Unit 1 Junction 39 Business Park, Green Farm, Shap, Cumbria CA10 3PW

Property Summary

• A modern warehouse unit which was re-built in 2019, with electric up and over vehicle doors to the front and rear, including a dock levelling facility

• Generous car parking, with 18 marked bays to the side and additional space at the front and rear of the building

• Minimum eaves height of 4.94m rising to 9.67m at the peak of the apex frame

• Excellent road communications being situated adjacent to the A6 and being just 2 miles from Junction 39 of the M6

• Gross Internal Area of 2,009.41m2 (21,629 sq ft)

• Commencing Rent - £110,500 per annum for Year 1 and £132,000 per annum exclusive from Year 2

LOCATION

Junction 39 Business Park is situated within the village of Shap in the South East of Cumbria and North West of England. Shap is a linear village and civil parish arranged along the A6 road within the District of Eden and being less than 1 mile to the east of the Lake District National Park and 2 miles northwest of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Shap has a population of 1,264 (2011 Census) offering local services including a primary school, small convenience store, café, two public houses, a fish and chip shop, butchers and a number of bed and breakfasts. The village is very much rural and lies over 1,000 ft above sea level.

The nearest towns are Penrith which is approximately 14 miles to the north and Kendal, 15 miles to the south, both reached via the A6 or M6. Penrith has a population of 15,200 (2012 Census) and is known as an attractive affluent market town benefiting from good access to the Lake District National Park as well as being situated on Junction 40 of the M6/A66 interchange. Penrith offers good retail and leisure facilities including Sainsburys, Booths, Morrisons and Aldi Supermarkets as well as a range of national retailers. The town has a train station on the West Coast Main Line with direct services north to Carlisle and Glasgow and south to the London Euston with a journey time of around 3 hours.

Kendal is the principal town of South Lakeland with a resident population of 29,495 (2011 Census) and is also a popular tourist destination being on the southern boundaries of the Lake District National Park and 10 miles away from Windermere. Other nearby towns include Windermere, 21 miles to the south west and Kirkby Stephen, 19 miles to the east. The village of Tebay is around 8 miles to the south east adjacent to Junction 38 and Westmorland Services.

The subject property is accessed directly from the A6 which travels south where it meets up with Junction 39 of the M6, around 2 miles away. The A6 continues south leading to Kendal or north to Penrith.

DESCRIPTION

The unit comprises a modern warehouse building, substantially rebuilt in 2019, of steel portal frame construction with profile clad elevations underneath an insulated multi-pitched profile clad roof. The building incorporates two electric up-and-over vehicle doors (4.29m wide x 5.00m high and 3.99m wide x 3.58m high) as well as a dock levelling electric vehicle door (3.00m wide x 3.47m high) with a 0.91m fall and 4.00m wide loading lane.

Internally, the accommodation provides open plan warehousing with solid concrete flooring, exposed profile clad walls, translucent roof lights, suspended LED warehouse lighting, gas hot air blowers and with a minimum eaves height of 4.94m rising to 9.67m at the top of the apex frame. There is an amenity block with an office, male WCs and a separate female/disabled WC.

Externally, there are loading areas to the front/side, formed in concrete hardstanding as well as having a strip of tarmacadam car parking with marked spaces for around 18 vehicles and further spaces available within the front and rear yard.

ACCOMMODATION

The premises provide the following approximate gross internal areas:

Ground Floor/Total 2,009.41m² (21,629 sq ft)

SERVICES

The property is connected to mains electricity (three phase), gas, water and the mains drainage/sewerage system. Heating is via gas-fired hot air blowers.

Prospective occupiers should make their own enquiries as to the services available for future use.

PROPOSAL

The property is available by way of a new full repairing and insuring lease for a term to be agreed and at a commencing rental of £110,500 per annum exclusive for Year 1 and £132,000 per annum exclusive from Year 2 onwards.

VAT

It is advised that the property is elected for VAT and therefore VAT is payable on top of the rental consideration.

RATEABLE VALUE

The unit is assessed with a Rateable Value of £106,000 with current estimated rates payable of £58,830 per annum. Prospective tenants should check the exact rates payable with Westmorland & Furness Council – .

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE

The unit is being reassessed, further details available upon request.

LEGAL COSTS

Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the lease documentation together with any VAT thereon.

VIEWING

The property is available to view by prior appointment with the Kendal office of Edwin Thompson LLP. Contact:

Ellie Oakley

John Haley

Paul Evans

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that:
1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract.
2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness.
3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor.
4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn.
5. These particulars were prepared in April 2026.