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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

 

 

 

 

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