Merlin Entertainments Ltd is a British entertainments company headquartered in Poole, England. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by a consortium of Kirkbi A/S (the investment arm of the Christiansen family, controller of The Lego Group) in November 2019.
History[]
Properties[]
Theme Parks[]
- Alton Towers Resort - Staffordshire Moorlands, UK (1860)
- Thorpe Park - Chertsey, Surrey, UK (1979)
- Chessington World of Adventures - Chessington, Greater London, UK (1987)
- Gardaland - Castelnuovo del Garda, Italy (1975)
- Heide Park Resort - Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany (1978)
- Legoland Billund Resort - Billund, Denmark (1968)
- Legoland California - California, USA (1999)
- Legoland Deutschland Resort - Günzburg, Germany (2002)
- Legoland Dubai - Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2016)
- Legoland Florida Resort - Winter Haven, Florida, USA (2011)
- Legoland Japan Resort - Nagoya, Japan (2017)
- Legoland Malaysia Resort - Johor Bahru, Malaysia (2012)
- Legoland New York Resort (2021)
- Legoland Windsor Resort - Windsor, UK (1996)
Midway Attractions[]
Bus Operations[]
In February 2016, Merlin purchased a 15% shareholding in Big Bus Tours.