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.

Recently a fabulous company called Duck Rabbit did a slideshow of us - this is a fantastic production as it explains exactly who we are and what we are able to offer visitors. Please view it at Duck Rabbit Fair

LATEST LOCATION DATES:We will be at Battersea Park from the 13th - 28th March - please click on Location Info for more details.

NEWS: This year is the 30th anniversary of Carters Steam Fair at Pinkneys Green in Maidenhead. The Fair will, as always at Pinkneys Green, be powering everything by steam. We are proud to announce that James Messham's Wall of Death will be on tour with us for most of our 2010 season.

Last Updated: 03/01/2010