Carouseltoyshop.Co.Uk

General information

Carousel is an independent family-run business that has been operating for over 19 years. You can reply on us for quality, efficiency and good old-fashioned service.

Established in June 1998, Carousel began as a small village shop in Shalford, just outside Guildford in Surrey.

Our founders, David and Clare Turvey, decided to start selling new children’s toys in the corner of a 2nd hand clothing shop.

This was very successful and it wasn’t long before we were taking over the entire shop with a beautiful selection of traditional wooden toys and games.

In August 1998, the keys were handed over and we were the proud owners of a delightful Children’s Toyshop called Carousel.

Let’s fast forward a bit to (2005), the beginning of a new online shopping era. Carousel was taking a giant step into exciting, but unknown territory. We wanted to start selling our range of toys online via Amazon, Ebay and our own website, which proved to be highly successful as we were one of the very first toy retailers selling online.

A couple of years later… the competition became particularly intense and it was no longer possible to sell branded toys online as the large retailers were undercutting our prices and it was very hard to compete with them. This was when the idea came to start selling toys AND GIFTS online.

Not only did we have our small shop premises in Shalford, but we now also had a large warehouse in Godalming where we dispatched all our online orders.

Over the next 10 years, Carousel continued to grow. We were now successfully selling a wide selection of toys and gifts instore and online via several different outlets. David and Clare recruited their daughters; Kate, Eliza and Martha and the workforce slowly expanded.

This brings us swiftly onto March 2017, sadly it was time to say goodbye to Carousel Toyshop in Shalford. After almost 20 years working at the shop, it was finally time for Clare to retire. ‘Yippee’ for Clare!

A lot of local customers had grown up with the toyshop and were sad to see it close, but nothing can last forever, and the time had come.Carousel toyshop closed it’s doors on March 31st 2017.

2018 will see exciting new changes for Carousel, with a new larger warehouse and an expanding team of staff, we will be increasing our range and creating a fresh new website.

Watch this space as the adventure continues into our 20th year…!

Click here to read our full story -> https://www.carouselshop.co.uk/about-us