Carnaby Static Caravan Mattresses

Bespoke Carnaby Static Caravan and Lodge Mattresses

Carnaby Caravans is one of the longest-established names in the British static caravan industry. Incorporated on 7 January 1976, the company has been manufacturing holiday homes from the same site — Lancaster Road, Carnaby Industrial Estate, near Bridlington in East Yorkshire — for half a century. The factory sits on what was once RAF Carnaby, a Second World War bomber airfield that later housed Thor ballistic missiles during the Cold War before being decommissioned in 1963 and converted to industrial use. The company takes its name from the small village of Carnaby, itself barely more than a handful of houses on the A614 about two miles south-west of Bridlington town centre.

Unlike some manufacturers who have changed hands repeatedly or disappeared entirely, Carnaby remains a privately held, independently run operation. It has never been absorbed into one of the larger leisure groups, and it has never been through administration. In an industry where corporate upheaval is remarkably common, that quiet continuity speaks volumes. The company's current range for 2026 runs to ten models — from the entry-level Breakaway through to the grand Grantley Lodge and The Langham — and the factory continues to produce holiday homes that appear on parks the length and breadth of the country.

Fifty Years of Models — Why Bed Sizes Vary So Widely

A manufacturer that has been in continuous production since 1976 leaves a very long trail of holiday homes behind it. There are Carnaby caravans from every decade of the past fifty years still standing on parks across the UK, and their owners all sleep on mattresses that eventually need replacing. The difficulty is that a Carnaby Crown from the early 1980s has almost nothing in common with a Carnaby Langham from 2025. The construction methods have changed. The overall dimensions have changed. The interior layouts have changed. And critically, the bed platform sizes have changed — not just between eras, but between models within the same year, and between layout variations within the same model.

In the 1980s, Carnaby was producing compact holiday caravans like the Crown and the Ranchero — budget-friendly units that were typically 28ft to 35ft long and 10ft or 12ft wide, with beds sized to fit the limited bedroom space. By the 2000s, models like the Rosedale, Ridgeway, and Highgrove had pushed the standard dimensions up to 37ft or 39ft in length. Today's range includes units stretching to 41ft by 13ft, with bedroom proportions that would have been unimaginable in a static caravan forty years ago. The bed in a current Oakdale bears no relation to the bed in a 1985 Crown, and neither matches anything you will find on a shelf in a high street bed shop.

Twelve-Foot and Thirteen-Foot Widths — A Material Difference

Carnaby's current range splits broadly into two categories. The standard static caravans — models like the Silverdale, Oakdale, Melrose, Bayview, and Breakaway — are built to a 12ft overall body width. The lodge models — the Chantry Lodge, Lakehouse Lodge, Glenmoor Lodge, Grantley Lodge, and The Langham — are 13ft wide. That extra foot of width may sound modest, but it has a significant effect on bedroom proportions and consequently on mattress dimensions.

In a 12ft-wide Carnaby, the master bedroom typically accommodates a double bed with the headboard against the end wall or a side wall, and the resulting bed platform might measure anywhere from 135cm to 145cm wide depending on the specific model and year. In a 13ft-wide lodge model, the master bedroom is more generous, and the bed platform may stretch to 150cm or wider — close to a standard domestic king size but rarely matching it precisely. The twin or second bedrooms in both categories use single beds that are narrower and often shorter than a standard domestic single. None of these dimensions are standardised, and none can be reliably guessed from a model name alone.

Centre Lounge Models — Bedrooms at Both Ends

Several Carnaby models are available in a centre lounge configuration, where the living area sits in the middle of the caravan with bedrooms at each end. The Oakdale Centre Lounge and the new Melrose Centre Lounge are current examples, but Carnaby has offered this layout option across various models for years. The centre lounge arrangement places the master bedroom and the second bedroom as far apart as the caravan allows, which is attractive for families or couples sharing with friends — but it also means the bedroom dimensions differ from the standard end-bedroom layout of the same model.

If you own a Carnaby Oakdale in the standard layout, the bed platform in the master bedroom will not necessarily be the same size as the bed platform in an Oakdale Centre Lounge, even from the same production year. The floor plan is fundamentally different. The walls are in different places. The bed sits in a different position relative to the chassis. This is why we always ask you to measure your actual bed platform rather than simply telling us the model name.

Carnaby Models We Make Mattresses For

We manufacture replacement mattresses for every Carnaby static caravan and lodge ever produced. The range spans fifty years, and the most commonly requested models include:

The Oakdale has been one of Carnaby's most enduringly popular models — a mid-range holiday home available in multiple lengths and bedroom configurations at the standard 12ft width. Layouts have included 32ft, 35ft, 37ft, and 38ft lengths in both two-bedroom and three-bedroom options, plus the centre lounge variant. The Oakdale appears frequently in both private ownership and park letting fleets, and we make replacement mattresses for every version.

The Silverdale is a well-specified 12ft-wide caravan positioned for entertaining, with an open-plan living space featuring deep sofas, a traditional mantelpiece, and a freestanding television unit. Available at 39ft in two-bedroom and three-bedroom layouts, the Silverdale's bedrooms are spacious for a 12ft-wide unit but the bed platforms remain non-standard.

The Chantry Lodge is a 13ft-wide lodge model — typically 41ft long with two or three bedrooms. The additional width creates bedroom proportions closer to a domestic house than a traditional caravan, and the master bed platform is correspondingly larger. The Chantry Lodge has been a consistent presence in the range for several years and is widely sited across UK parks.

The Highgrove was for many years one of Carnaby's premium models — a 40ft by 12ft caravan with luxurious interior appointments and a reputation as the top of the standard range before the introduction of the wider lodge models. Widely available on the secondhand market, the Highgrove remains a popular model among private owners.

The Grantley Lodge and The Langham represent the current pinnacle of the Carnaby range — large, 13ft-wide lodges with imposing interior specifications and bedroom proportions to match. These are premium products aimed at discerning buyers, and the mattress should reflect that quality.

Among older and retired models, we regularly make mattresses for the Rosedale, Ridgeway, Helmsley Lodge, Hainsworth, Ashdale, Envoy, Stamford Lodge, Glenmoor Lodge, Cascade, Accord, Belvedere, Roxburgh, Henley, Finesse, Crown, Melrose, Breakaway, Bayview, Carrington, Lakehouse Lodge, and Glaisdale. If your model is not listed here, we still make mattresses for it — we have yet to encounter a Carnaby we cannot fit.

The Factory Mattress — And Why You Are Replacing It

Carnaby supplies its holiday homes with what it calls the Carnaby Comfort mattress — a factory-fitted product manufactured to fit the specific bed platform of each model. When the caravan is new, this mattress is perfectly adequate. The difficulty is that factory-fitted caravan mattresses are built to a price point that allows the manufacturer to include them within the overall cost of the holiday home, and they are not designed with long-term comfort or durability as the primary concern. After a few seasons of use — whether by the owner or by paying guests on a letting park — the factory mattress develops body impressions, loses its support, and begins to affect the quality of sleep that was the whole point of owning a holiday home in the first place.

This is not a criticism specific to Carnaby. Every static caravan manufacturer fits mattresses to a budget, because every manufacturer needs to deliver a finished product at a competitive price. The factory mattress is a starting point, not a long-term solution. When it wears out, the replacement is an opportunity to fit something genuinely better — a mattress made with superior materials, to the exact dimensions of your bed platform, by a specialist manufacturer who does nothing else.

Sofa Beds and Pull-Out Beds

Many Carnaby models include a make-up bed or sofa bed in the lounge area to provide additional sleeping capacity. The Oakdale and Ashdale offered an optional fold-out bed integrated into the lounge seating, and several models across the range have featured pull-out beds beneath the fixed seating. The cushions for these sleeping arrangements need to work as comfortable seating during the day and a flat sleeping surface at night, and the dimensions are specific to each model and layout. We make replacement sofa bed and pull-out bed cushions for all Carnaby caravans to the precise measurements of your unit.

What We Recommend

For Carnaby owners who use their caravan privately, our CoolPlus™ memory foam mattress or Imperial Elite™ 2000 pocket-sprung mattress will transform the quality of sleep in your holiday home. Both are made to any size and shape, and for the larger bedroom proportions of the 13ft-wide lodge models — the Chantry, Lakehouse, Grantley, and Langham — the pocket-sprung option is particularly well suited, giving you a mattress that genuinely rivals what you sleep on at home.

For park operators running Carnaby caravans in letting fleets, our Bodyshape™ reflex foam mattress is the practical choice. It withstands frequent guest use, recovers its shape quickly between changeovers, and resists the body impressions that softer foams develop under heavy rotation. For twin bedrooms and sofa beds, a 10cm to 15cm reflex foam mattress offers the right balance of comfort and resilience.

Whichever product you choose, we make it to your exact measurements in our Birmingham workshop and deliver free to any UK address. Call us on 0121 663 6114 with your measurements, or order online using the product links below. If you are unsure how to measure your Carnaby bed platform, call us and we will talk you through it — we have been doing this for over forty years.