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The Darwin is Rolling Homes' step up from the Transporter: a long-wheelbase VW Crafter two-berth with an enclosed washroom. We set out what is published, what the price does, and who it suits.
Felix12 min read
Campervan Buying Guides
Leo13 min readA plain-English profile of Rolling Homes, the Shrewsbury family converter with Volkswagen's Motorhome Qualified Converter status: what it builds on, what each model in the range is for, the 13 October 2026 prices, and what to ask before you put a deposit down.
Campervan Reviews
Arthur13 min readThe Jerba Cromarty is a 5.45 m Scottish-built camper on a VW T7 or Ford Transit Custom that seats five in belts and sleeps two as standard, or four with the optional roof bed. We look at how it lives, what the from-price buys, the published weights and who it suits.
Campervan Reviews
Iris12 min readThe Nexa+ is the Bilbo's for people who want a fitted toilet in a Volkswagen Transporter. We go through the rear-kitchen layout, the beds, the power and heating as published, the T7 base, the £77,930 in-stock price and who it suits.
Campervan Reviews
Jasper13 min readHillside's MVX puts a four-berth pop-top conversion on the Volkswagen Multivan, with a plug-in hybrid and all-wheel drive at the top of the range. Here is what it offers, what it leaves to the Transporter-based Cromford, and where the 2026 Club judges placed it.
Campervan Reviews
Arthur11 min readThe Hillside Cromford T7 puts a rear galley and a fixed toilet behind a privacy door into a long-wheelbase VW Transporter T7, and it won the Caravan and Motorhome Club's 2026 long-wheelbase campervan award. Here is what the extra length buys, what the £73,550 from-price covers, and who should look elsewhere.
Campervan Reviews
Rowan13 min readBilbo's has been converting VW Transporters since 1977, most with raising roofs, according to Out and About Live. The Celex is the side-kitchen layout on the new T7 Transporter and the Ford Transit Custom: here is what you get, what it costs and who it suits.
Campervan Buying Guides
Felix11 min readA plain profile of Bilbo's, the Surrey converter that has been putting raising roofs on Volkswagen Transporters since 1977 and now builds its Celex layout on both the T7 and the Ford Transit Custom. The range, the in-stock prices on 13 October 2026, the warranty, the owner-voted awards, and what to ask before you order.
Campervan Buying Guides
Jasper12 min readA plain profile of Hillside Leisure of Derby: what the company builds on, every model with its published from-price, the approvals most buyers never ask about, and who it suits.
New & Noteworthy
Iris12 min readKnaus's new Boxtime 600 ME squeezes two lengthways single beds into a 5.99 m van from £81,725. We lay out what that layout gives a couple, run the weight sums with Knaus's own figures, and explain why the 211 kg 'maximum payload' line needs a question before you sign.
New & Noteworthy
Leo10 min readSwift has taken the gas out of its Carrera campervan for 2027, swapping bottles for a 340Ah lithium battery, diesel heating and an induction hob. Here is what that means across a real UK year, how it compares with the cheaper Merlin, and the one question to ask at the NEC.
New & Noteworthy
Rowan10 min readA stand-by-stand map of the British campervan converters at the Motorhome and Caravan Show 2026: the vans they build on, their from-prices, seats, roofs and lead times, plus the four questions to put to every one of them.
Campervan Buying Guides
Arthur10 min readSwift's all-new Merlin campervan arrives for 2027 with nine layouts on the Fiat Ducato panel van. We sort them into four families, work the payload sum on a four-seat version, and explain what the roof, the automatic and the prices mean for your choice.
Motorhome Buying Guides
Martha12 min readAuto-Trail's new Adventure coachbuilt puts a permanent bed over the cab of a Peugeot Boxer and prices the long models at £71,000 ex-works. Here is why that layout suits a family of four, and the weight, licence and payload questions to settle before you sign.
Campervan Buying Guides
Leo11 min readBailey's new Endeavour B68 puts a rear lounge in a 5.98 m Ford Transit campervan. We compare it with the B65 and B62, check the 1.86 m bed, and do the payload sums if you add the £7,500 pop-top.
Campervan Reviews
Felix10 min readCoachman has built its first Fiat Ducato campervans in the UK, the Veloce VL65 and VR65, at £86,500 each. We go through what that price includes, the payload sums for four seats, the heating and power kit, and who a premium British panel van like this suits.
New & Noteworthy
Rowan9 min readFour UK converters have hybrid campers at or around the Motorhome and Caravan Show this October, while fully electric campers remain scarce. Here is what a plug-in hybrid camper does well, what the sellers rarely tell you, and the questions to ask on the stand.
Campervan Buying Guides
Martha12 min readA fair look at the new 2027 campervans listed under £60,000 ahead of the Motorhome and Caravan Show at the NEC, with each price given as its maker words it, and the differences between ex-works, delivered and German-retail-based figures explained so you can compare real on-the-road totals.
Motorhome Buying Guides
Iris14 min readThe 2027 family layouts at the NEC sleep four to seven, but the numbers that decide whether they work for your family are the belted seats, the Isofix points and the weight left once everyone is aboard. We do the sums model by model.
Motorhome Safety, Weight & Licensing
Jasper11 min readThe plate on a category B motorhome is 3,500 kg, so what you can carry is whatever the van leaves over. We put the makers' own running-order and payload figures side by side, run the family-of-four sum, and list the questions to ask on any stand at the NEC.
Motorhome Buying Guides
Arthur10 min readA plain-English explainer on what a signature on a show stand at the NEC commits you to: cancellation rights that are not as clear as people think, what happens to a deposit, why withdrawing from finance does not cancel the van, why Section 75 rarely covers a motorhome deposit, and your rights if the van arrives faulty.
Motorhome Safety, Weight & Licensing
Felix11 min readBailey's new five-model Ascent range puts an eight-speed automatic Ford Transit motorhome on a category B licence, but payload runs from 618 kg down to 340 kg. We work the sums from Bailey's own figures to show which layouts carry four people and which are really for two.
Motorhome Buying Guides
Martha9 min readThe October 2026 NEC show offers from Auto-Sleepers, Auto-Trail dealers and Marquis Leisure, decoded: what each free pack is worth to you, what it weighs, what a heavier plate means for your licence and tax, and the questions to settle before you sign.
New & Noteworthy
Iris13 min readA stand-by-stand tour of the motorhome and campervan debuts at the October 2026 NEC show, with hall numbers, prices, base vehicles and the one thing to check on each.
New & Noteworthy
Arthur8 min readA calm, practical guide to the Motorhome and Caravan Show at the NEC, 13 to 18 October 2026: what tickets cost, where the motorhome and campervan stands are, what is new, and what to bring so one day does the work of a month of dealer visits.
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