About Us

Portsmouth Watersports Centre is managed by Parkwood Community Leisure, a subsidiary of Parkwood Leisure Ltd.

One of the most successful leisure management companies in the UK, Parkwood Leisure is a wholly owned subsidiary of Parkwood Holdings Plc, a fully listed support services company.

Parkwood Leisure specialises in the development and operation of leisure facilities on behalf of local authority and non-local authority clients. The Company’s management experience ranges from 50m pools to theatres, ice rinks and stand-alone catering facilities.

The Company has developed an established reputation for high quality management and customer-focused service provision and has a strong track record in increasing the usage of the facilities it manages, through financial investment and a flexible approach to community needs.

Since the formation of the Company in 1995, Parkwood Leisure has increased its portfolio to over 80 facilities working with 25 clients across England and Wales. Led by Chief Executive, Andrew Holt, with a loyal and strengthened team, the Company is in its most successful year with a turnover in excess of £65 million and employing over 4000 people.

To find out more about the facilities managed by Parkwood Leisure please visit Leisurecentre.com.