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Guide Price£400,000

Spittal Hill Road, Freiston, Boston

Land size
26.4 acres

Description

Approx 26.4 Acres (10.68 ha) Spittal Hill Road, Freiston, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE22 0PA

A rare opportunity to purchase approximately 26.4 acres (10.68
hectares) of High Quality Grade1 Arable Land situated in the
Parish of Freiston close to the Village of Butterwick

Asking Price £400,000

Location - The land is located along Spittal Hill Road, as you approach the Village of Butterwick on the right-hand side, a short distance from the A52 Main Road.

The Land - The land is classified as Grade 1 “Best and most versatile” on the Agricultural Land Classification Map of England & Wales sheet 114. The Geology is Marine alluvium. The soil and site characteristics are deep stoneless fine and coarse silty and clayey soils, flat land suitable for growing cereals, sugar beet, potatoes and field vegetables.

The land is exceptionally high-quality soil. “Gold standard” for vegetable production in the Freiston Shore and Butterwick Area.

Cropping History - The tenant has informed the owner, the cropping pattern has been:-

2026 – Pumpkins
2025 – Potatoes
2024 – Pumpkins
2023 – Wheat
2022 – Pumpkins
2021 – Brassica
2020 – Pumpkins

Outgoings - The land is subject to a Witham Fourth District Internal Drainage Board Rate.
The invoice for the period 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 was £550.51.

Planning - A 25% overage premium will apply to the land should any successful planning permission be passed either at the point of implementation or future sale. Overage period 25 years.

Tenure - Freehold

Mineral And Sporting - These are included in the sale so far as they are owned but subject to any statutory exclusions.

Tenant Right - There is no claim for the tenant right nor dilapidations, if any.

Rights Of Way - The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water, gas and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements, quasi easements and all wayleaves whether or not referred to in the particulars of sale.

Local Authorities - Lincolnshire County Council, County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1YS Tel:
Boston Borough Council, Municipal Buildings, West Street, Boston, PE21 8QR Tel:
Witham Forth Internal Drainage Board, 47 Norfolk Street, Boston, PE21 6PP Tel:
Anglian Water, Enterprise House, Witham Park, Waterside South, Lincoln, LN5 7JE Tel: 01522
341000.

Pollution - We are not aware of the contents if any environmental audit or other environmental investigation or soil survey which may have been carried out on the property and which may draw attention to any contamination or the possibility of any such contamination. We have not carried out any investigation into past or present uses of either the property or any of the neighbouring land to establish whether there is any potential for contamination from these uses or sites to the subject property.

Vat - Should part of the sale of the land and property or any right attached to it become a chargeable supply for the purpose of VAT, such tax shall be payable by the purchaser(s) in the addition to the contract price.

Plans - The plans have been prepared for identification purposes only and are not to scale.

Viewing - Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agent, Bruce Mather Ltd, Tel: .

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-04-09

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 67 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Midlands (25+ acres).

This Property£15,152 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (25+ acres) £9,452 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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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

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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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

66 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree 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

  • The Butterwick Pinchbeck's Endowed CofE Primary School674 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    248
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Hawthorn Tree School1.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    364
    Type
    Community school
  • Fishtoft Academy2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    60
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Nicholas CE Primary Academy2.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    187
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Saint Mary's RC Primary Academy Boston2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    189
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Boston High School2.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    837
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • The Boston Grammar School3.1 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    924
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • Haven High Academy3.2 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,229
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Giles Academy3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    793
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Thomas Middlecott Academy6.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    612
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* 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 - Priory Road, Boston1.7 miles
Co-op Eastwood Road Food Store, Boston2.3 miles
Iceland Boston Food Warehouse, Boston3 miles

GP surgery

Parkside Medical Centre3.1 miles

Pharmacy

Ask Chemist2.5 miles

Hospital

Pilgrim Hospital2.6 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden723 metres

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

Boston Rail Station3.5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Pinchbeck Road738 metres

Typical drive times

Boston9 min · 4.4 miles
Spilsby28 min · 18 miles
Heckington27 min · 16 miles
Peterborough (city)54 min · 38 miles
Wainfleet All Saints24 min · 14 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 3Higher risk

Surface water

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

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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