Category:Hornby Hobbies

As of 2016, the Hornby brandname is owned by Hornby Hobbies Ltd., which also owns a number of other hobbyist brands, such as Airfix, Corgi Toys and Scalextric.

Manufacturing in China, until recently Hornby Hobbies ran all operations from the old Rovex factory site in Margate. However, warehousing operations moved to Hersden in 2014, and the company's Head Office moved to Discovery Park, Sandwich in February 2015, leaving just the Hornby Visitor Centre operating out of the original Rovex building, set back from Ramsgate Road.

The Visitor Centre is currently expected to move to Ramsgate in Summer 2016.

Addresses

historic:

• Hornby Hobbies Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JX

current (early 2016):

• Hornby Hobbies Ltd, 3rd Floor, The Gateway, Innovation Way, Discovery Park, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9FF
• Hornby Visitor Centre, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, Kent, CT9 4JX

External links

• Hornby company homepage (hornby.com)
• Hornby PLC holding company website (hornby.plc.uk)

news:

• "Hornby expects losses of £6 million and risks breaking bank loan agreement after poor trading in January", by Chris Price (kentonline.co.uk) – 10 February 2016
• "Hornby plans for new visitor centre in Ramsgate which would end its 60-year tenure in Margate", by Chris Price (kentonline.co.uk) – 05 July 2015
• End of an era: Hornby quits Thanet base", by Kathy Bailes (thanetgazette.co.uk) – 13 February 2015
• "Hornby Hobbies to quit Margate" (thanetgazette.co.uk) – 10 February 2015