Factfile
TLH at-a-glance. A quick summary of information about TLH Leisure Resort, together with some information about Torquay and the surrounding area. You'll find plenty more information when you browse around our website.
The Resort
Hotels
Four - Derwent, Victoria, Carlton and Toorak - on a seven acre site
Location
Torquay, the heart of the English Riviera, just minutes from the seafront
Total Bedrooms
440 en suite
Self Catering Units
29
Max no Guests
1100
The Business
Established
The business was established in 1947 by Joyce and Clifford Murrell and is still family owned.
Annual Turnover
£11 million
Number of Employees
330
Training
In-house training office providing extensive on-going training programmes for all levels of staff.
The Hotels
The Toorak
Grade
3***
Beds
92
Bars/Restaurants
Award-winning Grosvenor Resturant, 2 RAC Dining Awards; Conway Br and Terrace; Chatsworth Suite.
Specialities
Conferences, Business Seminars, Golfing Breaks, Functions
The Derwent
Grade
2**
Beds
172
Bars/Restaurants
400 cover restaurant. Mediterrania Bar overlooking indoor pool, Eclipse Nitespot; Starlight Ballroom.
Specialities
Family holidays, Bowling holidays and breaks.
The Victoria
Grade
2**
Beds
80 plus self-catering apartments.
Bars/Restaurants
Victoria Restaurant with listed feature ceiling; Alberts Bar, Alberts Continental Bistro. Lounge Bar.
Specialities
Dancing Holidays.
The Carlton
Grade
3***
Beds
55 plus self catering apartments.
Bars/Restaurants
Restaurant; Riviera Ballroom; Madison Function suite.
Specialities
Short breaks, dancing holidays.
TLH Leisure
Swimming Pools
Aztec Falls - 25 metre themed indoor pool, with additional fun pool alongside. Sauna, steam room and jacuzzi also in this area.
2 outdoor pools, with children's pools alongside.
Luxury Spa
Aztec Spa opened December 2005. Luxury facial and body treatments by spa specialists, Elemis; manicures and pedicures by OPI; St Tropez Airport Spray Tanning.
Gymnasium
32 workstation gym offering latest CV and resistance equipment. On-board TV monitors on CV machines. Professional instructors. Fully air-conditioned.
Memberships available
Arena Games
2000 square ft games area with 10-pin bowling, snooker, pool, American pool, computer games, internet cafe, sports bar and soda bar.
Did you Know?
- Agatha Christie was born in Torquay and spent most of her life in the resort.
- The three resorts of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham have collectively been known as the English Riviera since Victorian times.
- The English Riviera has 18 beaches, many of which are Blue Flag status.
- Tourism is the cornerstone of the local economy contributing over £300, million each year and sustaining as many as 1 in 3 jobs in the main holiday season.
- Cockington is a Domesday Book traditional country estate with manor house, church, formal gardens, village with water wheel, gift shops and famous thatched cottages, horse and carriage rides.
- Devon is the third largest county in England and has more roadway than any other with over 13,0000 kilometres. It is also the only county with two coastlines.
- Castle Drogo on Dartmoor, designed and built by Lutyens, is the last castle to be built in England.
- The dial on the clock on the Church at Buckland-in-the-Moor reads: My Dear Mother.
- The village pub at Kingston near Modbury is divided by the road and has a sign saying: "Please drive carefully through this pub."
- Burgh Island's Art Deco Hotel was the location for several secret liaisons between the then prince of Wales and Mrs Wallis Simpson. It is also where Agatha Christie wrote a number of her best sellers.
- Soar Mill Cove, down the coast from Bigbury, is one of Britain's premier bird watching locations.
- Fort Bovisand near Plymouth is a former coastal defence against the threat of invasion from Napolean. Today it is an internationally acclaimed diver training centre.
- Sharpham Vineyard near Totnes produced award winning vintage wines each year and also wins prizes for its Brie cheese.