Parkdean Holidays
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| Private Limited Company | |
| Industry | Leisure / Holiday |
| Fate | Merged with Park Resorts |
| Successor | Parkdean Resorts |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
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Number of locations
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24 holiday parks in the UK |
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Key people
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John Waterworth Michael Wilmot Judith Archibold Ian Gill Maggie Pavlou Barry Gifford |
| Products | Self catering holiday parks |
| Revenue |
 £142.59m (group, 2015) |
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£39.79m EBITDA (group, 2015) |
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| Profit | £4.96m (group, 2015) |
| Owner | Alchemy Partners Nominees Ltd (65%) |
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Number of employees
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2,028 |
| Parent | PD Park Holdings Limited group |
| Website | http://www.parkdeanholidays.co.uk |
Parkdean Holidays was a self-catering holiday park operator with 24 sites in the UK: fifteen in South West of England, six in Scotland, two in South Wales and one in East Anglia. Parkdean offered a range of accommodation, including caravan holiday homes, lodges, cottages and apartments.
In 2015, Parkdean Holidays merged with Park Resorts to create Parkdean Resorts, the UK's largest holiday park operator, managing 73 holiday parks across the UK.
The company was awarded "Best UK Holiday Park Operator" at the 2015 British Travel Awards, the sixth year in row Parkdean Holidays have won the award.
Parkdean Holidays was formed in November 1999 with a management buyout of Trecco Bay Holiday Park in South Wales for £21.4 million, and has since grown through a buy and build strategy.
In July 2000 Parkdean Holidays acquired an additional three parks in Cornwall: Newquay, Holywell Bay and Beach for a combined cost of £4.2 million.
In March 2001 Parkdean bought a further three holiday parks in the South West of England (Challaborough Bay, West Bay and St Minver) and four in Scotland (Grannie’s Heilan' Hame, Nairn Lochloy, Tummel Valley and Sundrum Castle) for a combined cost of £15.5 million. The head office in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne was also opened in March 2001.
March 2002 saw Parkdean Holidays acquire Ruda Holiday Park in Croyde, North Devon, which is home to the GoldCoast Oceanfest surfing festival. Two months later Parkdean Holidays was floated on the Alternative Investments Market of the .
In May 2003 White Acres and Sea Acres Holiday Parks in Cornwall were obtained for a combined £18.5 million.
In March 2004 Parkdean acquired Southerness Holiday Park in Scotland for £5.3 million, with a further five parks obtained in October (Warmwell, Cherry Tree, Torquay, Wemyss Bay and Pendine Sands) for £41.8 million.
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