GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019 - From 145 centres to zero

Out of the 145 Wyevale Garden Centres put up for sale at the end of May 2018, 129 have been sold as garden centres and 16 sold for development or closed (2 of these will be run as garden centres for up to 2 years by British Garden centres before being developed.)

The trading sites were bought by 31 different businesses. British Garden Centres and Dobbies have each bought 37 centres with Blue Diamond buying 16 sites, Hilliers 5 sites and In-Excess 4 centres.

Using the "offers based on prices" listed by Christie & Co in May 2018, Dobbies spent almost £240m on 20 freehold sites and 17 leasehold garden centres. British Garden Centres purchases total up to £57.5m of which 18 are freehold and 19 leasehold. The Blue Diamond sites were valued at £50.5m and are split 5 freehold and 11 leasehold.

See the October issue of Garden Trade News for more analysis and views.

Here's GTN Xtra's A-Z list of all 145 centres and where they have ended up.

Centre	Purchaser	Date Sold	Acres	Offers Based on	Lease or Freehold
Albrighton	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	6.2	£2,000,000	Freehold
Aldridge	Developers	Aug-18	5.91	£800,000	Freehold
Altrincham	Dobbies	Apr-19	4.1	£900,000	Leasehold
Andover	Dobbies	Apr-19	5.97	£6,500,000	Freehold
Ashford	St Johns	Sep-18	5.1	£1,000,000	Freehold
Barnett Hill	Cherry Lane	Mar-19	18.04	£1,200,000	Leasehold
Beaconsfield	Dobbies	Apr-19	5.97	£9,250,000	Freehold
Bicester Avenue	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	22	£1,000,000	Leasehold
Binfield	Developers	Jul-18	4.16	£2,400,000	Freehold
Birchencliffe	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	2.2	£900,000	Leasehold
Blooms Bressingham	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	5.6	£1,400,000	Freehold
Blooms Cardiff	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	8.2	£1,300,000	Leasehold
Blooms Cheltenham	Webbs	Aug-19	3	£500,000	Leasehold
Blooms Gloucester	Dobbies	Oct-18	8.1	£2,000,000	Leasehold
Blooms Rugby	Dobbies	Apr-19	17	£4,000,000	Leasehold
Blooms Solihull	Rosebourne	Sep-18	7	£250,000	Leasehold
Blooms Swindon	Studley Grange Limited	Aug-19	3.63	£250,000	Leasehold
Blooms Worcester	Blue Diamond	Jul-19	17	£3,800,000	Freehold
Bold Heath	British Garden Centres	Feb-19	2.51	£2,100,000	Freehold
Bolton	British Garden Centres	Feb-19	4.4	£250,000	Leasehold
Bournville	British Garden Centres	Aug-19	1.89	£1,100,000	Leasehold
Braintree	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.9	£1,000,000	Leasehold
Bridgemere	Blue Diamond	Aug-19	108	£1,700,000	Leasehold
Brighton	Dobbies	Apr-19	3.04	£7,000,000	Leasehold
Brockworth	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.75	£400,000	Leasehold
Bude	Homeleigh	Aug-18	5.94	£1,000,000	Freehold
Bury St Edmunds	Dobbies	Apr-19	4.34	£4,600,000	Freehold
Cadbury	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	5.97	£2,500,000	Leasehold
Cadnam	Dobbies	Apr-19	3.38	£5,000,000	Freehold
Canterbury Chartham	Blue Diamond	Jul-19	2.68	£500,000	Leasehold
Carmarthen	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.23	£400,000	Leasehold
Carr Gate	British Garden Centres	Feb-19	5.31	£2,100,000	Freehold
Cheddar	Hilliers	Apr-19	8.85	£2,700,000	Freehold
Chichester	Developers	Dec-18	7.09	£1,700,000	Freehold
Chilton	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	6.87	£2,400,000	Freehold
Chipperfield	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	7.94	£3,500,000	Freehold
Codicote	Developers	Sep-18	5.86	£10,000,000	Freehold
Coventry	British Garden Centres	Feb-19	4.66	£300,000	Leasehold
Crawley	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.99	£700,000	Leasehold
Crockford Bridge	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	6.24	£800,000	Leasehold
Crowland	Closed	Closing Down	8.86	£200,000	Leasehold
Croydon Purley Way	Developers	Sep-18	2.57	£2,800,000	Leasehold
Dorking	Hilliers	Apr-19	6.44	£700,000	Leasehold
Dummer	Maidenhead Aquatics	Jun-19	2.1	£1,500,000	Freehold
Elm Court	Elm Court Garden Centre Ltd	Sep-19	3.96	£200,000	Leasehold
Endsleigh	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	13.84	£500,000	Leasehold
Enfield	Developers - BGC trading under licence	Dec-18	4.9	£2,300,000	Freehold
Fair Oak	In-Excess	Nov-18	6.2	£2,600,000	Freehold
Findern	Dobbies	Apr-19	5.22	£7,500,000	Freehold
Findon	Findon Garden Centre Ltd	Aug-19	4	£700,000	Leasehold
Galton	Dobbies	Apr-19	11.07	£5,500,000	Freehold
Gardenlands	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	22.24	£3,400,000	Freehold
Hamstreet	Grovewell	Dec-18	8.8	£1,000,000	Freehold
Hare Hatch	Dobbies	Apr-19	10.89	£7,250,000	Freehold
Harlestone Heath	Dobbies	Apr-19	6.48	£1,000,000	Leasehold
Harrow	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.58	£400,000	Leasehold
Hastings	Blackbrooks	May-19	1.12	£600,000	Leasehold
Havant	Dobbies	Apr-19	5.95	£7,000,000	Freehold
Heathlands	Squires	Jul-19	13.86	£2,700,000	Freehold
Heighley Gate	Dobbies	Oct-18	49.8	£14,000,000	Freehold
Hemel Hempstead	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	6.07	£2,000,000	Freehold
Hereford	Blue Diamond	Jul-19	7.95	£1,000,000	Leasehold
Hereford	English Salvage	Nov-18	7.95	£8,000,000	Freehold
Hitchin	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.54	£3,800,000	Freehold
Hungerford	Dobbies	Apr-19	2.67	£6,000,000	Freehold
Huntingdon	Dobbies	Oct-18	20.26	£2,200,000	Leasehold
Jack's Patch	Otter Nurseries	Apr-19	15.25	£3,100,000	Freehold
John Brown	Hilliers	Aug-19	6.01	£3,400,000	Freehold
Keston	Dobbies	Apr-19	3.8	£5,250,000	Freehold
Keynsham	Developers	Aug-18	4.45	£1,300,000	Freehold
Landford	In-Excess	Nov-18	5.9	£1,000,000	Freehold
Lechlade	Hilliers	Apr-19	4.52	£1,100,000	Leasehold
Leicester Rowena	Dobbies	Apr-19	6.45	£8,000,000	Freehold
Lelant	Dobbies	Apr-19	5.53	£900,000	Leasehold
Lewes	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.29	£1,900,000	Freehold
Leyland	British Garden Centres	Feb-19	4.76	£1,400,000	Freehold
Louth	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	4.97	£3,000,000	Freehold
Lower Dicker	Blackbrooks	May-19	4.27	£1,800,000	Freehold
Lower Morden	Blue Diamond	Jul-19	3.08	£1,400,000	Leasehold
Marlow	Hilliers	Apr-19	3.8	£3,800,000	Freehold
Marple	Dobbies	Apr-19	7.1	£7,000,000	Freehold
Melbicks	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	11.61	£9,250,000	Freehold
Moreton Park	Dobbies	Apr-19	6.64	£8,000,000	Freehold
Nailsworth	Blue Diamond	Aug-18	2.84	£500,000	Leasehold
Northampton	Dobbies	Apr-19	14.35	£1,900,000	Leasehold
Old Barn	Tates of Sussex	Nov-18	15.53	£5,200,000	Freehold
Ongar	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	6.01	£600,000	Leasehold
Osterley	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	7	£1,100,000	Leasehold
Oxford	AWBS	Sep-18	4.87	£800,000	Freehold
Paddock Wood	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	3.2	£400,000	Leasehold
Par	Maidenhead Aquatics	Jul-19	5.12	£1,000,000	Freehold
Pennine	Dobbies	Apr-19	3.2	£6,000,000	Freehold
Percy Thrower	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	7.66	£8,500,000	Freehold
Peter Baratt's Gosforth	Dobbies	Apr-19	18.5	£800,000	Leasehold
Peter Baratt's Stockton	Dobbies	Apr-19	4.2	£8,000,000	Freehold
Playhatch	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	2.09	£2,800,000	Freehold
Podington	Cherry Lane	Jun-19	3.31	£1,800,000	Freehold
Poppleton	Dobbies	Apr-19	6.8	£7,500,000	Freehold
Potters Bar	Closing Down 22-9-19	Closing Down	6.91	£400,000	Leasehold
Pulborough	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	21.46	£2,700,000	Freehold
Raglan	Coldbrook Ventures	May-19	7.42	£1,500,000	Freehold
Rake	Blue Diamond	Jul-19	4.58	£500,000	Leasehold
Ramsgate	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	4.62	£1,300,000	Leasehold
Rayleigh	Closing Down 22-9-19	Closing Down	3.24	£200,000	Leasehold
Royston	Dobbies	Apr-19	10.5	£1,500,000	Leasehold
Salisbury	In-Excess	Nov-18	6.95	£800,000	Freehold
Sanders Garden World	Blue Diamond	Jul-18	6	£12,250,000	Freehold
Seven Hills	Developers	Mar-19	4.42	£3,500,000	Freehold
Shenstone	Dobbies	Apr-19	7.98	£8,500,000	Leasehold
Sherfield On Loddon	Capital Gardens	May-19	10.1	£1,600,000	Freehold
Shirley	Developers	Aug-18	0.9	£2,000,000	Freehold
Sidmouth	Kings Exmouth	Sep-18	2.61	£900,000	Freehold
Springfield	Longacres	Jul-19	1.72	£4,400,000	Leasehold
Sprowston	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	5.31	£200,000	Leasehold
Stanway	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	5.87	£200,000	Leasehold
Stevenage	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	7.8	£400,000	Leasehold
Stratford Upon Avon	Dobbies	Apr-19	4.28	£1,200,000	Leasehold
Sudbury	Perrywood	Sep-18	35.68	£1,000,000	Freehold
Swansesa	Dobbies	Apr-19	6.03	£5,250,000	Leasehold
Swindon	Dobbies	Apr-19	3.73	£5,750,000	Freehold
Syon Park	Closing Down 22-9-19	Closing Down	2.69	£500,000	Leasehold
Tarporley	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	5.9	£1,200,000	Freehold
Taunton	Otter Nurseries	Apr-19	4.33	£2,800,000	Freehold
Telford	Dobbies	Apr-19	9.47	£2,100,000	Leasehold
Thatcham	Closing Down 22-9-19	Closing Down	8.8	£900,000	Leasehold
Thornbury	Dobbies	Apr-19	9.19	£900,000	Leasehold
Tring	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	5.75	£900,000	Leasehold
Tunbridge Wells	Blue Diamond	Jul-19	20.97	£5,000,000	Freehold
Upminster	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	6.85	£400,000	Leasehold
Wellingborough	Higgins Building Supplies	Dec-18	5.44	£700,000	Freehold
West Parley	In-Excess	Nov-18	2.05	£200,000	Leasehold
Wimborne	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	2.43	£200,000	Leasehold
Windsor	Developers - BGC trading under licence	Sep-18	3.14	£5,500,000	Freehold
Winnersh	British Garden Centres	Sep-19	9.2	£5,000,000	Freehold
Woburn Sands	Rochmills Group	Feb-19	9.61	£6,500,000	Freehold
Woking	The Plant Area Ltd	Jun-19	3.62	£500,000	Leasehold
Wolds View	British Garden Centres	Dec-18	4.65	£1,800,000	Freehold
Wolseley Bridge	British Garden Centres	Jun-19	7.55	£3,800,000	Freehold
Woodbridge	Dobbies	Oct-18	6.27	£11,250,000	Freehold
Woodcote Green	Dobbies	Oct-18	20	£35,000,000	Freehold
Woodlands	Dobbies	Oct-18	17.1	£3,400,000	Leasehold
World of Pets and Leisure	Developers	Sep-18	7.2	£3,000,000	Freehold
World's End	Dobbies	Apr-19	10.9	£13,000,000	Freehold
Worthing Ferring	Cobbins	May-19	3.7	£2,300,000	Freehold
Wych Cross	Coolings	Jun-19	3.82	£1,400,000	Freehold

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