Long Ash Garden Centre, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 7LL

Guide price

£1,000,000

Size

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Tenure

Freehold

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Primary use
Out of town retail
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No floor / site plan

Key features

  • 1.732 acre site
  • YE 31 Jan 2025 Turnover: £583,725
  • YE 31 Jan 2025 Adjusted Net Profit: £118,181
  • Onsite café with around 50 covers
  • Carparking for circa 50 vehicles
  • Scope to expand the range of products sold
  • Christie & Co Ref: 4211166

Description

Description

Christie & Co are delighted to bring to market a well established and beautifully presented garden centre set in the village of Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon.
The freehold site is comprised of approximately 1.7 acres and benefits from a popular onsite café with 50 covers and a 50 space car park.
This family run site has built a good reputation with loyal customers citing friendly and knowledgeable staff and good quality plants set in beautiful surroundings.

Location

Long Ash Garden Centre is located in the village of Buckland Monachorum in West Devon near the River Tavy about 10 miles north of Plymouth and on the western edge of Dartmoor National Park.
According to the latest census data 425,254 people live within a 25km radius of the garden centre and local demographic analysis shows favourable conditions for garden centres with above average home ownership and owner-occupied housing.

Site Information

The freehold garden centre is in all around 1.73 acres. To the front of the glasshouses is a large level customer car park. The main internal retail area is housed within a a number of multi-span glasshouses where there are wide range of garden sundries, tools, house plants, pots, bird care and giftware and seasonal rnages.
Long Ash is a garden centre with a strong focus on plants which are retailed from a mixture of a number of polytunnels and open plant area.
To the north west of the site it the café which is housed within a modern timber lodge style building and which offers both internal and external covers.

The Opportunity

This freehold garden centre represents a fantastic opportunity for a local garden centre operator to expand or for a first time buyer to acquire a profitable centre with considerable potential to increase turnover and profitability.
The café is popular with locals and ideally placed to benefit from tourists and walkers visiting the beautiful surrounding countryside and areas of outstanding natural beauty. It is also close to National Trust Buckland Abbey.
The garden centre is a family run business and is being sold as part of a genuine retirement sale.

Staff

The business is run by the family with the assistance of a small team. Full details of the staff that will transfer under TUPE can be provided.

Trading Hours

Monday - Closed
Tuesday – Sunday 10.00 – 16.00

Business Rates

The rateable value for the year beginning 1st April 2026 is £23,250.

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Long Ash Garden Centre, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 7LL

NEAREST STATIONS

National Rail

Bere Alston Station

3.59 miles

National Rail

Calstock Station

3.83 miles

National Rail

Gunnislake Station

4.36 miles

About Christie Owen & Davies Ltd, Retail

Christie Owen & Davies Ltd, Retail

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

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