The Wyevale "Sale of the Century" - where are we now - UPDATED
With only 22 centres "still to be sold" the state of play for garden centre groups changes with every new sale announcement. Here is our current "State of the Nation" chart along with a list of all the Wyevale transactions to date.
Leading Garden Centre Groups by number of outlets
Aug-19
Jun-18
Group
Outlets
change since June 18
1
2
Dobbies
69
35
2
4=
Blue Diamond
37
16
3
8=
British Garden Centres
25
15
4=
1
Wyevale Garden Centres
22
-123
4=
3
Klondyke
22
0
6
4=
Notcutts
18
0
7
7
Hilliers
17
5
8
6
Squires
16
1
9
8=
Cherry Lane
14
2
10
8=
Hillview
8
-3
Source GTN - updated 20-8-19, includes transactions in progress but excludes sold centres being run under licence by Wyevale Garden Centres in the interim.
Over the past few weeks we've been asked by several readers for a list of the Wyevale centres that have been sold and to who. Here is our A-Z list, including the 22 that are still to be sold. We believe this to be correct as we go to press this morning...
Centre
Date Sold
Purchaser
Albrighton
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Aldridge
Aug-18
Developers
Altrincham
Apr-19
Dobbies
Andover
Apr-19
Dobbies
Ashford
Sep-18
St Johns
Barnett Hill
Mar-19
Cherry Lane
Beaconsfield
Apr-19
Dobbies
Bicester Avenue
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Binfield
Jul-18
Developers
Birchencliffe
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Blooms Bressingham
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Blooms Cardiff
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Blooms Cheltenham
Aug-19
Webbs
Blooms Gloucester
Oct-18
Dobbies
Blooms Rugby
Apr-19
Dobbies
Blooms Solihull
Sep-18
Rosebourne
Blooms Swindon
Aug-19
Existing landlord WGC trading under licence…
Blooms Worcester
Jul-19
Blue Diamond
Bold Heath
Feb-19
British Garden Centres
Bolton
Feb-19
British Garden Centres
Bournville
Aug-19
British Garden Centres
Braintree
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Bridgemere
Aug-19
Blue Diamond
Brighton
Apr-19
Dobbies
Brockworth
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Bude
Aug-18
Homeleigh
Bury St Edmunds
Apr-19
Dobbies
Cadbury
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Cadnam
Apr-19
Dobbies
Canterbury Chartham
Jul-19
Blue Diamond
Carmarthen
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Carr Gate
Feb-19
British Garden Centres
Cheddar
Apr-19
Hilliers
Chichester
Dec-18
Developers WGC trading under licence…
Chilton
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Chipperfield
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Codicote
Sep-18
Developers WGC trading under licence…
Coventry
Feb-19
British Garden Centres
Crawley
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Crockford Bridge
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Crowland
Closing Down
Closed
Croydon Purley Way
Sep-18
Developers
Dorking
Apr-19
Hilliers
Dummer
Jun-19
Maidenhead Aquatics
Elm Court
Surrendered lease
Existing landlord WGC trading under licence…
Endsleigh
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Enfield
Dec-18
Developers WGC trading under licence…
Fair Oak
Nov-18
In-Excess
Findern
Apr-19
Dobbies
Findon
Aug-19
Findon Garden Centre Ltd
Galton
Apr-19
Dobbies
Gardenlands
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Hamstreet
Dec-18
Grovewell
Hare Hatch
Apr-19
Dobbies
Harlestone Heath
Apr-19
Dobbies
Harrow
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Hastings
May-19
Blackbrooks
Havant
Apr-19
Dobbies
Heathlands
Jul-19
Squires
Heighley Gate
Oct-18
Dobbies
Hemel Hempstead
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Hereford
Jul-19
Blue Diamond
Hereford
Nov-18
English Salvage
Hitchin
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Hungerford
Apr-19
Dobbies
Huntingdon
Oct-18
Dobbies
Jack's Patch
Apr-19
Otter Nurseries
John Brown
Aug-19
Hilliers
Keston
Apr-19
Dobbies
Keynsham
Aug-18
Developers
Landford
Nov-18
In-Excess
Lechlade
Apr-19
Hilliers
Leicester Rowena
Apr-19
Dobbies
Lelant
Apr-19
Dobbies
Lewes
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Leyland
Feb-19
British Garden Centres
Louth
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Lower Dicker
May-19
Blackbrooks
Lower Morden
Jul-19
Blue Diamond
Marlow
Apr-19
Hilliers
Marple
Apr-19
Dobbies
Melbicks
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Moreton Park
Apr-19
Dobbies
Nailsworth
Aug-18
Blue Diamond
Northampton
Apr-19
Dobbies
Old Barn
Nov-18
Tates of Sussex
Ongar
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Osterley
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Oxford
Sep-18
AWBS
Paddock Wood
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Par
Jul-19
Maidenhead Aquatics
Pennine
Apr-19
Dobbies
Percy Thrower
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Peter Baratt's Gosforth
Apr-19
Dobbies
Peter Baratt's Stockton
Apr-19
Dobbies
Playhatch
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Podington
Jun-19
Cherry Lane
Poppleton
Apr-19
Dobbies
Potters Bar
Surrendered lease
Existing landlord WGC trading under licence…
Pulborough
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Raglan
May-19
Coldbrook Ventures
Rake
Jul-19
Blue Diamond
Ramsgate
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Rayleigh
Closing Down
Closing Down
Royston
Apr-19
Dobbies
Salisbury
Nov-18
In-Excess
Sanders Garden World
Jul-18
Blue Diamond
Seven Hills
Mar-19
Developers WGC trading under licence…
Shenstone
Apr-19
Dobbies
Sherfield On Loddon
May-19
Capital Gardens
Shirley
Aug-18
Developers
Sidmouth
Sep-18
Kings Exmouth
Springfield
Jul-19
Longacres
Sprowston
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Stanway
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Stevenage
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Stratford Upon Avon
Apr-19
Dobbies
Sudbury
Sep-18
Perrywood
Swansesa
Apr-19
Dobbies
Swindon
Apr-19
Dobbies
Syon Park
Surrendered lease
Existing landlord WGC trading under licence…
Tarporley
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Taunton
Apr-19
Otter Nurseries
Telford
Apr-19
Dobbies
Thatcham
Closing Down
Existing landlord
Thornbury
Apr-19
Dobbies
Tring
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Tunbridge Wells
Jul-19
Blue Diamond
Upminster
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Wellingborough
Dec-18
Higgins Building Supplies
West Parley
Nov-18
In-Excess
Wimborne
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Windsor
Sep-18
Developers WGC trading under licence…
Winnersh
Not sold yet
Still to be sold
Woburn Sands
Feb-19
Rochmills Group
Woking
Jun-19
The Plant Area Ltd
Wolds View
Dec-18
British Garden Centres
Wolseley Bridge
Jun-19
British Garden Centres
Woodbridge
Oct-18
Dobbies
Woodcote Green
Oct-18
Dobbies
Woodlands
Oct-18
Dobbies
World of Pets and Leisure
Sep-18
Developers
World's End
Apr-19
Dobbies
Worthing Ferring
May-19
Cobbins
Wych Cross
Jun-19
Coolings
