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Land and Buildings At Corney Mill, Waberthwaite, Bootle, Cumbria

Land size
2.23 acres

Key Features

  • Ring fenced property.
  • Immediate roadside access to holding.
  • Useful four bay modern building with lean to's.
  • Traditional stone barn [former mill] with development potential subject to receiving relevant planning approval.
  • Idyllic rural setting adjacent to Blackdub Gill.
  • Spring water supply on property.
  • Three phase mains electricity crossing paddock.
  • Solar panel, generator and battery storage. Telephone line/broadband.
  • Within the Lake District National Park [UNESCO World Heritage Site].

Description

By Informal Tender to be submitted to H&H Land and Estates, Cumbria Tourism Business Centre, Staveley, LA8 9PL. No later that 12noon Monday 11th May 2026
An exciting opportunity to purchase a unique ring fenced property comprising a circa 2.69 acre paddock,

sizeable modern agricultural shed and traditional barn. Extending in total to circa 2.69 acres [1.09 hectares].

Directions
From the A595 at Bootle continue north for 600m and take the right turn signposted Corney. The entrance to the property is located approximately 1.5 miles on your left and denoted by the Selling Agents sale board.

Location
The property is located only 300m south of the small settlement of Corney in the parish of Waberthwaite and Corney and west Lake District. Only seven miles north of Millom, eight miles south of Gosforth and two miles from Bootle village.

Outside
Land
The land and buildings at Corney comprise a useful ring fenced property extending to 2.23 acres [0.90 hectares]. The property is accessed directly from the adjacent public highway and access to the paddock is taken by driving along the hardcore track., shown on the attached sale plan. The land comprises good pasture land and benefits from both a traditional building/former mill [8.05m x 5.45m] and useful four bay modern building and lean to's [19.00m x 13.95m]. The modern building benefits from a concrete floor, concrete block walls and a tin roof. The property presents an excellent opportunity to acquire your own idyllic west Lakes setting.

The sellers have recently installed a 5kw automatic start diesel generator, 10kw of solar panels and 3.5k of battery storage together with a phone/broadband line which could be used for remote checking and security cameras.

Services
SCHEMES
As far as we are aware the land is not entered into any Environmental Stewardship Schemes.

TENURE
The land is offered for sale as freehold. Vacant possession will be given on completion..

BURDENS
The property is sold subject to all rights including rights of way, whether public or private rights of light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights, obligations and easements, quasi easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether or not constituted in the title deeds or referred to in these particulars. The Buyers will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such burdens.

SPORTING AND MINERAL RIGHTS
The sporting and mineral rights are included with the property insofar as we are aware.

BOUNDARIES
The boundary maintenance responsibilities have been provided by the vendor where know and are shown on the sale plan by an inward or outward facing 'T' mark. Where no mark is shown, no further information is available.

VIEWING
By appointment through Selling Agents.

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Lake District National Park Authority. Tel No: .

METHOD OF SALE
The property is to be offered for sale in one lot by Private Treaty. The Seller reserves the right to withdraw or exclude any of the property shown at any time or to generally amend the particulars or order of sale.

GENERAL RESERVATIONS
The right is reserved for the vendors to amend or to incorporate fresh provisions as appropriate in respect of the above matters.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-03-26

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 141 Farmland & Pasture listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£33,632 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (1+ acres) £8,763 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

8 Mbps

Under 10 Mbps here

Suitable for

  • Basic browsing & email

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good LimitedThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Waberthwaite CofE School1.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    56
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Captain Shaw's CofE School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    24
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Thwaites School5.3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    28
    Type
    Community school
  • St Bega's CofE Primary School6.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    16
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School6.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    129
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Millom School7.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    476
    Type
    Community school
  • John Ruskin School12 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    247
    Type
    Community school
  • Dowdales School12 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    877
    Type
    Community school
  • Ulverston Victoria High School14 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,319
    Type
    Community school
  • Chetwynde School14 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 16
    Pupils
    508
    Type
    Free schools

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Holmrook, Holmrook5.6 miles
Spar - Millom, Millom7.5 miles
Tesco Millom Superstore, Millom7.6 miles

GP surgery

Waterloo House Surgery7.8 miles

Pharmacy

Boots7.8 miles

Hospital

Millom Hospital7.8 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Bootle (Cumbria) Rail Station1.6 miles

Nearest bus stop

Swallowhurst crossroads0.7 miles

Typical drive times

Millom19 min · 11 miles
Egremont30 min · 18 miles
Cleator Moor36 min · 22 miles
Lancaster (city)1 hr 25 min · 61 miles
Broughton in Furness25 min · 15 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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