Past Caravans

About Us - History

Lunar was established as a Private Limited Company in 1969 by co-founders Brian Talbot and Ken Wilcock, both of whom worked as timesave joiners for Knowsley Caravans, before joining forces to set up Lunar.

Here is an at-a-glance guide to Lunar’s key history....

1969... Inspired by the moon landing mission Brian Talbot and Ken Wilcox choose ‘Lunar’ as the name of their caravan manufacturing business

1969... Initially based at Earnshaw Bridge, Farington, near Preston, Lunar moved to a former mill site in Lostock Hall

1971... Brian and Ken renovated the Lostock Hall site using their own joinery and building skills to incorporate a storage area and manufacturing plant

1975... Lunar ventured into the static caravan home and motorhome markets to complement its touring caravan range

1978... Lunar withdrew its interests in static caravans and motorhomes to focus purely on creating lightweight touring caravans

1996... Lunar re-enters the motorhome market with the Roadstar and Newstar models, with production running at 250 units per year

2001... Lunar ceases to export to Holland due a buoyant UK market but continues to trade to Japan and New Zealand

2005... Lunar launches Telstar and Xstar to its stable of motorhomes using both Fiat and Renault base units

2005... Lunar invests in cutting edge 3D CAD software to help take the design and layout of products to a new, enhanced production level

2006... Solaris caravan introduced to take caravan range up to nine and motorhomes to five