Johnsons Leisure Limited
Founded in 1960, Johnsons Leisure Limited has grown into a leading provider of luxury outdoor leisure products, specialising in garden rooms, hot tubs and composite decking. The business has built a strong reputation for helping homeowners transform their outdoor spaces.
Operating from their Challock site since around 2011, Johnsons Leisure has expanded significantly, with retail locations now spanning mainland England and Northern Ireland, and they are delighted that Ashford remains central to their operations.
Johnsons Leisure Limited was drawn to Ashford by its excellent access to both the M2 and M20 motorways, together with its beautiful rural location and the opportunity to recruit from the local community, bringing employment to a highly regarded borough.
Primarily a business-to-consumer operation, Johnsons Leisure works closely with clients to bring their outdoor living visions to life. Alongside established partnerships with local suppliers and European manufacturers, the company is now developing its own product range—creating opportunities to increase UK-based manufacturing, strengthen local supply chains, and generate further employment in the region.
The Ashford borough offers Johnsons Leisure a fantastic rural operational base, a great local community who offer support and who we try to support in return, all whilst giving us access to the local and wider infrastructure.
Anthony Dungar, Director
With a proud history behind them and a clear vision for the future, Johnsons Leisure Limited is a great example of how businesses can scale nationally while remaining embedded in their local community.
We have had great support from the borough council’s Economic Development Team, who have given us some really useful contacts within the borough whom we’re excited to work with moving forwards
Anthony Dungar, Director