Carters Steam Fair travels around London and the South East, for seven months of the year. The other five months are spent in a frenzy of restoration, painting and repairing. Some of the family have even been known to wander into the shed on Christmas Day just to finish some work off!!!

Carters is the result of John Carter's passion for collecting old and interesting items, discarded by the owners, as being too unfashionable or too derelict to preserve. Over the last thirty years a whole funfair has been collected, complete with historic vehicles to transport it from site to site, with vintage living vans to complement the show. Jonathan Ross described us "as more like a film set than a travelling fair".

Unfortunately we lost John to cancer at the untimely age of 58 in the year 2000.

The fair still goes from strength to strength, with a growing number of loyal supporters.

We continue to add to the collection. In the last few years we have added the Victory Dive Bomber along with various other stalls and attractions. The latest big project was Teddy Andrews' Ark, packed away since the early 1980's. All 500 pieces had extensive works in preparation for the 2006 season. We are very thrilled to have custody of this machine and grateful to the Andrews family for entrusting us to take care of it.

LATEST LOCATION DATES:JULY 4TH-6TH PRIORY PARK, MUSWELL HILL - for the dates and locations of the 2008 season please click on Location Info for more details.


NEWS:Our new book has been released. PHOTOGRAPHS OF A SEASON WITH BRITAINS PREMIER VINTAGE FUNFAIR. Carters have teamed up with photographer Adrian G Shaw for this duo-tone book capturing a year with Carters. For more information, please click on Latest News.

NEWS: For more details on our new attractions, transportation and the work we have been doing over the winter months, please click on Latest News. Also in this section you will find a weekly review of our fairs and any news related to the grounds.

Last Updated: 28/6/2008