D.A. Hulse Caravan Repair Centre | Caravan and motorhome repairs

About the Centre

D.A. Hulse Caravan Repair Centre was established in 1995 and offered servicing and repairs for all makes and models of caravans, motorhomes and camper vans. It was based at Hilton, near Derby, and served customers throughout Derbyshire and the East Midlands.

Its work ran from habitation services, damp testing and engine repairs to specialised fault-finding, body repairs and paintwork. The website explained that its trained technicians began with a comprehensive inspection of each vehicle to diagnose faults, then carried out the repairs it needed.

After an accident it handled everything from major bodywork to scratch removal, along with insurance work, and it described itself as an insurance approved accident repair centre. Its services covered Derby, Burton-on-Trent, Nottingham, Leicester, Loughborough, Birmingham, Nuneaton, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent and the areas around them.

Wakelyn Old Hall, a timber-framed house on Main Street in Hilton

Wakelyn Old Hall in Hilton, the South Derbyshire village where the repair centre was based.

Services

More details:

Servicing

Engine repairs
Chassis repairs
Damp testing
Habitation services
Complete vehicle inspection
Specialised fault-finding

Who it suited

Caravan owners
Motorhome owners
Camper van owners
Owners of all makes and models
Anyone with accident damage or an insurance claim
Owners across Derbyshire and the East Midlands

Body repairs

Caravan and motorhome bodywork
Scratch removal
Accident damage repairs
Dent repair
Insurance work
Custom paintwork and resprays

Motorhome repairs

All makes and models of motorhome
Bodywork and mechanical services
Engine and accident damage repairs
Fully trained and qualified technicians
Years of experience in the trade

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Gallery

The original website used only stock pictures, so these openly licensed Geograph photographs show Hilton and the country around it.

The level crossing on Egginton Road between Hilton and Egginton

A footpath across the common by Hilton Brook on the western edge of Hilton

National Cycle Route 549 leaving Hilton along a tree-lined path

The brick arch of Egginton Junction Bridge beside the cycleway

St Wilfrid's Church, Egginton, in late afternoon light

Coach and Horses Bridge over the Trent and Mersey Canal near Egginton

Photos: Jonathan Clitheroe, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (Entering Hilton along Egginton Road, top of page; Footpath and Common by Hilton Brook)

Photos: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (Wakelyn Old Hall; Egginton Junction Bridge)

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (Level Crossings on Egginton Road)

Photos: Ian Calderwood, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (National Cycle Route 549 leaving Hilton; Ridge and furrow between Hilton and the A50, banner)

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (St Wilfrid's, Egginton)

Photo: Roger D Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (Coach and Horses Bridge near Egginton)

Photos: Malcolm Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (Hilton Gravel Pit; The ruins of Tutbury Castle)

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, geograph.org.uk (Sudbury Hall)

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Around Hilton

A woodland path through the nature reserve at the Hilton gravel pits

Hilton Willow Pit

A Derbyshire Wildlife Trust nature reserve on former gravel workings at the edge of the village, known for great crested newts and dragonflies.

Sudbury Hall

A National Trust country house built by George Vernon between 1660 and 1680, about five miles west of Hilton.

Tutbury Castle

The ruins of the castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was held in 1569 and again in 1585 stand above the River Dove, a few miles south-west of Hilton.