Tenpin Ltd
Tenpin Ltd (stylized tenpin, and formerly known as Megabowl and Tenpin 10), is one of the largest ten-pin bowling brands in the United Kingdom, consisting of 51[1] bowling centres ranging from 12 to 36 lanes (depending on the size of the centre), which often have on-site bars serving food and drinks. They are principally located on retail and leisure parks alongside family leisure brands
Formerly | Megabowl Tenpin 10 |
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Industry | Bowling, entertainment/leisure |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 51 (2023) |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Owner | Ten Entertainment Group |
Website | https://www.tenpin.co.uk/ |
The brand was formerly owned by Essenden Ltd,[2] now Ten Entertainment Group plc[3] who are a member of the Tenpin Bowling Proprietors Association (TBPA). The company is headquartered in Cranfield, Bedfordshire.
Operations
Many centres also include amusement arcades with attractions such as Sector 7 laser tag, table tennis, air hockey, pool, soft play, karaoke and escape rooms. Many existing sites were formerly known as Megabowl until they were refurbished and reopened as a Tenpin site under the name Tenpin 10 by 2008.[4] Tenpin carried out a rebranding of all sites during the late 2010s.[5]
Tenpin sites are also used as venues for local and national ten-pin league competitions.
List of current locations
- Acton
- Bexleyheath
- Birmingham (Star City)
- Blackburn
- Bristol
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Castleford
- Cheshire Oaks
- Chichester
- Colchester
- Coventry
- Crewe
- Croydon
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dudley
- Dundee (Kingsway West)
- Eastbourne
- Edinburgh (Fountain Park)
- Exeter
- Falkirk
- Feltham
- Glasgow (Braehead)
- Gloucester
- Harlow
- Ipswich
- Kingston upon Thames
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds
- Luton
- Manchester (Parrs Wood)
- Manchester (Printworks)
- Milton Keynes
- Northampton
- Nottingham
- Plymouth Barbican
- Rochdale
- Southampton
- Southport
- Stafford
- Stoke
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Telford
- Walsall
- Warrington
- Worcester
- Wrexham
- York
List of closed or sold off locations
- Bournemouth
- Bristol
- Cardiff
- Chester
- Dundee (The Stack Leisure Park)
- Edinburgh (Fort Kinnaird)
- Hull
- Maidenhead
- Milton Keynes (Leisure Plaza)
- Newport
- Redditch
- Stevenage
- Stretham
- Sunderland
- Tower Park (Poole)
References
- "About Us | Tenpin".
- Walsh, Dominic (7 July 2023). "Essenden Tenpin deal is a lucky strike". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- "Ten Entertainment Group – a good business at a cheap price". Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- Kribensis https://cms.esi.info/Media/documents/Kribe_Constructfitout_ML.pdf
- "– Company Announcement - FT.com". markets.ft.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023.