British campervan converters at the NEC 2026: who builds on what, and for how much

If you want to compare British-built campervans side by side, one hall at the NEC is the place to do it. The Motorhome and Caravan Show runs from 13 to 18 October 2026, its exhibitor feed lists 310 exhibitors, and most of the UK converters are clustered in Hall 11, with two more a short walk away in Halls 10 and 12. You can sit in a VW T7 from one builder, walk a few stands and sit in another, then compare the price list over a coffee. This is the map, with stand numbers, from-prices and the things each maker says about its own vans, so you spend your day on the vans rather than on the floor plan.

Who is on which stand, and what they build on

Prices below are the from-prices each converter publishes on its own site or show listing, checked on 10 October 2026. From-prices are a floor, not an estimate; the van in the window is almost always above them.

Vanworx and Danbury, Hall 11, stand 11.70

Vanworx owns Danbury and the two share a stand. In its own words, Vanworx builds custom campers on the latest VW T7, the Ford Camper Donor van and the Ford Transit Trail. The Chesil starts at £74,450 with five seats, four berths and an elevating roof, and a plug-in hybrid option is listed for it. The Slipper starts at £69,950 with four seats and four berths, the Dayvan at £62,000, and the Expedition, on a VW or MAN base, at £140,000 with two berths. Vanworx describes itself as built in Britain; its own site gives the workshop as Bridgwater in Somerset, while its show listing says Dorset, so ask which site your van would be built at. Danbury's own website currently shows a holding page, so ask on the stand for current Danbury prices.

CamperKing, Hall 11, stands 11.160 and 11.165

CamperKing builds in Banbury on the VW T7. The T7 Go! is listed with prices starting from £59,500 new, five seats, sleeping for four and a high-lift elevating roof. The T7 Freedom carries up to eight seats, sleeps four, and CamperKing says it can be delivered in as little as five weeks. Its show listing also promises a new launch built on a larger base vehicle, which it does not name, so expect something bigger than a Transporter on the stand.

Rolling Homes, Hall 11, stand 11.140

Rolling Homes is a family-run converter in Shropshire working on the VW Transporter T7 and the Ford Transit Custom, plus the Darwin, which is built on the VW Crafter. On the VW 110 manual, the published prices are Shackleton £59,995, Columbus £63,995, Columbus S £64,495 and Livingstone £68,995. The Darwin FL 140 manual is £89,995. The Transporter layouts are four berths and four seats, with the Columbus offering up to six travelling seats on the long-wheelbase van. The roof is an SCA elevating roof measuring 220 by 132 cm.

Jerba Campervans, Hall 11, stand 11.55

Jerba builds in North Berwick on the VW T7 and the Ford Transit Custom, and offers three Crafter layouts named Harris, Mull and Barra. Its Tiree has four or five belted seats and sleeps two, or four with the pop-top. Jerba's site puts the Cromarty from £72,000, a figure it attributes to Out and About Live's judges. The detail that matters most for planning is the queue: Jerba says build slots are typically booked nine to fourteen months ahead, secured with a £1,000 deposit.

Hillside Leisure, Hall 12, stands 12.150 and 12.86

Hillside is the Derby converter, and it is in Hall 12 rather than Hall 11, so leave time for the walk. Its range page lists from-prices of £65,000 for the Birchover Classic, £70,995 for the MVX, £73,550 for the Cromford, £79,695 for the Hopton 600RL and 600RB, £81,695 for the Hopton 600FL and 600RS, and £82,500 for the Birchover Allmotion. Its T7 stock vans are four seats and four berths. Hillside also says its Crafter and MAN TGE vans are available for delivery in as little as two weeks. One wrinkle: the range page says the MVX is from £70,995, while a stock MVX shows £67,400; ask which price applies.

WildAx, Hall 10, stand 10.20

WildAx is part of the Rapido Group, and it says its vans are designed and built in the UK at Elland in West Yorkshire. Its 2027 prices run from £72,995 to £83,495 for the Ford-based Equinox, which has four berths and four seatbelts; WildAx lists 3,500 kg for the Equinox, so check whether that is the plated weight. The Mercury launches at the show from £70,995, the Meteor is from £72,495, the Fiat-based models run £73,495 to £78,995, and the MAN-based Altair is £101,995 and £104,495. Ask on the stand which base vehicle the Mercury and Meteor use.

Bespoke Leisure, Hall 11, stands 11.90 and 11.110

Bespoke Leisure builds in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, and its show listing highlights the Bespoke Eco, a Ford-based petrol plug-in hybrid camper. Ask on the stand for the Bespoke Eco's price. If hybrids interest you, note that a plug-in hybrid is not zero-emission, so petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles stay at 3,500 kg maximum authorised mass on a category B licence.

The price bands at a glance

Set out together, the from-prices fall into three rough bands.

• Under £65,000: CamperKing T7 Go! (£59,500), Rolling Homes Shackleton (£59,995), Vanworx Dayvan (£62,000), Rolling Homes Columbus (£63,995) and Columbus S (£64,495).
• £65,000 to £85,000: most of the from-prices listed here. Hillside Birchover Classic (£65,000), Rolling Homes Livingstone (£68,995), Vanworx Slipper (£69,950), Hillside MVX (£70,995), WildAx Mercury (£70,995), Jerba Cromarty (£72,000), WildAx Meteor (£72,495), the WildAx Ford and Fiat vans (£72,995 to £83,495), Hillside Cromford (£73,550), Vanworx Chesil (£74,450), Hillside Hoptons (£79,695 to £81,695) and Birchover Allmotion (£82,500).
• Above £85,000: Rolling Homes Darwin (£89,995), WildAx Altair (£101,995 and £104,495) and the Vanworx Expedition (£140,000).

One anchor helps put those in context. If you already own a van and want it converted rather than buying complete, Crafted Camper's planning guide puts a professional conversion at £40,000 plus. That figure does not tell you what a specific van will cost; it tells you roughly where the market sits.

Seats, berths and roofs

Most of the Transporter and Transit Custom builds on this list land on the same formula: four or five belted seats and four berths. CamperKing's T7 Freedom is the outlier on seating at up to eight, and Rolling Homes' Columbus stretches to six on the long-wheelbase van. Jerba's Tiree sleeps two, or four with its pop-top. Of the roofs, Rolling Homes gives the roof dimensions, 220 by 132 cm on its SCA roof, and CamperKing describes the Go! roof as high-lift. For every other van, ask for the roof-bed dimensions in centimetres and lie on it with the roof up.

Lead times, where published

This is where the converters differ most, and it is a fair reason to pick one over another. At one end, Hillside says its Crafter and TGE vans are available for delivery in as little as two weeks, and CamperKing says the T7 Freedom can be delivered in as little as five weeks. At the other, Jerba says its build slots are typically booked nine to fourteen months ahead. For the other converters, ask for a lead time on the stand; a quiet website is not a sign of a slow build. The sensible question is not "how long" but "what date, in writing, for this specification", because a stock van with the spec already fixed may be quicker than a bespoke build; ask.

The claims to treat with care

Hillside Leisure and CamperKing both describe themselves as the largest VW converter. Both may measure size differently, and neither claim changes what the van in front of you is like, so set them aside and judge the build. The Vanworx location discrepancy and the Hillside MVX price gap above are the other two points where published material does not line up, and both are easily cleared up on the stand.

Four questions to ask every converter

The vans will look lovely under show lighting. These are the questions that separate a good buy from a merely good-looking one.

1. Which warranty covers what?

A converted van carries two warranties: the base vehicle's, from Ford, VW, MAN or Fiat, and the converter's; ask what the conversion warranty covers. Ask for both in writing, with the length of each, and ask who you ring when a fault sits on the boundary, such as a leisure battery that affects the van's own electrics. Ask too whether fitting the roof and seats affects the base vehicle's warranty, and whether the converter is approved by the van maker to do the work.

2. Have the seats and the pop-top been crash tested?

Most of the T7 and Transit Custom builds here have rear belted seats and an elevating roof. Ask whether the seat, its base and its mounting have been crash tested in that type of van, and ask for the certificate rather than a verbal yes. Ask the same about the roof, which sits above your head on the motorway. If the van has more berths than belted seats, be clear that the extra berths are for sleeping only; use designated (belted) travel seats on the move.

3. What does the finished van weigh, and what can it carry?

Payload is the maximum authorised mass minus the mass in running order, and the running-order figure includes a 75 kg driver, fuel at 90 per cent and whatever water and gas the maker counts. A conversion adds furniture, a roof, batteries and often a water tank, all of which come out of the payload. WildAx lists 3,500 kg for the Equinox; check whether that is the plated weight. For every other van, ask for the payload of the finished build. Ask for the finished van's mass in running order and its maximum authorised mass, then subtract one from the other yourself. Check the plated weight on the V5C. Staying at or under 3,500 kg MAM also keeps the van within a standard category B car licence.

4. When will it arrive, and what is the deposit?

Get the delivery date and the deposit terms on paper. Jerba's £1,000 deposit and nine-to-fourteen-month slots are a useful benchmark of what a bespoke order can look like; a stock van may be quicker, so ask, and may be priced differently, as Hillside's MVX listing shows. Ask what happens to the price if the base-vehicle maker raises its own prices between order and build.

Who is not on the list

As far as the exhibitor feed shows, Wellhouse is not exhibiting this year. If a converter you have been following is absent, that is not a verdict on its vans, so contact them directly. The show is a convenience, not a census.

The bottom line

Seven British converters, three halls, and a from-price spread from £59,500 to £140,000. Among the Transporter and Transit Custom builds from Vanworx, CamperKing, Rolling Homes, Jerba and Hillside, many share four or five seats and four berths, and the T7 models with published prices, from CamperKing and Rolling Homes, start between £59,500 and £68,995, so the differences will be in finish, roof, lead time and warranty rather than headline layout. WildAx's range runs from £70,995 for the new Mercury to £104,495 for the MAN-based Altair, with Ford and Fiat models in between, and Bespoke Leisure and Vanworx bring plug-in hybrid options worth a look. Take the stand numbers, take the four questions, and leave with answers in writing rather than a brochure.