Images of happy families with two adults and two kids (and possibly a dog) trundling along are probably what come to most people’s minds when they think of the best campervans. And for good reason: travelling in the best campervan for a family of four is always fun.
Well, it is if you have a well-designed vehicle that gives everyone a comfortable ride on the journey and enough room to move around in when you arrive at your campervan site, and enough storage space.
That need not mean that you have a pop-up roof with a roof bed. Such roofbeds do possibly provide more fun for the kids, as well as somewhere they can retire to in the evening to give tired parents a bit of space. But sensibly designed high tops can be just as versatile.
To help you find the one for you, our expert judging panel at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2026 have picked out the best campervan for a family of 4, with the Auto-Sleeper Active FL635 taking the title this time. We really like how, if you opt for the pop-top roof to get all four berths, it will provide two lounges so everyone has enough space to spread out in.
The best family campervans for 4
Shortlisted at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2026
Auto-Sleeper Active FL635 (with pop-top)
Bailey Endurance E65
Adria Supertwin Supreme 700 SGX PT
Our top picks from recent years
Panama P57
Bailey Endeavour B65
Autohaus Camelot C600
The best campervan for a family of 4
Auto-Sleeper Active FL635
- Base vehicle: Fiat Ducato
- Price: £69,749 (£75,749 with pop-top roof)
- Berths: 4
- Belts: 4
- MTPLM: 3500kg
- MIRO: 2937kg
- Payload: 563kg
- Length: 6.36m
- Width: 2.26m
Reason to buy:
- Great space to spread out in
Reason to avoid:
- Washroom is a bit poky
The best campervan for a family of 4 at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2026
It’s always a bonus for families when a campervan measuring less than 6.5m in length manages to include two lounges, so both adults and children can spread out to their heart’s content.
This, one of three models in Auto-Sleeper’s new Fiat Ducato-based campervan range (one of the best vans for converting to a camper), does precisely that: there is a front dinette with two travel seats, but also a comfortable rear lounge with parallel settees. The latter can be turned into a perfectly adequate double.
To make this a four-berth, you would need to opt for the pop-top roof that children are sure to love climbing into. But that then means that the adults are free to make use of the front dinette before retiring at night, or first thing in the morning before the day gets started.
The kitchen, with an oven, three-burner hob and plenty of workspace, should be enough to prepare a family meal, and you can even opt for a microwave too.
The washroom might be on the small side for a family, although a sliding basin gives you more room for a shower, but otherwise this is a great family choice.
Bailey Endurance E65
- Base vehicle: Ford Transit
- Price: £69,999 (£72,789 with the roof tent)
- Berths: 4
- Belts: 4
- MTPLM: 3500kg
- MIRO: 2813kg
- Payload: 687kg
- Length: 5.98m
- Width: 2.09m
Reason to buy:
- A real adventure van
Reason to avoid:
- You will always have to bring down the roof tent before heading off anywhere
Highly commended at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2026
We were already impressed by Bailey’s Endeavour range of campervans. This new Endurance model builds on these with a more rugged exterior that is bound to win over a family keen on exploring further afield, especially when the kids find out there is an optional TentBox roof tent they can put up which they climb up into via a ladder at the back, and which gives them so much more independence away from the adults.
The interior includes a good-sized kitchen for a family, while the transverse bed at the rear can be lifted up to reveal a large storage area with an industrial floor that shouldn’t get damaged. So even if you have to give up the roof rack on top for that TentBox, there is still plenty of room to store all the kit your family might need for an epic adventure.
Adria Supertwin Supreme 700 SGX PT
- Base vehicle: Mercedes Sprinter
- Price: £136,295
- Berths: 4
- Belts: 4
- MTPLM: 4100kg
- MIRO: TBC
- Payload: TBC
- Length: 6.97m
- Width: 2.02m
Reason to buy:
- A superior family van
Reason to avoid:
- It’s quite an investment
Highly commended at the Practical Motorhome Awards 2026
An adventurous van for those with serious money – and with the required driving licence – this fixed single beds model would still be an ideal choice for active grandparents hoping to take their grandchildren on an adventure they should never forget.
The van runs on the 4×4 all-wheel drive version of the Sprinter, with a raised chassis to make sure you navigate even rougher roads safely. As the kitchen has drawers with central locking, you are unlikely to find things flying about en route either.
This van is ideal for any kind of weather too: it has a fully opening sunroof, allowing breezes to waft through on balmy summer nights, but the Supertwin is also the only campervan range currently available in the UK to offer Alde Diesel 4000D heating as standard.
So if you’re enjoying some winter campervanning and it’s a cold night, not only do you get the comfort of all-round wet central heating, but you get continuous hot water as well. And if things get really chilly and you’re wondering about how to keep a campervan warm in winter, you can always leave the pop-top roof down (there is enough headroom to do that) and opt for the inflatable bed in the front instead.
Panama P57
- Base vehicle: Ford Tourneo Custom
- Year: 2025
- Berths: 4
- Belts: 4
- MTPLM: 3225kg
- MIRO: 2875kg
- Payload: 350kg
- Length: 5.40m
- Width: 2.15m
Reason to buy:
- A great family vehicle with everything you need on board that also works every day.
Reason to avoid:
- The toilet is perhaps a little exposed.
Some years ago the Trigano Group launched a two-strong Fiat-based campervan range called Randger on the UK Market. The end toilet model, the R535, wowed our judges at a previous awards. The public, it seems, was less sure, and the range is no longer available in the UK (although it can be seen on the Continent).
We were glad to see the group trying again with the Panama brand last season, because the P57 has many of the features of the old Randger – a great rear kitchen for a campervan, a comfy front lounge, a useful toilet even if it is a bit exposed, and a roof bed that is easy to climb up into without disturbing others – but with a more practical finish inside.
And possibly with a more amenable base vehicle for those who might also want to have a campervan for everyday use. If you are a working family with two young kids that needs such a vehicle, last year’s category winner is a very strong contender.
Full review: Panama P57
Bailey Endeavour B65
- Base vehicle: Ford Transit
- Year: 2025
- Berths: 4
- Belts: 4
- MTPLM: 3500kg
- MIRO: 3087kg
- Payload: 413kg
- Length: 5.98m
- Width: 2.50m
Reason to buy:
- Great versatility for a family camper
Reason to avoid:
- There’s really only one lounge.
The B65 is one of two models that Bailey launched to expand its Ford Transit-based campervan range at the Motorhome and Caravan Show at the NEC last October, with the other, the B63, taking the title of best 2 berth campervan with a shower and toilet at last year’s Awards.
We think the B65 makes a great little van for a small family. And that’s not just because within its six metres you have a rear storage and dressing area that makes into a great double for the parents, with a roof bed upstairs for the kids that you can reach via a ladder that doesn’t get in the way – leaving the cosy front dinette free at all times to sit in.
No, that’s all good, but there’s also the clever way the tambour door on the central washroom can be rolled back when the washroom is not in use to make more space for the chef in the kitchen opposite. The narrowness of the gangway here is a frequent issue with models that have this type of campervan layout, even more so when you could have two children running around. Bailey seems to have solved the problem.
Autohaus Camelot C600
- Base vehicle: VW Crafter
- Year: 2025
- Berths: 4
- Belts: 4
- MTPLM: 3500kg
- MIRO: 3140kg
- Payload: 360kg
- Length: 5.99m
- Width: 1.99m
Reason to buy:
- A stylish looking campervan that will set you apart.
Reason to avoid:
- The double bed at the back, while easy to put up, isn’t the largest we have seen.
Who says you need to come down on the side of a motorhome in the campervan vs motorhome debate if you want to sleep four people comfortably in a stylish campervan less than six metres long and still leave the front lounge as it is all the time? Autohaus certainly seems to think you don’t, as this C600 proves.
This VW Crafter-based model from the Somerset converter has an unusual rear lounge where the bed folds down without you having to move the table at all. The front dinette features two cab style seats rather than a bench seat (so whoever sits here shouldn’t feel uncomfortable) and the side kitchen includes a table that opens towards the outside so you can indulge in a bit of al fresco dining. You don’t get a separate shower cubicle, but thanks to a small but permanent basin in the washroom, there is plenty of space for the shower.
There’s even clever stuff like making the fridge door a mirror, to save space elsewhere. And, as a final touch of luxury, you get a cork floor.
If you’re interested in what a motorhome can offer instead, take a look at pick for the best motorhome for families instead.
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