The Inn Collection Group surfs in with North Tyneside debut on Tynemouth seafront.

Northern pubco The Inn Collection Group has made its North Tyneside debut with the acquisition of iconic art deco site The Park Hotel at famous Longsands beach.

The expanding pubs with rooms group has completed on the 53-bedroom venue on Grand Parade, Tynemouth in an undisclosed deal that brings its estate to 21.

With sites in Northumberland, County Durham, Teesside, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, and Wearside, completion on The Park gives The Inn Collection Group an enhanced presence across the North of England.

Managing director of The Inn Collection Group Sean Donkin said: “We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming The Park into our pubs with rooms family. With its location alongside one of the UK’s most popular beaches and proximity to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it’s a great fit with our brand, offering customers stunning places to eat, drink, sleep and explore from in outstanding locations across Northern England.

“We’re excited to have established a new presence in North Tyneside with a site as unique and dynamic as The Park. It has been a long-term target and we are looking forward to developing the site with a view to maximising the opportunities presented from its location, potential offering, and local environment.”

The Park will remain closed in the short term while a complex redevelopment of the site is planned ahead of a major investment in the site by the group.

The purchase of The Park comes after The Inn Collection Group completed on prestigious lakeside venue The Wateredge Inn in Ambleside, Cumbria, last month.

The Alchemy-backed group, which is supported with banking from OakNorth, will continue to roll out its ‘buy and build’ freehold growth plans.

The Inn Collection Group is preparing to reopen its trading sites on 17 May and has launched a 200-job recruitment campaign ahead of its sites reopening. Its Eat, Drink, Sleep and Explore pubs-with-rooms brand includes food and drink venues that are open daily, all year round, with serviced AA Gold three and four-star accommodation.

The Inn Collection Group was advised by Imogen Holland, Corporate Partner at Newcastle-based law firm Ward Hadaway and Neil Hart, Managing Director at Bradley Hall on pre-acquisition diligence.