In 1476, King Edward IV chartered the fair at Stow-on-the-Wold. Today, the fair is held in the fields between Stow and Maugersbury twice a year, on the Thursdays nearest to the 12th May and 14th October.
Gypsies and travellers from all over the UK meet there, travelling in traditional caravans but more often in motor homes and four-by-fours - and their horses in boxes. The stalls sell everything the modern traveller could desire, from horses and vans to furniture, crockery, shoes, hair decoration and even wedding cakes.
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