Garden Centre Restaurant & Nature Reserve In Cumbria For Sale

Business description

Preferred Commercial is delighted to offer to the market this popular Garden Nurseries/Nature Reserve/Coffee Shop and Restaurant, which has been in our clients' family since 1946. The business is only now being offered for sale due to our client's wish to retire. The business generates a turnover in the region of £232,380 per annum with a gross profit of 66.1%. The business boasts a garden nursery, coffee shop/licensed restaurant, a reptile house with iguanas, bearded dragons and tropical frogs and the popular butterfly house, with many tropical species. There is also educational facilities with a lecture room used for talks and seminars and a wide variety of animals to see on the nature reserve. The centre has been designed to be wheelchair friendly. There is significant scope to increase turnover further by expanding the coffee shop and restaurant, and offering guided tours and nature walks. There is also the potential to create self-catering accommodation for cyclists, walkers and holiday makers. This is a superb and unique opportunity to acquire an established multi faceted business with infinite scope for the future. Early discussions with Preferred Commercial are highly recommended.

Property information

Property:

Leasehold

Lease terms:

Leasehold
New lease to be assigned
Rent: £23,000 per annum not including living accommodation
Freehold available by separate negotiation

Leasehold rent:

£23,000 per annum

Location:

The Nurseries and Visitor Centre is located on the Solway coastline between Maryport and Silloth in Cumbria. The surrounding area is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The nurseries are located on a 4 hectare site with an and boast stunning views. The business is close to the Coast to Coast Cycle Way and Hadrians Wall. The gargen centre lies approximately 5 miles south of Silloth and approximately 35 miles from Penrith and the M6 motorway.

Premises details:

4 hectare site with garden centre, nature reserve, coffee shop and restaurant. Briefly comprising:

Garden Centre
• Retail area with a variety of gardening accessories
• Plant sales area
• Bedding plant area
• Propagation area
• Growing area
• Preparation area

Indoor Areas
• Reptile house with glass display areas
• Tropical butterfly house
• Restaurant/Coffee Shop with 40 covers, commercial grade flooring, servery with menu boards behind and chiller display
• Additional 40-cover dining area
• Door to external dining area with 20 covers
• Ladies WC
• Gents WC
• Commercial kitchen with stainless steel air extraction, 6-burner range, double freezer, 2 x paninni grills, hot cupboard, commercial dishwasher, various microwave ovens, refrigerators and freezers.

First Floor
Above restaurant
• Office
• Classroom/lecture room

External
• Mini golf
• Maze
• Ferret display
• Children's play area
• Picnic area
• Nature reserve
• Duck pond
• 100 metre long wild area for birds
• Workshop
• Storage space

Accommodation
• Spacious living accommodation. A quarter is currently let on a short-term tenancy. A further quarter could be 3-bedroom letting accommodation or a cycle lodge. The remaining half could be used as owners' accommodation, or let out to provide further income.

Other information

Trading hours:

7 days a week
Tropical Butterfly & Reptile House: 9.00am - 5.00pm (closed 1st Nov - 31st March)
Coffee Shop: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Restaurant: 6.00pm - 10.00pm (closed Monday and Tuesday evenings)
Nature Reserve: Summer 9.00am - 6.00pm and Winter 9.00am - 5.00pm
Garden Centre: Summer 9.00am - 6.00pm and Winter 9.00am - 5.00pm