Everyone here at MotorhomesUK loves all kinds of motorsport, from Formula 1 to Superbikes. What better way to attend your favourite motorsport event than in a motorhome that provides all the luxuries of your own home. The sounds and smells at motorsports are intoxicating, and over a race weekend you want to make sure that you see as much as possible.

Whether you are staying on a campsite for the Britcar 24 Hour race or on the Isle of Man for the TT, a motorhome can provide you with comfort and facilities that you would miss out on if you were camping in a tent. A warm bed and cooking facilities will mean that hiring a motorhome can make your favourite motorsport event a little bit more special.

Hiring a motorhome or campervan from MotorhomesUK is an easy way for you and your motorsport loving family and friends to attend the best motorsport events in the UK and Europe. All you need to do is select the region that you want to hire your motorhome from. Remember, you don’t have to hire a motorhome that is close to you. You could find one close to the motorsport venue and drive to collect it in the comfort of your own car, this is ideal for people that might feel daunted by driving across the country in a motorhome.

Affordable Motorsport event motorhome hire.

MotorhomesUK has all sizes of motorhomes and campervans, however our most popular size are 6 berths. This means that you and 5 of your mates can enjoy the racing and split the cost, making it very affordable. With comforts like televisions and a fridge, you can recap the days action long after the drivers have hung up their helmets.

Motorsport Events.

To help get you in the spirit, we have provided a few major motorsport events.

British Grand Prix 2012

6th – 8th July 2012

The British Grand Prix at Silverstone is usually the motorsport event of the year.
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Tickets available at britishgrandprix.net.

Isle of Man TT 2012

26th May – 8th June 2012

All the big names in Motorcycle Racing attend with stars from the past and present race around the famous mountain circuit.
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Le Mans 2012

16th – 17th June 2012

The most famous endurance race in the world held at Le Mans in France. Fantastic weather with awesome sounds makes this a true motorsport fans pilgrimage.

Goodwood Festival of Speed

28th June – 1st July 2012

The world’s greatest celebration of car culture and speed returns for 2012. See who will set the fastest time up the hill.

British Touring Car Championship

Various dates in 2012

Visiting some of the best circuits the UK has to offer, the BTCC features lots of action and interesting overtakes.

Nurburgring 24 Hours 2012

17th – 20th May 2012

The Green Hell hosts a tough and action packed 24 hour race featuring a wide variety of cars. The 24-hour race at the Nordschleife is accepted as the toughest race of its kind anywhere in the world.

Motorhomes UK strides to ensure that we provide an excellent and dedicated service whilst also having high quality campervans and motorhomes. With over 30 years in the motorhome industry, we have learnt exactly what it means to have a fleet of privately owned vehicles available throughout the UK so that our customers have a fantastic selection of motorhomes and campervans in a multitude of locations to hire. However, we also understand that we need to provide this service at a price that is competitive and saves you money.

We regular check the prices of many campervan and motorhome rental companies to make sure that you get the best deals. Comparing prices also allows us to make sure that we stay competitive, because we feel that people need to experience our services. Here at MotorhomesUK, we are proud of our business. We regularly go motorhoming so know what makes a perfect holiday, touring the UK and Europe has taught us invaluable experiences and advice that we are happy to share with our customers. We love nothing more than the idea of hiring a campervan or motorhome for two weeks and exploring new areas or just simply visiting favourite spots. That’s why we want to have cheap prices, because we want everyone to share our love for motorhoming.

Quality, loved Motorhomes.

As one of the largest motorhome hire agencies within the UK, we have a wide selection of privately owned vehicles from 2 berth campervans, such as VW Transporters and VW Californias, right up to 7/8 berth motorhomes from manufacturers such as Hymer, Atessa and Swift.

Rather than owning our own fleet of motorhomes, we are an agency that hires privately owned motorhomes. These vehicles are not just some asset like with other companies, our motorhomes are loved and prized possessions of their owners, meaning that they are looked after, cleaned and serviced by their happy owners. Each campervan is valet cleaned inside and out before you collect the motorhome so that you can have an excellent holiday.

Motorhomes UK makes hiring a motorhome easy and affordable, hire from us and you will love our service.

Even if it means taking a short ferry from the UK mainland it is worth the effort – it just takes a bit of planning.

So here is an idea – why not take the ferry from Stranraer or Liverpool to Belfast and see what Northern Ireland has to offer?

From the beautiful windswept coastline of the Giants Causeway and the knee trembling swaying of the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge to the vibrant energy of Belfast you will never be stuck for something to do or see.

We spent 4 days in and around Belfast enjoying the cosmopolitan restaurants and bars. The city is steeped in history, both old and recent.
The reminders of The Troubles are still there, the freshly painted murals along the Shankhill Road and the high walls of separation still snake along the edges of the ‘areas’, you can even tour the Crumlin jail now. Visit the Europa hotel, The Crown Tavern and the City Hall or take a tour around the slipways of the regenerated Belfast dock and the Harland and Wolff offices. You can imagine the elegant Titanic towering under the cranes of Samson and Goliath.

The Giants Causeway is only a few hours drive from Belfast, as is the rope bridge. It is a fabulous day out, you must try the Irish stew at the Causeway hotel when you have made your way back from the windswept coast and if you are the lucky one not driving, indulge in a Bushmills whiskey in the bar.

There are plenty of good quality campsites in and around the area. So get planning your adventure, you can have a great touring holiday with a little bit of everything from action packed days to gourmet evenings all in one place!

Take a look at this new camping card for some fantastic offers on smaller sites in Europe. If you are not really into large commercial sites this could be for you. You can camp for 11, 13 or 15 euros per night at 376 fully inspected sites. The card only costs 13.95 euros so it’s a real bargain. Here is the link.

It’s a tender subject, the motorhome toilet, and one we are asked about a tremendous amount. People seem to be obsessed with the toilet situation whilst camping. I, on the other hand am an expert on this subject, I know my Thetfords! I’m not embarrassed about explaining to our first time hirers that they are easy to empty (although I don’t actually don’t do this bit) but I have extensive experience watching my husband do it. It’s a subject skirted around by motorhome hirers, maybe the thought of carrying a big plastic box of human waste across a campsite makes them squeamish – but really it’s ok.

If you have read previous posts and know about Five Star Trev you will know he is not the most willing camper, so when my husband gave him a lesson in portapotty maintenance he wasn’t that enthusiastic. When he pulled out the cassette and a few drips of water (yes water) fell on his hand he nearly had a coronary, it didn’t help my husband explaining “it’s only a bit of wee”!

I found an article about living in a camper, it’s rather interesting but the lack of a cassette toilet not only perturbs me but sends a shiver down my spine. Have you ever tried running across to the toilet block at 5.00am in your pyjamas? Gosh I can’t even put the bin out at home without full makeup on, by the time I got my lippy on I would have wet myself! The article does say that chemical toilets smell, it depends what you use them for (number 1′s are fine), for instance it’s not a good idea to put face wipes down them (we once found coffee creme cartons down one of our hire vehicles toilets) I mean WHY?

Honestly, you would have to leave them festering a good long time before that sort of smell kicks in. It’s a good idea to empty them every other day (even if they are not full), give the cassette a good rinse at the tap and put plenty of blue chemicals down. Thank you for reading, I feel so much better for tackling the delicate subject of mobile toilets. I hope it has been helpful. Happy Thetfording!

There are lots of other coastal towns to go and see, some full of sedate cafes and others full of the surfy types. Porthmadog is worth a trip, but there are some other lovely secluded coves which really are like a little bit of paradise.

One word of warning, if you pick up a local guide with a listing of Black Rock (if I remember correctly) where you can drive (safely) out onto the beach. Approach with caution, my fault entirely, but after digging through two foot of sand, trying to stuff bits of newspaper under our front tyres and finally attracting the attention of a nice gentleman with a tow rope and a Range Rover we realised pushing a 3.5 tonne Trigano Tribute out of sand dunes that North Africa would be proud of was impossible. Beware of soft sand!

Surviving that little incident (we can’t blame Wales for my lack of concentration) we decided to keep ourselves to ourselves and take a trip to Portmerrion, come on EVERYONE goes to Port Merrion, when you return home from your Welsh escapade EVERYONE will ask you if you went to Portmerrion and then harp on relentlessly about ‘The Prisoner’. If you just want to go because you feel you have to you can turn up really late, about 4ish, and you will get a substantial discount on the entrance fee. That is if you are feeling like your money is better spent!

I came across this article in the Caravan Club magazine and it brought it all back (although we didn’t do any of the activity type stuff)……you might want to check it out, if you haven’t been to North Wales it comes highly recommended from us at MotorhomesUK.