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Parkwood Leisure
As a family-owned business built on strong family values, Parkwood Leisure takes pride in offering high-quality services that redefine industry standards. Our commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience is the heartbeat of our approach, and it resonates through every interaction with us.
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Tony Hewitt, the founder and executive chair of the Parkwood Group, which owns
Parkwood Leisure, has passed away at the age of 68.
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08 Jan 2018
Peter Fitzboydon has stepped down from his managing director position at Parkwood Leisure after
less than two years in the role.
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01 Mar 2019
Parkwood Health and Fitness – the private health club arm of leisure management contractor Parkwood Leisure – has opened its flagship club in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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18 Jan 2007
Parkwood Leisure has begun operation in the private health and fitness sector, following the acquisition of two Sportz Academy clubs in Hertfordshire.
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11 May 2006
Parkwood Leisure has been awarded the contract to manage the Swimming Pool Complex at the £700m Cardiff International Sports Village (CISV).
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27 Apr 2006
Management company Parkwood Leisure has secured a new contract to operate six
leisure centres owned by Vale of Glamorgan council. As part of the deal, Parkwood and the council will
invest a combined £3m worth of capital in improving the centres.
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03 Aug 2012
Parkwood Holdings is to acquire leisure management company, CCL Leisure (CCL), from Clear Channel Entertainment UK (CCE) in a £100,000 cash deal.
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20 Apr 2004
Parkwood Leisure has announced that it is to develop its first private health and fitness club in Salisbury, south Wiltshire, which is scheduled to open in December under the new Parkwood Health and Fitness brand.
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09 Mar 2006
Parkwood Leisure has completed work on a new gym at the Riverside Leisure Centre in Exeter.
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17 Feb 2011
Parkwood Leisure has been awarded a 10-year contract to operate leisure facilities on behalf of
Erewash Borough Council.
news •
05 Feb 2019
Management company Parkwood Leisure has named Andy Farr as its new business
development director.
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06 Mar 2018
Health club and leisure centre operator Parkwood Leisure is to launch a new national dance brand called Sway Dance.
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26 Oct 2010
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s most experienced
providers of leisure management working in partnership
with local authorities across England and Wales, has
extended its contract with Legend Club Management
Systems for a further three-year period.
product innovation •
13 Mar 2018
Parkwood Leisure, one of the UK’s leading leisure operators, has reached the milestone of
teaching 100,000 children to swim through its Learn To Swim Programme.
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22 Jun 2022
Leisure facilities operator Parkwood Leisure has signed the Armed Forces Covenant as part of
its
commitment to providing employment opportunities to ex-servicemen and women.
product innovation •
26 Nov 2019
Life Fitness, the global leader in commercial fitness equipment, has been appointed as the
new and
exclusive primary supplier to leisure facilities operator, Parkwood Leisure.
product innovation •
16 Apr 2020
It was a night to remember at the 2022 ukactive Awards for Parkwood Leisure, as the leisure
facilities operator picked up four awards.
product innovation •
07 Jul 2022
Andrew Holt, managing director of Parkwood Leisure, the public sector leisure management division of Parkwood holdings, has said the time could be right for the company to enter the private health and fitness market.
news •
10 Aug 2004
Leading UK leisure facility operator Parkwood Leisure has won the contract to manage the
Riviera International Conference Centre (RICC) in Torquay, South Devon.
product innovation •
12 Mar 2021
Health club operator and management contractor Parkwood leisure has become the latest operator to remove all sunbeds from its sites.
news •
30 Nov 2009
Parkwood Leisure has completed gym refurbishments and the installation of new fitness
equipment across a number of its UK Leisure Centres.
product innovation •
25 Jan 2021
The number of children enrolled on Parkwood Leisure's Learn to Swim
Programme, has reached a
record high since pools were allowed to reopen to the public on 12 April.
news •
10 Aug 2021
Parkwood Leisure – one of the UK’s leading leisure operators – is offering free access to its
Leisure Centres to support talented athletes with the provision of training facilities.
product innovation •
20 Aug 2021
Plastic cutlery and cups will be removed from all cafés in leisure centres run by Parkwood
Leisure, in a move that will stop more than two million coffee cups going to landfill every
year.
news •
23 Jan 2018
Construction work on the Broughton Astley Leisure Centre in Leicestershire is set to begin in
February 2019, following the appointment of a contractor for the project.
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28 Dec 2018
Parkwood Leisure and Legend Club Management Systems have collaborated to develop
a new Customer Management Module, which combines enterprise-level reporting with
membership sales and prospecting functionality to drive revenue
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As part of its commitment to protecting the health and wellbeing of its customers and staff,
Parkwood Leisure has invested in a state-of-the-art antimicrobial treatment to be used in
conjunction with its facilities’ sanitising programmes.
product innovation •
10 Jul 2020
More than 80 leisure facilities across the UK will overhaul their food and beverage offering
from the New Year following growing demand for healthier options.
news •
19 Dec 2017
Parkwood Leisure has launched a programme of workshops, aimed at making its staff more aware of
mental health issues among the workforce.
news •
09 Oct 2019
The Tarka Leisure Centre in North Devon, which reopened in June after a £15m revamp,
welcomed 33,800 visitors in August – up 43 per cent from the previous year. Participation in
July had increased by 33 per cent from the same month in 2021.
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15 Sep 2022
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offerings to meet growing consumer demand, Steph Eaves takes a
look at what cryotherapy and ice bathing can add to the equation
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Members are telling us they need support with their mental and spiritual health and the industry is starting to see this need. Now’s the time to fast-track our response
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