The family-owned business based near Blackpool has spent the past year honouring this milestone with a range of events, openings, and announcements. The company, known for its seaside locations and rural retreats across the Lake District, Lancashire, and the Yorkshire Dales, opened its first holiday centre at Newton Hall in Staining on November 13, 1944. Partington's Holiday Park 80th anniversary teddy bear (Image: Supplied) The business was founded by John William Partington Snr, Mary Partington, Frank Partington, and George Partington.
Partington's has since expanded, adding Blackpool’s Windy Harbour in 1954, Broadwater in Fleetwood in 1960, and Black Beck in the Lake District, Tarn House in the Yorkshire Dales, and Wardley’s Creek in Hambleton during the 1970s. To mark eight decades in the industry, fourth-generation family members and chief executive officers, Rob Kearsley and Andrea Challis, have hosted a series of themed events and family-friendly activities across their holiday parks this year. Among the highlights were a party and drinks reception at the Lakeland Motor Museum, live music acts, DJs, funfairs, and karaoke at Newton Hall in Staining, Broadwater in Fleetwood, and Windy Harbour near Blackpool.
Tarn House in Skipton saw music performances, a circus school, and an owner’s dog show. Guests and owners were also gifted a keepsake edition of the owner’s newsletter, a limited edition anniversary teddy bear-making workshop for children, and a competition t.