[citation needed] Frenchmans Beach, renamed Rye Harbour, was the first park to be owned, and as the company expanded to include other Kent and East Sussex parks, the name Cinque Ports Leisure was introduced to emphasize the regional base; the name being associated with the port towns that helped defend the UK during the Napoleonic wars.

[citation needed] In 2006, the business was acquired by Graphite Capital, and changed its name to Park Holidays UK in 2007, to reflect its expansion away from the Kent and East Sussex area, and the growing holiday and short break aspect of the business.

In December 2015, Park Holidays UK relocated its head office from Coghurst Hall, Hastings, to Glovers House, Bexhill-on-Sea with approximately 90 staff members, the first development to be completed in the newly built Bexhill Enterprise Park.

In December 2016 it was announced that Caledonia Investments had agreed on terms for a sale to Tiger Bidco Ltd,[3] a company incorporated by Intermediate Capital Group (ICG).

[citation needed] In June 2017, Park Holidays UK purchased Carlton Meres[4] in Suffolk, just ten miles inland from the picturesque seaside town of Aldeburgh.

[citation needed] In April 2022 an agreement was reached with Sun Communities to acquire Park Holidays UK from ICG (intermediate Capital Group).