Fairground rides for fun days, fetes, Christmas events and corporate family days. Helter skelters, a runaway train, a ski jump, chair-o-planes and more - we own them, we deliver them and our own staff run them.
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We carry seven funfair rides for hire, from £495 for the Juvenile Chair-O-Planes or the Mega Jungle soft-play bus up to £2,895 for the Giant Ski Jump at the top of the range. In between sit the six-bed trampoline at £595, the inflatable helter skelter at £645, the traditional square-tower helter skelter at £1,595 and the Runaway Train family roller coaster at £1,800.
You'll see this sort of kit listed elsewhere as funfair ride hire, fairground rides for hire, fairground attractions or just fun fair hire. It's the same idea whichever term people use, and most of ours are the rides you'd recognise from a travelling fair - a helter skelter you climb and slide down, a children's roller coaster, a set of chairs that swing out as they spin.
The thing that sets us apart is that we own and run actual fairground rides, not only inflatables. The Ski Jump, the Runaway Train and the square-tower helter skelter are genuine mechanical and traditional rides, on our own books, maintained by us and operated by our own staff. Beyond the seven on this page we also own bigger fairground rides - dodgems, waltzers, a ferris wheel and a ghost train among them - which we bring out for larger fun days and town-centre events. They're not all listed on the website, so if you want something on that scale, ask us and we'll tell you what's available for your dates.
We've been hiring funfair rides and event kit out of our warehouse near Sheffield, five minutes off the M1, since 1999, and we own and maintain 95% of what goes out.
We own two. The traditional square-tower helter skelter at £1,595 is a proper fairground ride with an internal staircase up a 22ft tower and a red-and-white striped slide wrapping round the outside. The round inflatable version at £645 is also 22ft, takes up to four riders at once, and goes indoors on hard floors or artificial grass where a traditional ride can't. Having both means we can cover two sites on the same day.
The Runaway Train at £1,800 is a track-based family roller coaster - a chain of cars running round a looped track over a series of rises and dips, with a decorated cartoon frontboard. Children want straight back on and adults ride alongside them. It needs level outdoor ground, grass or hard standing.
The Giant Ski Jump at £2,895 is a spinning fairground ride based on a roller coaster - cars carried round a central column, rising and dropping over a run of humps. It's winter-themed, with a snowman centrepiece and a snow-and-ice back board, which makes it a natural centrepiece for a Christmas event, though it runs just as well through summer.
The Juvenile Chair-O-Planes at £495 is a chair-swing carousel for younger children up to around eight - seats hang on chains from a bulb-lit canopy and swing out as the ride turns. It takes a compact footprint, goes indoors or out, and comes with its own generator.
The six-bed trampoline set at £595 is a trailer-mounted unit with six netted bays, so six children jump at once with a centre bar for parents to supervise from. The roof doubles as sun and shower cover. It's trailer-mounted, so we need vehicle access to the spot.
The Mega Jungle Trailer at £495 is a near-30ft, three-level soft-play unit shaped like a bus, with a ball pool, slides, a scramble net and a roller squeeze inside. It's heated and weatherproof for ages one to twelve, so it runs year-round.
Plenty of hire companies do inflatables. Not many own and run actual fairground rides like ours. The Ski Jump, the Runaway Train and the square-tower helter skelter are mechanical and traditional rides that we own outright and bring out on our own vehicles, with one of our trained operators running each one from start to finish. You don't put any of your own people on them.
That ownership is the bit that matters when you're planning. There's no third-party showman to coordinate, no subcontractor who might not turn up, and one point of contact from the quote through to collection. Because we own two helter skelters, we can put one at each of two sites on the same day, or run consecutive-day bookings across two venues without scrambling for a second unit.
John Hays, who booked us for an event with over 800 children, said: "the team that worked on the rides and bouncy castle worked well. No trouble, very smart and quick to help if it was required. We have used DB Entertainment for over 9 years."
Delivered, set up and collected in our own vehicles by our own team. The rides are tested on site before your event starts.
The mechanical and traditional rides come with one of our trained operators for the full hire, so they run hands-free for you. The trampoline and soft-play bus can be staffed too, or supervised by a responsible adult on your side.
Full £5 million public liability insurance as standard, with indemnity to principal cover while our staff are on site - which corporate and council procurement teams tend to ask for.
Risk assessments and method statements emailed to you or your venue before the event, not handed over on the day. Current inspection and insurance certificates supplied on request.
Independently inspected each year by RPII-certified inspectors, with a service history log per ride. The inflatable helter skelter is also PIPA registered (tag 40630) and made to BS/EN14960.
Several rides arrive with their own generators. Where there's no mains on site we supply a generator, so a ride going on a field or a closed road is no problem.
Most of our funfair rides go out to corporate family fun days, council-run community events, town-centre activations and Christmas markets, with a steady run of school reward days, country shows and village fetes through the summer. The helter skelters also turn up at freshers fairs, and the Ski Jump makes a strong centrepiece for a Christmas or winter-wonderland setup.
Because the rides are ours, we're a regular supplier to Sheffield City Council, Doncaster Metropolitan Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, all of which need vetted suppliers with the right paperwork. They come with everything a local authority asks for - insurance, operator records and annual inspection certificates.
From our 25,000 sq ft warehouse in Rotherham we're five minutes from the A1, M1 and M18, so the showgrounds and event sites we serve are within easy reach - places like Penistone Showground, Newark Showground, the Yorkshire Event Centre, Elsecar Heritage Centre and the Royal Highland Centre. The round inflatable helter skelter goes indoors too, so it works at exhibition venues like NEC Birmingham, ExCeL London and Manchester Central where a traditional ride could never fit. Europe-wide delivery is available for larger packages.
Traditional square-tower helter skelter - 22ft tall, internal staircase, red-and-white striped slide round a yellow-framed tower
Giant Ski Jump - cars on radiating arms around a top-hatted snowman, with snow-themed SKI JUMP lettering
Runaway Train family roller coaster - a chain of cars on a looped track with a decorated cartoon frontboard
Juvenile Chair-O-Planes - an orange chair-swing carousel with a bulb-lit crown canopy and seats on chains
Round inflatable helter skelter - a 22ft red-and-white striped tower with a spiralling slide
Six-bed trampoline set in action - six netted bays under a red canopy roof, with children bouncing
Mega Jungle soft-play bus - a green, jungle-themed three-level trailer with ball pool and slides inside
Looking down the spiralling slide of the inflatable helter skelter
The six-bed trampoline lit with festoon lighting for an evening event
They're different rides. The square-tower helter skelter is a traditional fairground ride - a 22ft tower with an internal staircase and a red-and-white striped slide wrapping round the outside, set up outdoors on grass. The round version is an inflatable, also 22ft, that takes up to four riders at staggered heights and works indoors on hard floors or artificial grass as well as outside. Same height, similar footprint, but they look and ride differently. We own both, so you can have one at each of two sites on the same day if you need to.
The round inflatable helter skelter is the one built for it - it works inside exhibition halls and arenas as long as the ceiling clears 22ft and you've 30ft x 30ft of floor. That's a real advantage over a traditional helter skelter, which is outdoor only. The Chair-O-Planes, the trampoline and the soft-play bus can also go indoors with enough space and power. The mechanical rides - the Ski Jump and the Runaway Train - and the square-tower helter skelter are outdoor rides and need level ground.
It varies by ride. Both helter skelters want about 30ft x 30ft of clear ground; the Runaway Train needs a substantial, level outdoor area; the Chair-O-Planes takes a compact footprint and can go on grass or hard standing. Several rides arrive with their own generators, the soft-play bus runs off a standard 240v socket within 25 metres, and where there's no mains we bring a generator. Send us your venue or a site plan and we'll confirm what fits before you book.
Yes. Beyond the seven rides listed on this page we own and run full fairground rides too - dodgems, waltzers, a ferris wheel and a ghost train among them - which we bring out for larger fun days and town-centre events. They're not all on the website because they suit bigger sites, so tell us the scale of your event and your dates and we'll tell you what we can put together.
