As EV adoption rises, UK caravan parks face new challenges in supporting electric vehicle charging With electric vehicle (EV) adoption rapidly accelerating across the UK, caravan park and campsite owners are being encouraged to enhance their EV charging infrastructure. With over 1.5 million EVs on the road¹ and towing reducing range by up to 50%², access to appropriate charging infrastructure is becoming an essential consideration for park guests/owners.  Many holidaymakers using EVs to tow touring caravans must carefully plan their routes, often needing multiple stops and suitable charging options at their final destination. However, existing infrastructure, particularly in rural and coastal areas, is frequently lacking or impractical3.  Another significant practical challenge for EV caravanners is the design of existing charging facilities. Most public chargers are not designed to accommodate a hitched caravan, often necessitating holidaymakers to unhitch their caravan just to reach a charge point – an undesirable scenario during a long journey. This issue is compounded further by sites not having adequate charging facilities when arriving at their final destination, meaning that after unhitching their caravan, they need to set off again to locate a charging point nearby. Kevin Minnear, Head of Underwriting at Compass Insurance, commented: “Electric cars have come...

A secure storage facility at one of the UK’s leading caravan, Salop Leisure, motorhome and holiday home dealerships based in Shrewsbury is in demand. Salop Leisure’s storage facility at its Emstrey headquarters has capacity for 500 touring caravans, motorhomes and boats, and has seen a recent surge in new customers following the closure of other local facilities. The facility has held the CaSSOA (Caravan Storage Site Owners’ Association) platinum accreditation since 2021, recognised for the highest standards of security. It is covered by closed circuit television, has alarmed fence line, electronic entry system, a holding bay and enhanced CCTV. Salop Leisure offers dedicated pitches and a range of convenient services for customers, daylight hours access, on-site servicing of touring caravans, power washing facilities including a high level platform, waste disposal point services and a tyre pressure station. Increasingly popular is the ‘store and tow’ service where for a small fee touring caravans are towed to the neighbouring Love2Stay resort when the owners wish to stay there overnight.  “Many of our customers have stored their touring caravans and motorhomes with us since we opened the storage facility,” Sian Rees, Salop Leisure’s storage facility sales administrator. “We have seen a recent surge...