Private company

Center Parcs UK

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Holiday village company

Center Parcs UK and Ireland (formerly Center Parcs UK) is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres (1.6 km2) of woodland. The company's first village opened near to Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, in 1987 and its sixth, at Longford Forest, Ireland, opened in 2019.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded1
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Center Parcs UK and Ireland (formerly Center Parcs UK) is a short-break holiday company that operates six holiday villages in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with each covering about 400 acres (1.6 km2) of woodland. The company's first village opened near to Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, in 1987 and its sixth, at Longford Forest, Ireland, opened in 2019.2

Corporate structure

Center Parcs UK sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Center Parcs UK Newark-on-Trent
    • Center Parcs Elveden Forest Owned · Brandon, United Kingdom
    • Center Parcs Longford Forest Owned · Ireland
    • Center Parcs Longleat Forest Owned · United Kingdom
    • Center Parcs Sherwood Forest Owned · Newark and Sherwood, United Kingdom
    • Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Owned · Brougham, United Kingdom
    • Center Parcs Woburn Forest Owned · Woburn, United Kingdom

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Center Parcs UK reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Center Parcs Elveden Forest
  • Center Parcs Longford Forest
  • Center Parcs Longleat Forest
  • Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
  • Center Parcs Whinfell Forest
  • Center Parcs Woburn Forest

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Also owns

  • Center Parcs Elveden Forest
  • Center Parcs Longford Forest
  • Center Parcs Longleat Forest
  • Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
  • Center Parcs Whinfell Forest
  • Center Parcs Woburn Forest

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1987Founded Founded1

Sources

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