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Bacchus, 1 Anchor Street Leisure Park, Anchor Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BP

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Christie & Co, Pubs & Restaurants
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SECTOR

Bar / nightclub for sale

Key features

  • Prime location in leisure complex
  • Versatile trading space (7,139sqft)
  • High occupancy potential
  • Leasehold. Rent £55,000
  • Opposite multi-storey car park
  • Flexible licensed hours. Energy Rating B
  • Christie & Co Ref: 3858318

Description

Description

The venue is located on the ground floor and boasts a versatile layout featuring a stylish bar servery, comfortable lounge seating, VIP booths, a dedicated dancefloor with DJ area, and a shell commercial kitchen ready for fit-out. Designed to accommodate large numbers for club nights, private hire, and events, it operates under a late-night license, typically trading until 2-3am on weekends. The interior is finished to a modern standard, and there is an excellent opportunity for change of use, subject to planning (STP).

Location

Bacchus Bar is prominently positioned on Anchor Street in the vibrant town of Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire. The venue benefits from excellent transport links, with Bishop’s Stortford railway station just a short walk away, providing direct connections to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge. Anchor Street connects to Station Road (A1059), offering easy access to the A120 and the M11 motorway, which links to London and Stansted Airport.

Ground Floor

*Entrance, ticket office, central bar, cloak room, customer toilets, back bar, DJ booth, booth seating areas, commercial kitchen, cellar and storage*

Other Floors

First Floor: DJ booth, office, storage, plant room, security room, staff room.

Fixtures & Fittings

All fixtures and fittings to be included in the sale, a full inventory will be made available.

External Details

The service corridor is accessed from the rear of the building on the ground floor.

Staff

There will be no staff transferring across with the sale.

Trading Information

There are no trading accounts available.

Trading Hours

Previous trading hours:
Thursday: 17:00 – 02:00
Friday: 17:00 – 03:00
Saturday: 12:00 – 03:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 23:00
Monday & Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed

Development Potential

This property offers scope for alternative uses, subject to planning consent and the terms of the existing lease.

Key considerations include:

Permitted Use: Confirmed under the lease; currently operating as a late-night bar/nightclub.

Change of Use: Potential to convert to other Class E uses (such as restaurant, café, or leisure) subject to landlord consent and planning approval.

Alterations: Structural or layout changes may require landlord consent in accordance with the alterations clause.

Tenure

This is an opportunity to acquire a 15-year, internally repairing leasehold with 10 years remaining. Contracted in to the landlord and tenant act 1954 at a passing rent of £55,000 pa (excluding VAT), subject to five-yearly rent reviews.

The landlord will likely require a 3-6 month deposit and/or personal guarantees.

Business Rates

The VOA lists the property with a rateable value of £68,000 from April 2023.

Regulatory

Premises Licence.

Brochures

Bacchus, 1 Anchor Street Leisure Park, Anchor Street, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 3BP

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Bishop's Stortford Station0.1 miles
  • Stansted Mountfitchet Station2.8 miles
  • Sawbridgeworth Station3.7 miles

About Christie & Co, Pubs & Restaurants

Whitefriars House, 6 Carmelite Street, London, EC4Y 0BS

We’re the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical.

If you’re looking to buy or sell a business in our specialist sectors – from a pharmacy in Sussex to a hotel in Austria – our expert advice and collaborative support will help you achieve your goals. You may be an independent first-time buyer or a multinational adding to your portfolio; either way, you’ll discover that our personalised service is focused on helping you achieve your ambitions.

Clients have access to our carefully managed network of potential buyers. This unique database of contacts has been continually developed by our advanced IT capabilities and benefits from both our years of experience developing our network and our wide geographical coverage.

Where we work

We employ the largest team of sector specialists in the UK and the largest group of hotel specialists in Europe, providing professional brokerage and advisory services from offices in major cities across Britain and Europe. And because we’ve been doing this for over 80 years, we know our sectors and local markets inside out. We work closely with our clients to guide and conclude transactions of any size, covering hotels, restaurants and pubs, leisure, forecourts and convenience retail businesses, social care and elderly care, childcare & education facilities, dental practices and pharmacies.

Our professional services

We offer unrivalled insight, experience and expertise across your choice of services, including brokerage, consultancy, finance, development, investment, surveying, rent reviews, dispute resolution, corporate valuation, and turnaround & recovery. These services are all underpinned by our in-depth market intelligence and leading-edge technology. And we’re accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), so you can trust in our professionalism.

What makes us tick

Businesses are about people, so relationships matter to us. We bring an integrity and transparency to business which can be all too rare – and that’s why people trust us. Our clients will attest to our genuine desire to help achieve their objectives, our attention to detail, and our tireless hard work on their behalf. We understand that buying a business can bring its own pressures and strains; needs can change, plans may need to be adjusted, and opportunities can come and go. But we’re always here, a constant, flexible and reliable force you can count on.

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Mon – Fri, 9am – 5.30pm

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