Parkwood Manor is a former layout owned by Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway Club. Building started around 1973 and never really stopped. Although its general form stayed the same over the years, detail changes were always going on.

The layout formed a 'U' shape and had a terminus-to-fiddleyard format. The 'floor area' taken up by the layout was eventually 49ft x 23ft. There were three stations. Park Gate, the terminus, Manor Park and Woodcote before the line went into the fiddleyard through a tunnel.

The line was most definitely 'Southern' with 3rd rail throughout. During the layout's lifetime, the terminus and Woodcote both changed considerably but Manor Park remained basically the same. An old viaduct disappeared to be replaced by an embankment. This appears in many of the photos as it was easily erected in my back garden for photography.

This was very much a 'members' layout and as the membership and their interests changed, so did the layout. Eventually it was changed to a BR layout based in the Midlands and the 3rd rail disappeared.

Most of it is now sold but the large terminus is still awaiting disposal.