A Family Tradition…
Thornley Leisure Parks was founded by William (Bill) Sutcliffe Thornley and his wife Dorothy in 1962. The couple, originally bakers from Cheshire, had holidayed in North Wales for many years and when the opportunity to establish a bakery in Conwy came their way, they decided to relocate with their twin boys to the area they had grown so fond of.
Bill and Dorothy soon decided that they wanted to make their hobby their business and leave the long hours and early mornings of the bakery business behind. They purchased Craiglwyd Hall in 1961 and never looked back. Since those early days, the business has grown and grown to establish itself as one of the largest family-run businesses in the industry. Thornley Leisure Parks now owns and operates ten caravan parks, seven in North Wales, one in Mid Wales, Cheshire and North Yorkshire and now David Thornley (Bill and Dorothy’s son) along with his two children, David Jr and Libby, continue the legacy of delivering high standards of customer service and attention to detail that the late Bill and Dorothy Thornley initiated over 60 years ago.
