The nights are drawing in now, so maybe it’s time to settle back and start planning next season’s outings and adventures in your caravan.
To help set the scene, here are a few of the recent UK caravan news headlines to update you on the latest caravan news.
CAMC announces 2024 Certificated Location of the Year winners
The Caravan and Motorhome Club (CAMC) recently announced the winners of its annual Certified Location awards, according to Practical Motorhome’s edition of the 25th of October. The results were as follows:
Overall winner
- Brambles, Anglesey, North Wales;
North of England winner
- Drake House Farm, Ribble Valley, Lancashire;
South of England winner
- Goodleigh Hill, near Pershore, Worcestershire;
Best in Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Fairbank Park, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire;
Best Newcomer
- The Courts, Little Baddow, Essex;
Sustainability award
- Birch Hill in Shropshire.
Major region implements 18-month parking ban for motorhomes and caravans
Local councils along the coast of North Yorkshire have taken steps to prohibit overnight parking in multiple areas around Scarborough and Cayton Bay, reported GB News on the 24th of October.
The ban follows complaints from local residents who have complained bout the congestion and disruption caused by parked motorhomes and caravans.
The ban was introduced with effect from the 21st of October and apply from eleven at night until 7 o’clock in the morning for an initial trial period of 6 months. The intention, however, is to keep any such ban in place for at least the next 18 months.
Owners of illegally parked motorhomes and caravans can expect to face stiff penalties.
Dometic launches new range of sustainable awnings at the NEC Show
Manufacturer Dometic has launched an all-new material for its range of 33 different types of both air and poled awnings for motorhomes and caravans announced Practical Caravan recently.
Called Weathershield Tour, the new fabric is a 300D ripstop polyester material. The rope-dye process used in its manufacture consumes 80% less water than conventional polyesters – so reducing the amount of energy consumed and making its manufacture more sustainable.
Not only is the process more sustainable but the ripstop material is woven into a fabric that makes for a far more durable caravan and motorhome awning.
Swift Group announces up to 175 job losses
The Swift caravan manufacturer based in Cottingham near Kingston upon Hull in East Yorkshire will have to let go up to 175 of its employees, according to a report by the BBC recently.
The job losses follow on the heels of what the company has described as a “difficult and challenging trading period” that has required a restructuring of a down-sized enterprise designed to safeguard the longer-term prospects of the company.
One of the UK’s largest manufacturers of caravans, motorhomes, and leisure homes, the Swift Group was founded more than 60 years ago in 1964. Until recently, it has employed some 1,300 individuals and boasts a current turnover exceeding £300 million. Its main factory is in Cottingham.