Tombola and hundreds of displays, Edinbrick had 'build zones', a 'Minifig hunt' to find eight figures hidden around the exhibition and numerous additional LEGO related activities set to delight LEGO fans of all ages. © 2025 Martin McAdam © 2025 Martin McAdam © 2025 Martin McAdam © 2025 Martin McAdam © 2025 Martin McAdam Like this: Like Related
BBC News
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Giant Lego model of Forth Road bridge to visit Edinburgh
A Lego replica of the Forth Road Bridge, made from around 100,000 bricks, is to go on display in 26ft (8m) long display features two working replica train tracks and was created by a team of four dedicated builders from the Lego UK railways first went on display in Manchester in 2024, but this is the first time it will visit Lego bridge will be displayed at the annual Edinbrick charity model show on 10 and 11 May. Lead organiser of Edinbrick, Doug Adamson, said he was "delighted" the replica of would be on display at the said: "When we heard that LUKR were looking to return to Edinbrick after last year we knew we would need more space for displays."What could be more fitting than seeing the biggest Lego Forth Bridge ever built in the city that you can see the real bridge from?"The original Forth Bridge is a Unesco World Heritage in the 1880's, it transports trains on the Aberdeen to Edinburgh route across the Firth of Forth.
