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The Landon Group is a UK based company focused on running theme parks.

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 it's 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 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.

Parks

 * 1) 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)

Licenses

 * 1) BBC (Since 1995)
 * 2) Hanna Barbera (Since 1997)
 * 3) Nickelodeon (Since 2015)
 * 4) Sesame Street (Since 2010)

Trivia

 * Every park except BBC Studio Park have the Hanna Barbera cartoon characters (at least as walkarounds)
 * 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.