Hammerhead is run by Kallistra Ltd with assistance from The Forest Outlaws Wargamers Club, GCN and support from
Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated and Wargames Soldiers and Strategy.

Two Great Spaces Full of Fantastic Games!

Top Manufacturers / Traders and up to 70 Participation Games and Activities

plus the Wargames Illustrated Painting Competition!

The Venue

The Gamers Lounge and the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall

The Cedric Ford Pavilion - Gamers Lounge

The George Stephenson Exhibition Hall

The Cedric Ford Pavilion - Gamers Lounge - offers a welcoming, warm and comfortable, carpeted environment in which you can play games, shop for wargame goodies from a selection of traders. There is a fully licensed bar and seating area and it has it's own catering facilities, which will be serving a variety of reasonably priced hot and cold food throughout the day - enjoy a meal and may be a drink from the bar and socialise with fellow gamers. 

The George Stephenson Exhibition Hall offers a welcoming environment with plenty of space (3000sq metres), with natural light in which you can play games, shop for wargame goodies from a selection of top traders positioned around the perimeter of the hall. The visitor participation games are all located in the central area of the exhibition hall. It has its own catering facilities, which will be serving a variety of reasonably priced hot and cold food throughout the day

The Wargames Illustrated Hammerhead Painting Competition returns for 2019

The Wargames Illustrated Painting Competition located in the George Stephenson hall

For more details click here >>

Car Parking Area

The car parking is plentiful and free and is located between the Gamers Lounge and the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall.

The Newark Showground is only a few minutes from the A1. Click here for directions to Hammerhead.

The Hammerhead Experience

Every game at Hammerhead is visitor participation, which means that you are very welcome 'to have a go’ at a wide variety of different historical and fantasy based games run by intrepid gaming clubs, historical societies, wargame companies and enthusiastic groups of gamers. You will be able to play a full game or simply move a few miniatures, roll some dice, have a chat with the people running the game and then move onto the next. The show provides a great opportunity to try out new or familiar game systems and spend a day indulging yourself and friends in this absorbing and fascinating hobby. Whether you’re interested in Napoleonics, WWI and WWII, Ancients, Medieval, Fantasy or Science Fiction, we are sure that you will find a selection of games you would like to play.

Do you or your club have a participation game you would like to present at Hammerhead? Bookings now beeing taken.

Entry To Hammerhead 2019

The Gamers Lounge and the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall Hammerhead open to the public at 10:00am and close at 4:30pm. The entry wristband gives access to both halls.

Entry: £5 per adult, £3 for minors (16 and under), Children under 9 free

Purchase your Hammerhead Entry ticket online prior to the show and receive a FREE 28mm Hammerhead Miniature

The Prize Draw 2019 - £150 worth of prizes!

To enter the Prize Draw - each game you participate in you will be given a Game Slip, write your name on the games slip and take this to the Prize Draw Box on the Information Desk in either the Gamers Lounge or the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall - the two boxes will be mixed together and winners drawn. Make sure you have entered all your Game slips for the Prize Draw by 3:00pm ready for the prizes to be drawn at 3:15pm. The winning numbers will be displayed in both venues on the Information desk.

Lucky winners will receive our unique Letters of Marque (LOM), each with a monetary value, First Prize £75, Second Prize £50 and Third Prize £25, only exchangeable with a trader at Hammerhead 2019 on the day. This is an extra purchase for yourself and an extra sale for our traders. The ticket holder or their named representative must be present for the draw at 3:15pm in order for them to claim their prize. If the owner of the drawn ticket is not present, another ticket will be drawn.

The Hammerhead Figure

The specially sculpted and cast lead free pewter Hammerhead 2019 figure, will be available for the first time on the day of the show for the token price of £1 or free when you purchase your entry ticket online. The WW1 British, German, French, Austrian and Russian general figures from Hammerhead 2014, '15, '16, '17 and 2018, will also be available to purchase.

Click here to purchase your Hammerhead Entry ticket online and receive a FREE 28mm Hammerhead Miniature

These figures have been specially sculpted for the show and are cast in lead free pewter. (Figures are supplied unpainted and unbased)

The Hammerhead WW1 Generals (2014-2018)

Hammerhead 2018 WW1 Russian General 'Aleksei'	Hammerhead 2017 WW1 Austrian General 'Viktor'	Hammerhead 2016 WW1 French General 'Ferdinand'	Hammerhead 2015 WW1 German General 'Eric'	Hammerhead 2014 WW1 British General 'Leader of Stallions'

Closing date for purchase of online tickets is 5 days prior to the event.

The Bring & Buy - Tabletop Sale

Hammerhead show will be hosting the popular Tabletop Sales in the George Stephenson Exhibition Hall.
If you are new to this, you basically hire a table for one hour to sell your unwanted wargames items. You can deal directly with the buyers and answer any questions they may have. With no commission, you keep all the profits.

Please note there will be limited tables available, so its on a first come first served basis.

Bookings for the Tabletop Sales slots will be open from 1st February 2019

For more information on the Tabletop Sale click here

Social Media

Check out the Hammerhead Show Facebook page and get all the up-to-date information. If you're on Facebook give us a 'Like', share the posts and spread the word - Hammerhead 2019 is at the Newark Showground on Saturday 2nd March.

Updated 30.07.18