South Staffordshire garden centre on the market
Christie & Co has been instructed to market Pillaton Garden Centre, a family-run garden centre near Penkridge in South Staffordshire.
The 5.5-acre site is immaculately presented and contains well-specified plant growing facilities, a large covered external retail area, a popular tea room/restaurant which serves around 100 covers, outside seating, and a circa 140-space car park. The site’s characterful buildings have been sensitively refurbished and modernised over the years, and the centre is known for offering a unique high-end retail experience and for its excellent tea room.
The centre is well-known for its home-grown bedding plants and shrubs produced in poly tunnels, some of which are heated by a recently installed ground source heat pump which significantly reduces energy costs.
Situated in a prominent position on a busy road between Stafford and Wolverhampton, the centre offers considerable scope for further growth under new ownership, such as the development of the plant sales side of the business, introducing new concessions to add revenue streams, increasing the outside seating space, and hosting more events on-site.
The centre has been owned and run by Paul and Sarah Heathcote for many years. Sarah commented, “We have had the best time at Pillaton Garden Centre, creating a luxury centre for everyone to enjoy where almost everything is home grown, and in the tea room, everything is homemade by us!
Tom Glanvill, Director at Christie & Co, is managing the sale and said, “Pillaton garden centre is a charming site offering top-quality plants and top-quality team rooms. The site has huge potential to grow the horticultural and garden centre sales, as well as the opportunity for more events to make the most of the large grounds around the centre. It would be an ideal bolt-on for an existing garden centre operator looking to expand, as the business has a strong and experienced team. It would also be an ideal opportunity for a buyer looking to enter the sector. In 2024, almost 50% of the garden centres we sold were purchased by people who were new to the industry, many of whom are now looking for a second site!”
The centre freehold is on the market with price on application. To find out more, visit: https://www.christie.com/4211101/