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Burton Road, Lower Bentham, Lancaster, LA2

Land size
5 acres

Key Features

  • Oysterber Farmhouse, 3 Terraced Cottages, Detached Bungalow & Pottery Building with Office Set in Circa 5 Acres of Land incorporating a small Caravan Site
  • Suitable either for someone wanting to take over the site as a residence with a Holiday Let Business and workshop based business or for a developer with the potential to create 5 residential homes.
  • Recent Lawful Development Certificate allowing use of the three terraced holiday cottages and detached bungalow as four further residential (C3) dwelling houses
  • Ample Off-Road Parking, Patio Areas & Gardens Scattered Amongst The Hamlet Providing Areas To Sit & Enjoy The Idyllic Views From Every Angle
  • Hyperfast Fibre Optic Broadband Connected To All Properties

Description

OYSTERBER FARM (Bentham Pottery), Burton Road, Low Bentham, Nr Lancaster, LA2 7ET

Comprising Farmhouse, 3 Terraced Cottages, Detached Bungalow & Pottery Building with Office.

Set in Circa 5 Acres of Land incorporating a small Caravan Site Having recent Lawful Development Certificate to use the three terraced holiday cottages & detached bungalow as 4 residential (C3) dwelling houses.

Being offered For Sale due to the current owner’s impending retirement the property currently comprises a residential family home coupled to a successful Pottery business with a detached office and four well established holiday cottages however the property now benefits from a recent Lawful Development Certificate allowing use of the three terraced holiday cottages and detached bungalow as four further residential (C3) dwelling houses incorporating a proposed new second access driveway thereby making the property suitable either for someone wanting to take over the site as a residence with a holiday let business and workshop-based business, or for a developer with the potential to create 5 residential homes.

The overall property is set in approximately 5 acres of surrounding land which incorporates a small Camping and Caravanning Club Licenced Site with electric hook-ups and is situated in an idyllic open rural location just outside Low Bentham village enjoying fabulous long distance rural views through to Ingleborough Peak.

Description

OYSTERBER FARM (Bentham Pottery), Burton Road, Low Bentham, Nr Lancaster, LA2 7ET

Comprising Farmhouse, 3 Terraced Cottages, Detached Bungalow & Pottery Building with Office.

Set in Circa 5 Acres of Land incorporating a small Caravan Site Having recent Lawful Development Certificate to use the three terraced holiday cottages & detached bungalow as 4 residential (C3) dwelling houses.

Being offered For Sale due to the current owner’s impending retirement the property currently comprises a residential family home coupled to a successful Pottery business with a detached office and four well established holiday cottages however the property now benefits from a recent Lawful Development Certificate allowing use of the three terraced holiday cottages and detached bungalow as four further residential (C3) dwelling houses incorporating a proposed new second access driveway thereby making the property suitable either for someone wanting to take over the site a...

Oysterber Farmhouse – Main Residence

Accommodation Briefly Comprising:

Ground Floor:

Entrance via Large Utility Room/2nd Kitchen:
Hallway:
Office:
2nd Utility Room:
Two Bedrooms and Bathroom:

First Floor:

Landing:
Shower Room:
Dining Room/Bedroom 3:
Fitted Kitchen:
Living Room: With wood burning stove.

Outside:
Lawned gardens to the side and rear incorporating flower and shrub borders, three timber outbuildings with power and light installed, greenhouse, hut and small workshop building/storeroom.
External stone steps to the side provides additional access to the first floor lounge.

Salter Fell Cottage

Accommodation Briefly Comprising:

Ground Floor:

Entrance Porch:
Living/Dining Kitchen:
Inner Hallway:
Shower Room:
Bedroom 1:

First Floor:

Landing:
Two further Bedrooms and Bathroom:

Ingleborough View Cottage – Middle Cottage

With upside down Accommodation Briefly Comprised
as follows:

Ground Floor:

Three bedrooms and shower room:

First Floor:
Hallway:
Open Plan Living Kitchen:
Bedroom:
Bathroom:

Whernside Cottage - End Stone Built Terrace Cottage

With upside down Accommodation Briefly Comprised
as follows:

Ground Floor:

Three Bedrooms and Bathroom:

First Floor:

Entrance Porch:
Hallway:
Fitted Kitchen:
Open Plan Lounge Diner:
Shower Room:

Gragareth Cottage – Detached Bungalow

Accommodation Briefly Comprising:

Entrance Hall:
Lounge:
Fitted Kitchen:
Bedroom:
En-Suite:

Outside:
Small patio style garden to the front with views over countryside. Outside Store. Off road parking to the side.

Office

Detached office with three double
glazed windows, two Velux
windows and a timber clad ceiling.

Dimensions:
19’9 x 10’0 (6.02m x 3.05m)

Pottery Building

Comprising:

Showroom:
With concrete floor and fitted shelves.

Workshop:
Concrete flooring and built in shelving.

Kiln Room:
Concrete floor. Large ‘double’ timber doors leading outside.

Shower Room:
Tiled floor and walls, walk in electric shower.

Next door to WC:
Low flush wc, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled floor. Hot water tank and tap for caravan pitches.

Utility + Storage Room:
Laundry Room plumbed for two washing machines and space for tumble dryer, tiled flooring. Stainless steel sink unit and fitted shelf.

Next to the laundry room is an inner storage lobby and a separate lockable storage room with power, light and shelving.

Services:

Mains water and electricity connected. LPG gas central heating connected to main residence; Electric storage heating installed to Holiday Cottages. Private drainage installed to 2 septic tanks. B4RN Hyperfast fibre optic broadband connected to all properties.

Agents:

Richard Turner & Son, Royal Oak Chambers, Main Street, High Bentham, Nr Lancaster, LA2 7HF.
Tel: . Through whom all offers and negotiations should be conducted.

N.B. Any electric or other appliances included have not been tested, neither have drains, heating, plumbing or electrical installations and all persons are recommended to carry out their own investigations before contract. All measurements quoted are approximate.

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Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
C
Date Posted
2026-04-25

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 38 Development Land listings in Yorkshire and The Humber (5+ acres).

This Property£300,000 / acre
Development Land Average (5+ acres) £153,488 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Electric Heating, Gas Heating
Broadband
Full Fibre (FTTP)
Sewerage
Septic Tank / Private

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
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

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

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 90% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

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

  • Bentham Community Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    147
    Type
    Community school
  • Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary School3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    22
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ingleton Primary School3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    191
    Type
    Community school
  • Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School3.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    28
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wray with Botton Endowed Primary School3.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    62
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Christian

Secondary

  • Queen Elizabeth School5.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,155
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Queen Elizabeth Studio School5.8 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    14 to 19
    Pupils
    329
    Type
    Studio schools
  • Carnforth High School9.1 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    657
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Settle College11 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    561
    Type
    Community school
  • Lancaster High School11 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    567
    Type
    Academy converter

* 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 - Bentham, High Bentham1.2 miles
Co-op High Bentham, High Bentham1.3 miles
Asda Ingleton Express Petrol, Ingleton, North Yorkshire3 miles

GP surgery

Bentham Medical Practice1.2 miles

Pharmacy

Well1.3 miles

Hospital

Castleberg Hospital11 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces228 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

Bentham Rail Station1.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Main Street0.6 miles

Typical drive times

Settle20 min · 14 miles
Carnforth20 min · 12 miles
High Bentham4 min · 2.5 miles
Kirkby Lonsdale12 min · 7.2 miles
Lancaster (city)27 min · 16 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

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low 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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Contact Richard Turner & Son, Bentham (Nr Lancaster),

Royal Oak Chambers, Main Street, Bentham (Nr Lancaster), LA2 7HF

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