Tenpin Ltd
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Tenpin Ltd (stylized "tenpin"), is one of the largest tenpin bowling brands in the United Kingdom, consisting of 46[1] ranging from 12 to 36 lanes (depending on the width of the centre), which often have on-site restaurants and bars.
The brand was formerly owned by Essenden Ltd,[2] now Ten Entertainment 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, and air hockey. Many existing sites were formerly known as Megabowl until around 2008–09.[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
- Blackburn
- Birmingham (Star City)
- Bristol
- Camberley
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Castleford
- Cheshire Oaks
- Chichester
- Colchester
- Coventry
- Croydon
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Dudley
- Eastbourne
- Edinburgh (Fountain Park)
- Exeter
- Feltham
- Glasgow (Braehead)
- Gloucester
- Ipswich
- Kingston upon Thames
- Leamington Spa
- Leeds
- Luton
- Manchester (Parrs Wood)
- Manchester (Printworks)
- Northampton
- Nottingham
- Plymouth Barbican
- Rochdale
- Southampton
- Stafford
- Stoke
- Swansea
- Swindon
- Telford
- Warrington
- Worcester
- Wrexham
- York
List of former locations[]
- Chester (closed 10 October 2013 along with the Cineworld 6-screen multiplex cinema located adjacent to the centre. Both complexes on-site have since been demolished, and replaced with an Asda supermarket a year later)
- Newport ( Closed as Megabowl on 22 August 2005. and left empty with advertising and external signage still visible until 2016. The building is now a Home Bargains store, gym and ENERGI trampoline park)
- Maidenhead (closed 26 August 2018)
- transferred ownership to Hollywood Bowl
- Bournemouth closed as a Super Bowl and now operates as a lasertag arena
- Hull (Closed as Megabowl in the late 1990s)
- Streatham (Closed as Megabowl in 2006)
- Redditch (Closed as Megabowl in 2000, demolished and the site used for housing)
- Sunderland (Became MFA Bowl)
- Stevenage (Formally a GX Super Bowl. Closed early 2000s, demolished and became a Currys PC World on the Roaring Meg Retail Park)
References[]
- ^ "About Us | Tenpin".
- ^ The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/essenden-tenpin-deal-is-a-lucky-strike-30n9wlzqqrc
- ^ Investor's Chronicle https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/comment/2019/06/10/ten-entertainment-group-a-good-business-at-a-cheap-price/
- ^ Kribensis https://cms.esi.info/Media/documents/Kribe_Constructfitout_ML.pdf
- ^ Financial Times https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/detail?dockey=1323-13192504-1H7NG6G3U9OO2B1IHC4DRN69C8
External links[]
- Bowling alleys
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- Tenpin bowling in the United Kingdom