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From 145 centres to zero - where the Wyevale Garden Centres went
No 1 Most Read Story 2019 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2019

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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