Spinney takes over Broadlane Leisure site near Kenilworth

Spinney has negotiated the purchase of the Broadlane Leisure site near Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

The takeover of the Broadlane Leisure dealership comes at a time when Spinney has purchased White Arches, following the collapse of Robinsons Caravan Group.

It strengthens Spinney’s motorhome arm, as it will continue to operate as a motorhome and caravan sales and aftersales centre, with an accessories shop.

Broadlane, meanwhile, will focus on its premises on the outskirts of Alcester, Warwickshire where – along with new and used motorhomes, accessories and awnings – it has an exclusive relationship with local bespoke Volkswagen campervan converter, CampAway. With the promise ‘no two campers the same’, CampAway is initially a three-model range, including the Classic, Vista and recently introduced Campaway Casa, the latter designed for solo use and coming complete with on-board toilet and external shower.

The Casa has had a notable time since launching, with our judging panel picking it out as the best motorhome for innovation at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2024. Our judges were especially impressed by how there were three long beds and that on-board toilet and external shower in a space that was less than six metres, the type of features you’d look for in one of the best VW campervans.

Broadlane was founded as a leisure vehicle retailer over 50 years ago and is still owned by the Brown family.

After somewhere to head to for your summer tours? Then you may be interested in finding out about the Stay the Night scheme returning to Scotland for 2024.

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nickharding

Nick’s first caravanning memory is his younger brother falling out of the bunk bed above him. That was over half a century ago. Around a decade later, his first driving experience was taking the family campervan across a field on his uncle’s farm. He’s now well into his fourth decade as a journalist specialising across the whole leisure vehicle sector. In that time, he’s worked for a wide variety of publications, testing literally thousands of vehicles and visiting almost as many different places throughout the UK, Europe and even beyond. These days, he’s never happier than when he’s out reviewing new or pre-owned motorhomes or researching and writing touring articles for Practical Motorhome. Or, failing that, you may well find him pitching near you in his latest campervan, a Volkswagen California (more often than not with his short, suffering partner, Lin, and crazy sprocker spaniel, Bonnie).