Camperite Leisure, Ltd.

About Camperite Camperite has been trading selling tents for over 25 years from its location in Marks Tey near Colchester. The previous owner of the site retired at the end of 2002 and the site was sold to David Broughton the current owner. The accessory shop underwent a major face lift for the start of the 2003 and then again a further extension in 2009 to allow more space to stock more of those all-essential bits of equipment. Outside there is space to erect up to 30 tents with a mixed range of Kampa, Outwell, Easy Camp and Vango so that customers can have a good look round and see the models performing in realistic outdoor conditions. David himself has been in the camping trade for over 20 years and worked some of that time as a sales representative for one the major tent suppliers and then left to go and join a retail shop as manager and has also for two years ran the biggest camping shows in the country for a London based retailer. David says “I saw the golden opportunity of owning Camperite Leisure as one not to be missed. I hope that we will be able to provide a personal level of service that sometimes now seems to be missing from some of the bigger camping shops. I am also in the lucky position that in my time as a representative I was able to visit most of the other camping companies in the country, so hopefully I have taken the best ideas from all these shops to incorporate into my own store." A year after David started camperite one his customers sons came to start work with him at the tender age of 15. Eight years on Tom is now the other full time member of staff and has all the knowledge to help customers.