Since the Hall burnt down in 1912 (allegedly after someone dropped a lit cigarette at a party), the fortunes of the Park have undergone a number of changes of fortune. The Leche family moved to Stretton Hall and the estate was acquired by a leisure company in the 1980s and subsequently developed as a countryside leisure facility including an eighteen-hole golf course, a golf academy, hotel accommodation and a restaurant. It was originally hoped that, had Manchester’s bid to host the Olympic Games in the year 2000 been successful, some of the events (such as archery and shooting) would be held at Carden, attracting considerable sums of money. Following the failure of Manchester’s Olympic bid, the company that owned the estate sold it on to St David’s Hotels, Ltd. They built a second golf course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, and a much larger hotel and spa facility. It is now part of the international de Vere group of hotels.