Dutchman Hotel 267-269 Promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire FY1 6AH

Online auction 17th - 18th March 2026

25 Bed Seafront Hotel With Bistro & Public Bar

A substantial Promenade property occupying a prime position between Central and South Piers, enjoying panoramic views across the Irish Sea. The property is operated as a well-established hospitality business and offers multiple income streams from the letting accommodation, bistro/restaurant, and public bar/club.
The hotel provides 25 en suite letting bedrooms, all equipped with TVs and tea and coffee making facilities. To the ground floor is a fully fitted and equipped bistro/restaurant supported by commercial kitchens. The basement houses a public lounge bar/club benefiting from a 6am nightclub licence (not currently utilised), presenting clear scope for reinstatement or alternative commercial uses, subject to any required consents.
Externally, there is a beer garden to the front overlooking the Promenade and rear parking for approximately 8 vehicles. The property also benefits from a self-contained penthouse owners’/managers’ flat.
The premises offer significant potential for continued hotel use, enhanced leisure operation, or possible alternative uses such as serviced accommodation, residential conversion, or mixed-use development, subject to the necessary consents.

Location Situated on the renowned Blackpool Promenade in a busy trading position between Central and South Piers. The property is within easy walking distance of major attractions including the Pleasure Beach, the Tower and Circus, Sandcastle Waterpark, and the town’s wide range of shops, bars, restaurants, and theatres.
Accommodation Ground Floor:
Promenade bistro and restaurant with fitted bar providing approximately 60 covers (licensed for 120), together with fully equipped commercial kitchens featuring stainless steel extraction and gas interlock system. Ladies’ and gents’ WCs.
Lower Ground Floor:
Basement lounge public bar and club with fitted bar counter, stage/dance floor, children’s zone, games room with pool table, chilled cellar and access to external smoking area.
First Floor
25 en suite letting bedrooms comprising: 13 Double, 9 Family, 2 Twin, 1 Single
Third Floor:
Penthouse owners’/managers’ flat providing open plan lounge and fitted kitchen with sea views, plus double bedroom with en suite.
Exterior:
Front beer garden overlooking the Promenade. Rear parking for approximately 8 vehicles. Potential to lease an additional 15 parking spaces by separate negotiation.
Business Auctionhouse are informed that all inventory required to continue running the Hotel will be left for the new owner. Any future booking details will be passed to the new owner along with website and app if required.
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Tenure: Freehold

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