Haven Holidays


Haven Holidays is a chain of holiday parks in the United Kingdom. It operates caravan, touring and camping facilities across 40 sites in the UK in predominantly coastal locations.
The company was established in 1964 and bought by the Bourne Leisure Group in 2000. In November 2004 Bourne Leisure merged its existing British Holidays chain into the Haven Holidays brand.

Acquisitions

The current Haven chain is formed from a number of acquisitions by its former brands, including Warner Holiday Camps.
After wanting to focus more on its gaming operations such as Mecca Bingo, the Rank Group decided to sell its holiday arm. In October 2000, Bourne Leisure purchased the Rank Group's UK leisure arm, Rank Leisure, for £700 million, which included the Haven, Butlins and Warner Leisure Hotels chains.
In April 2015, Bourne Leisure purchased the Thornwick & Sea Farm Holiday Centre and Greenacre West caravan parks from Flamborough Holidays Ltd; Thornwick & Sea Farm holiday centre's complex was redeveloped for the 2016 season and was rebranded 'Thornwick Bay'.
In 2019, Haven ventured into a new type of resort with the purchase of Celtic Haven Spa Holiday Cottage Resort in Tenby, Pembrokeshire. The resort is sister park to Lydstep Beach Village, which is mainly an owners parks situated in the village of Lydstep. The resort is well known for its spa, and will allow guests who are staying in their cottage accommodation the use of the entertainment facilities at Lydstep Beach Village. The Celtic Haven resort is the first in the Haven brand to operate 365 days a year.

Holiday list

In March 2018, Haven partnered with the charity Royal National Lifeboat Institution. This partnership aims to fully integrate the RNLI with the Haven offering and raise vital funds for their lifesaving work.
In February 2019, Haven became an official sponsor of Team GB, supporting the team in the build up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Holiday parks and resorts

There are 38 Haven parks and resorts all around the United Kingdom. The number of parks peaked at 56 by 1999, but many of these were sold off to improve the standards of their larger and more profitable resorts.

Current holiday parks and resorts