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Zip World
Zip World is a Welsh outdoor adventure activity company based in Llanrwst, Wales, United Kingdom. The company operates four sites in Wales, primarily focused on zip lines and outdoor adventure activity courses. Since 2025, it is majority owned by Dolphin Capital.
Zip World was created by Sean Taylor, an ex-Royal Marines commando from the Conwy Valley, based on his military experiences using zip lines and sky-diving. Taylor focused on converting heritage industrial sites into adventure playgrounds, making North Wales into an important adventure activity centre in Europe. Taylor launched 'Treetop Adventures' in 2007 (now Zip World Fforest).
"Zip World" was launched in 2013 with 8 staff, with the opening of Zip World Velocity at Penrhyn quarry in March. In 2014, Zip World Titan and Bounce Below at Llechwedd Slate Caverns opened, followed by Zip World Caverns at the same location in 2015. Zip World Fforest, a redevelopment of Treetop Adventures, opened in 2016.
In August 2017, it became sponsors of Eirias Stadium in Colwyn Bay, branding it as Stadiwm Zip World, which was retained as the brand name until a new sponsor took over in June 2022.
In 2021, the company had 250 staff, with up to 3,500 visitors per day during the peak holiday periods. The company stated it was set to report a turnover of £10 million for 2021, with a profit of £5.5 million.
The company is said to be valued at almost £100 million by September 2022, and has ambitions to expand further, but remaining based in Wales and being regarded as a Welsh company. The company bought out a business operating in the Lake District and Manchester and is looking to the accommodation and sustainable transport sectors, while considering a rebrand by the end of 2022, potentially "ZW" to address their increasingly non-Zip line business.
In January 2025, it was majority sold to Dolphin Capital, with Taylor retaining a minority stake. The deal was valued at £100 million.
Zip World operates four sites, three in North Wales and one in South Wales. Three northern sites are in close proximity to each other and comprises sites at Penrhyn quarry, Llechwedd Slate Caverns, and Zip World Fforest near Betws-y-Coed. It also operates the Zip World Tower in Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales. Zip World was scheduled to open the Skyflyer airship in Rhyl, north Wales in July, then August 2022, however the launch was postponed to early 2023 due to bad weather and engineering issues.
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Zip World
Zip World is a Welsh outdoor adventure activity company based in Llanrwst, Wales, United Kingdom. The company operates four sites in Wales, primarily focused on zip lines and outdoor adventure activity courses. Since 2025, it is majority owned by Dolphin Capital.
Zip World was created by Sean Taylor, an ex-Royal Marines commando from the Conwy Valley, based on his military experiences using zip lines and sky-diving. Taylor focused on converting heritage industrial sites into adventure playgrounds, making North Wales into an important adventure activity centre in Europe. Taylor launched 'Treetop Adventures' in 2007 (now Zip World Fforest).
"Zip World" was launched in 2013 with 8 staff, with the opening of Zip World Velocity at Penrhyn quarry in March. In 2014, Zip World Titan and Bounce Below at Llechwedd Slate Caverns opened, followed by Zip World Caverns at the same location in 2015. Zip World Fforest, a redevelopment of Treetop Adventures, opened in 2016.
In August 2017, it became sponsors of Eirias Stadium in Colwyn Bay, branding it as Stadiwm Zip World, which was retained as the brand name until a new sponsor took over in June 2022.
In 2021, the company had 250 staff, with up to 3,500 visitors per day during the peak holiday periods. The company stated it was set to report a turnover of £10 million for 2021, with a profit of £5.5 million.
The company is said to be valued at almost £100 million by September 2022, and has ambitions to expand further, but remaining based in Wales and being regarded as a Welsh company. The company bought out a business operating in the Lake District and Manchester and is looking to the accommodation and sustainable transport sectors, while considering a rebrand by the end of 2022, potentially "ZW" to address their increasingly non-Zip line business.
In January 2025, it was majority sold to Dolphin Capital, with Taylor retaining a minority stake. The deal was valued at £100 million.
Zip World operates four sites, three in North Wales and one in South Wales. Three northern sites are in close proximity to each other and comprises sites at Penrhyn quarry, Llechwedd Slate Caverns, and Zip World Fforest near Betws-y-Coed. It also operates the Zip World Tower in Rhondda Cynon Taf in south Wales. Zip World was scheduled to open the Skyflyer airship in Rhyl, north Wales in July, then August 2022, however the launch was postponed to early 2023 due to bad weather and engineering issues.