Battel Parks & Resorts

Battel Parks & Resorts (formerly 'The Landon Group') is the theme park division of Battel based in the UK.

History
The company was founded by James Landon in 1991. This was also the year that Landon Gardens opened to the public.

The company bought its first park, London Adventure Park, in 1993.

The company made BBC Studio Park in conjunction with BBC in 1995.

The company bought Britain's Wonderland in 1997, and that came with the rights to use the Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters.

The company got the rights to Gio Network in 2001.

The company bought the FOX Parks in 2002, which had parks like Silverstone Lake, Summerland Park, and Washington's Great America.

The company got the rights to use Sesame Street in 2010.

The company got the rights to Nickelodeon in 2015.

The chain bought Fantasy Falls Theme Park in 2017. They also bought the Sickle Gardens park from EPR Properties.

In 2023, Battel Parks & Resorts was sold to SoundBox Media. In September, Battel acquired Soundbox and the company was renamed into Battel Parks & Resorts. Along with the purchase, they dropped the liscenes to the BBC and the BBC Studio Park was renamed to Battel Studio Park Bristol, the company planned to open two more in the future.

Parks

 * 1) Battel Studio Park Bristol (formerly BBC Studio Park) (Bristol, England)
 * 2) Britain's Wonderland (Lancaster, England)
 * 3) Fantasy Falls (Liverpool, England)
 * 4) Landon Gardens (Manchester, England)
 * 5) London Adventure Park (The City of London, England)
 * 6) Sickle Gardens (Salt Lake City, Utah)
 * 7) Silverstone Lake (Kansas City, Kansas)
 * 8) Summerland Park (Fresno, California)
 * 9) Washington's Great America (Washington, D.C., Maryland)
 * 10) Gio Network Land (Orlando, Florida)

Licences

 * 1) BBC (1995-2023)
 * 2) Gio Network (Since 2001)
 * 3) Hanna Barbera (Since 1997)
 * 4) Nickelodeon (Since 2015)
 * 5) Sesame Street (Since 2010)

Trivia

 * Every park except BBC Studio Park had the Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters (at least as walk-rounds)
 * The only reason why the company has the rights to use BBC franchises is because BBC had a falling out with Universal because they wanted control over the park.