Tenpin Ltd


Tenpin Ltd (stylized "tenpin"), is one of the largest tenpin bowling brands in the United Kingdom, consisting of 48[1] bowling centres ranging from 12 to 36 lanes (depending on the width 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

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 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

List of closed or sold off locations

  • Chester - closed on 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 in 2014.
  • Newport - closed on 22 August 2005 as Megabowl 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 and land returned to the local council, who demolished for car parking space.
  • Tower Park (Poole) - Now operated by Hollywood Bowl.
  • Bournemouth - closed as a Super Bowl and now operates as a lasertag arena.
  • Hull - Closed during the late 1990s as Megabowl
  • Streatham - Closed in August 2006 as Megabowl, then demolished in May 2015. The site is now used as housing.
  • Redditch - Closed in 2000 as Megabowl, then demolished and used for housing.
  • Sunderland - Became MFA Bowl, then Disco Bowl, now "Sunderland Bowl".
  • Stevenage - Closed in the early 2000s as a GX Super Bowl then demolished and became a Currys PC World on the Roaring Meg Retail Park.
  • Bristol - Closed as a Megabowl, then demolished and turned into flats.
  • Cardiff - Closed as a Megabowl. Land sold and the same unit is now a self-storage unit.
  • Edinburgh (Fort Kinnaird) — Closed during the late 2000s, then demolished along with the adjacent cinema. Land later redeveloped into an extension to the Fort Kinnaird retail park, including new restaurants and a new Odeon cinema, completed in 2015.

References

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