''Caravan'' magazine is a
UK monthly consumer magazine for the touring
caravan
Caravan or caravans may refer to:
Transport and travel
*Campervan, a type of vehicle also known as a motor caravan
*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
**Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop
*Caravan (trail ...
community.
It was Britain's first caravanning magazine, offering advice and tips on every aspect of the hobby. Every month the magazine features touring and travel articles for the
UK and
Europe
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, new gadgets and products with the Caravan Lottery giveaway, show and event news, reviews, and feedback with reader content. Written by caravanners for caravanners, the magazine publishes advice on owning a caravan, from buying a tow car to choosing the right towing mirrors, awnings, gas bottles, and barbecues.
History
''Caravan'' magazine, originally called ''The Caravan and Trailer'', was founded in 1933
by F L M Harris and produced from offices in
Colney Heath near
St. Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman r ...
. It was the
Caravan Club's official magazine in the 1930s, and by 1940, ''Caravan'' magazine, The National Caravan Council and the Caravan Club all shared the same large house in
Purley, South London.
By 1963, the first issue of ''En Route'', the Caravan Club's own magazine, had been published and Caravan magazine, now part of Link House Magazines, moved to new premises in
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in South London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a Districts of England, local government district of Greater London; it is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater Lond ...
. In the late 1990s,
IPC Media
TI Media Ltd. (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Most of it ...
took over Link House Magazines, and the IPC Inspire division of IPC Media began publication of Caravan.
The magazine underwent a redesign in June 2006 and as a result, increased its year-on-year circulation in 2007 by 15.5%, making it the fastest growing magazine in its division.
Editor Victoria Bentley was the first woman to edit the title in its 75-year history.
Warners Group Publishing bought
Caravan magazine from IPC Media in 2010
to join its portfolio of outdoor leisure magazines such as ''MMM'', ''Which Motorhome'', and ''Camping'' magazine.
The editorial team includes:
* Managing editor: John Sootheran
* Digital editor: Will Hawkins
* Associate editor: Val Chapman
Contributors and industry experts appearing in the magazine have included Mike Cazalet, Mark Sutcliffe, Andrew Ditton, John Chapman, Lindsay Porter,
John Wickersham, Nick Harding, Natalie Cumming and
Stuart Craig
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...
.
See also
*
Caravan and Motorhome Club
References
External links
*
Electric Caravans
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Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 1933
Caravans and travel trailers
Tourism magazines