Lion Quays Waterside Resort

Name

Lion Quays Waterside Resort

Legal name

LQ Resorts

Website

https://lionquays.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Resort and Spa Hospitality

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (722515)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Hotels & Motels (7011), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Marina & Waterfront Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars (THAFAEAI), Nightlife Events & Club Tickets (THAJAFAK), Bars & Pubs (Non-Music) (MPAGAIAC)

Keywords

• Spa hotel services
• Wedding venue hire
• Corporate meeting facilities
• Fitness club memberships
• Resort dining services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oswestry

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Room Accommodations: Revenue from overnight stays in hotel rooms and suites featuring Hypnos beds with views over Shropshire countryside
2. Spa Services: Spa breaks, spa days, spa treatments, and group spa bookings for members and day guests
3. Dining: Food and beverage revenue from Waterside restaurant and Café Ash, including afternoon tea and special event dining
4. Club Memberships and Fitness: Club memberships, fitness classes, and post-workout café purchases at the Technogym-equipped club facility
5. Events and Entertainment: Revenue from ticketed events including tribute band nights, live music, and seasonal celebrations
6. Weddings and Celebrations: Wedding packages, celebration packages, and event space rentals for weddings and special occasions
7. Corporate Events and Team Building: Meeting spaces, corporate retreats, and team building packages
8. Gift Vouchers: Gift vouchers sold for spa, dining, and hotel stays

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Lion Quays is a canal-side spa hotel and resort in Shropshire that sells overnight accommodation (rooms and suites with Hypnos beds), spa treatments and spa breaks, restaurant dining (Waterside and Café Ash) and afternoon tea, a Technogym fitness club with memberships, padel courts, and venues for weddings, celebrations, and corporate meetings. It also runs ticketed seasonal entertainment such as tribute band nights.

Product overview

Lion Quays Waterside Resort is a spa hotel and resort offering accommodation, spa and wellness, dining, fitness, and event services along the Llangollen Canal in Shropshire. The resort operates as part of the LQ Resorts group and provides a unified hospitality experience combining rooms and suites (with Hypnos beds), the Lion Quays Spa (offering treatments, spa days, and spa breaks), Waterside Restaurant and Café Ash for dining, a Club facility with Technogym equipment, Ace Padel sports facilities, and comprehensive weddings, celebrations, and corporate meetings services. The resort also hosts seasonal entertainment events including tribute band performances.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lion Quays Spa: Spa and wellness facilities offering treatments, spa breaks, and spa days
• Lion Quays Club
• Waterside Restaurant
• Cafe Ash

Products and services

• Rooms and Suites

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ace PadelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAce Padel partnership at Lion Quays Club offering padel sports facilities as part of the club offering, expanding fitness and recreational options for members and guests

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pennyhill Park (Exclusive Collection): Five-star country house hotel in Surrey offering spa, dining, weddings, and corporate events. Comparable on the full-service country-resort proposition, though at a premium price tier.
• De Vere Hotels & Resorts: UK hotel group with strong meetings, conferences, and events (MICE) focus alongside leisure stays, dining, and weddings. Highly comparable on the corporate + celebration + leisure mix that drives Lion Quays' ancillary revenue.
• Hand Picked Hotels: Collection of country house and coastal hotels across the UK offering accommodation, spa, fine dining, weddings, and meetings — overlapping directly with Lion Quays' full-service resort proposition, though positioned at the luxury end.
• Champneys: UK spa-resort group combining destination health spas with hotels, dining, and wellness memberships. Closely comparable on the spa-led, members-plus-day-visitors revenue model that Lion Quays also pursues.
• Wyboston Lakes Resort: Bedfordshire resort with hotel, spa, golf, dining, weddings, and conference facilities. Comparable on the multi-amenity mid-market UK regional resort model.
• Macdonald Hotels: UK portfolio of more than 30 four-star hotels and resorts with spa, leisure clubs, weddings, dining, and corporate events — a very direct comparable on product mix and customer segments, although Macdonald operates at substantially larger scale and more upscale positioning.
• QHotels: UK collection of four-star hotels with golf, spa, leisure clubs, weddings, and meetings. Overlaps directly on golf/spa/wedding positioning, though typically larger and more golf-centric than Lion Quays.
• Celtic Manor Resort: Large Welsh resort offering rooms, multiple restaurants, spa, golf, weddings, and corporate events. A direct competitor for the North Wales / Shropshire catchment that Lion Quays serves.
• Warner Leisure Hotels: UK-focused adult-only resort brand with rooms, dining, leisure clubs, and entertainment programming (live music, shows). Comparable on the integrated entertainment-led leisure break model.

Broad incumbents

• Hilton UK & Ireland: Global hotel major with significant UK full-service and leisure resort presence (e.g., Hilton hotels with spa, weddings, and F&B). Overlaps on product categories but competes on loyalty scale and brand reach rather than on the bespoke regional resort experience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@lqresortscollection
• Facebookfacebook.com/LionQuays
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lion-quays-waterside-resort
• Instagraminstagram.com/lqresorts
• TikToktiktok.com/@lqresorts
• Pinterestuk.pinterest.com/lqresorts

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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