limited company industry health club gym tennis founded 1982 1982 founder david lloyd headquarters hatfield hertfordshire england number of locations 91 total 81 in the uk 10 across europe area served uk europe key people glenn earlam chief executive services premium racquets and leisure clubs owner tdr capital website www.davidlloyd.co.uk coordinates 51 45 54 n 0 14 24 w 51.765 n 0.240 w 51.765 ; 0.240 david lloyd leisure is a british sports health and leisure business that runs health clubs and gyms across europe . contents 1 history 2 current operations 3 references 4 external links history edit david lloyd established david lloyd leisure in 1982 and opened the first club aimed at providing a family orientated high quality fitness and leisure facility . this was somewhat distinct from the traditional gyms and sports centres of the time . there was also an emphasis on racquet sports . by 1995 there were 18 david lloyd leisure clubs when whitbread plc acquired the company for 182 million 1 incorporating it into its restaurants & leisure division . gerrard duxbury remained as managing director of the division until 1996 . whitbread ran more than 50 david lloyd leisure dll clubs in the uk and northern ireland with a further number in spain the netherlands and belgium . however by the mid 2000s the business was giving whitbread a poor financial return 2 and on 2 august 2007 they sold it to london & regional properties and bank of scotland for 925 million . whitbread used the proceeds from the sale to repay debt . 1 london & regional properties already owned and operated next generation clubs ; the businesses were merged under the next generation clubs management team led by scott lloyd david lloyd s son . 3 on 5 september 2013 london & regional properties agreed to sell david lloyd leisure to tdr capital for 750m . tdr capital will invest 50m into existing clubs and to further expand its uk & european operations 4 current operations edit dll is britain s biggest tennis operator and manages 800 tennis courts . there are 88 clubs in the uk which also include 150 swimming pools 180 badminton courts and 140 squash courts . 5 references edit a b whitbread sells david lloyd gyms bbc news 4 june 2007 . retrieved 15 july 2011 . osborne alistair 2 september 2005 . leisure boss ousted over poor figures . daily telegraph . retrieved 15 july 2011 . london & regional properties and bank of scotland acquire david lloyd leisure ltd . press release . next generation clubs . 5 june 2007 . archived from the original on 8 october 2007 . retrieved 15 july 2011 . blitz roger 5 september 2013 . tdr capital snaps up uk s david lloyd leisure . financial times . retrieved 24 march 2016 . about . david lloyd leisure . retrieved 2 december 2014 . external links edit official website v t e whitbread plc subsidiaries and brands current beefeater grill brewers fayre costa coffee coffeeheaven premier inn table table taybarns touchbase former berni inn britvic david lloyd leisure hogshead pizza hut swallow hotels t.g.i. friday s threshers whitbread inns other samuel whitbread whitbread round the world race category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title david lloyd leisure & oldid 738434162 categories tennis venues in the united kingdomhealth clubs in the united kingdomwhitbread former divisions and subsidiariescompanies established in 1990hidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use british english from november 2013coordinates not on wikidataofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 23 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view