Welcome to the colourful world of Carters Steam Fair

Carters Steam Fair is no longer on tour and we have found new homes for many of our vintage rides. The remaining vintage rides and vintage vehicles are currently for sale.

We were famous for being a traditional British vintage funfair with rides and sidestalls from the 1890s to the 1960s which were lovingly restored using traditional techniques and heritage crafts such as signwriting.

Joby Carter

Fairground owner Joby Carter continues to showcase traditional heritage skills such as fairground art and traditional signwriting via his books and courses. You can find out more about traditional signwriting courses on Joby Carter’s website.

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See our fairground art inspired mugs and posters and one of a kind memorabilia.

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We’ve featured in Paddington 2, Rocketman and Worzel Gummidge. Find out more about hiring our fair.

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Learn the traditional skills of signwriting with our book and workshop courses.

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Carters Steam Fair is no longer on tour and we have found new homes for many of our vintage fairground rides and attractions.

If you’d like to stay in the loop with the latest news from Joby Carter including his heritage arts courses and new wall art prints, posters and hand painted signs, you can join his newsletter on his new Jobycarter.com website.

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Steam powered rides, vintage vehicles and rare living wagons available for sale

Carters Steam Fair completed its final tour in 2022 and since then Joby Carter has been working hard to find new homes for the rides and vintage vehicles. We currently have the following items remaining for sale: Traditional British fairground rides for sale: The two...

Which items are for sale? June 2024 rides, vehicles, living wagon and more

In this blog we will be sharing information abut the individual items available for sale. We will update this post regularly with more information about the items so please check back or bookmark the post. All can be viewed by appointment at Carters Yard, Grove Park...

Rides and transport sale: the next phase, June 2024

Joby Carter has announced the next phase of the sale of the vintage fairground rides, vehicles and a vintage living wagon from Carters Steam Fair. This next phase of the sale includes rare vintage vehicles which were not previously available as well as various...

Final sale of the rides from Carters Steam Fair

A message from fairground owner Joby Carter: In April 2022, we announced the final tour of our unique collection of vintage fairground rides. Since then, we’ve done everything we can to raise awareness of the sale of the fair and have spoken to relevant individuals...

Learn with Carters

From hands on courses teaching traditional signwriting to guided tours around our restoration workshops, there’s plenty to learn with us. Joby Carter is even available for guest lectures and talks.

Explore our Learning section to find out more…

Learn with Carters