Campervan requirement criteria

[Cannock Albion]

We have just looked at the requirements for the campervan field and it states that the vehicle must have a bed and washing OR cooking facilities. Our type 2 VW camper has a fitted rock and roll bed but we don't have fitted washing or cooking facilities. I presume they won't check every vehicle entering the campervan field but does anyone know if we would be denied access at the gate?

[pezzypops]

i don't think they'll turn you away.

that particular rule is in place to dissuade people from turning up in a transit van with a matress in the back.

if you're in an actual camper van you'll be ok.

[grumpyhack]

Surely a VW Camper with a rock and roll bed also has a sink. That's washing facilities.

[Cannock Albion]

Surely a VW Camper with a rock and roll bed also has a sink. That's washing facilities.

[5co77ie]

We have just looked at the requirements for the campervan field and it states that the vehicle must have a bed and washing OR cooking facilities. Our type 2 VW camper has a fitted rock and roll bed but we don't have fitted washing or cooking facilities. I presume they won't check every vehicle entering the campervan field but does anyone know if we would be denied access at the gate?

[Octave Doctor]

I would think you are quite safe in a T2 VW. I have never been searched before ( T25 ) - as said above its the dubious Transits with no windows they are looking out for. I did have a mate who worried about this same as you in a T2 and he used one of those camp kitchens ( about £30 ) with a portable gas stove on top - and made it look like a permanent install by duck taping it to the floor the surrounding the whole thing with wood effect wallpaper! They didnt even stop him...

[redmosquito]

I'm glad someone else has asked this because we're wondering the same thing. We're about to buy a stunning VW splitty with only a rock and roll bed in the back. I had hoped that because it's an old VW we should get through because its obviously a camper and it has a fixed bed but sometimes you never know who your going to get on the gate and if your unlucky enough to get a jobsworth then I'm woried they'd turn us away.

Has anyone gone in something similar?

[5co77ie]

I'm glad someone else has asked this because we're wondering the same thing. We're about to buy a stunning VW splitty with only a rock and roll bed in the back. I had hoped that because it's an old VW we should get through because its obviously a camper and it has a fixed bed but sometimes you never know who your going to get on the gate and if your unlucky enough to get a jobsworth then I'm woried they'd turn us away.

Has anyone gone in something similar?

[ferraristu]

I would not worry at all - as an earlier poster said, the stipulations are only there to stop Transits with a mattress in the back.

[ShadyBlueBell]

We have just looked at the requirements for the campervan field and it states that the vehicle must have a bed and washing OR cooking facilities. Our type 2 VW camper has a fitted rock and roll bed but we don't have fitted washing or cooking facilities. I presume they won't check every vehicle entering the campervan field but does anyone know if we would be denied access at the gate?

[craggy38]

our bay only had a rock and roll bed but we bought a cooker unit out of an old devon on ebay ... cost about £50 ... think it's better to be safe than sorry ... just in case you get a jobsworth on the gate