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Guide Price£950,000

Former Dick Turpin, Arterial Road, Wickford, SS12

Key Features

  • Substantial two storey detached roadside licensed pub restaurant located around 2 miles south of Wickford town centre
  • Prominent position fronting the A127 with a daily traffic flow of around 54,000 vehicles
  • Extensive internal trading areas which can accommodate around 175 covers
  • The property will appeal to restauranteurs, developers, builders and investors
  • Alternate use potential, subject to obtaining the necessary consents
  • Site area of 1.28 acres

Description

Location

Wickford is a town and civil parish in the county of Essex and is located approximately 34 miles east of Central London with a population of around 33,500 residents. It falls within the Borough of Basildon with the original town of Basildon, Billericay, Laindon and Pitsea. It has strong transport links with road and rail connections into Central London. It takes approximately 38 minutes by train from Wickford railway station to London Liverpool Street.
The former Dick Turpin fronts the A127 and benefits from a return frontage onto Cranfield Park Road. It is a prominent roadside licensed pub restaurant located around 2 miles south of Wickford town centre and is situated on a busy arterial route with daily traffic flows in excess of 54,000. The surrounding area comprises of a mix of commercial and residential uses including a number of car dealerships, caravan parks, garden centre, residential dwellings and rolling countryside.

Property Description

***Best & Final Bids Deadline Set for Midday Wednesday 17th June. For Details Please View Brochure***The former Dick Turpin is a substantial two storey detached property of brick construction with painted and rendered elevations beneath a number of pitched and hipped tiled roofs with additions to the sides and rear of the property.

Accommodation

The ground floor internal trading areas comprise of a central servery, a large dining area to the right hand side of the bar with a carvery station, a large dining area to the left hand side of the bar and an indoor children's play area. The property can accommodate around 175 covers.
Ancillary trade areas include two sets of customer WC's (including disabled), beer store, office, staff room and WC, large catering kitchen with a wash up area and a number of storage areas.
The private accommodation is situated on the first floor of the property and includes a manager's flat and separate staff accommodation. It consists of two bedrooms, laundry room, two bathrooms and a lounge.
Externally, there is a large seating area to the front and side of the property, children's play area, large rear yard area (which includes staff car parking), garage, bin storage and a substantial car park to the front and side for around 86 vehicles.
An electricity sub-station is included within the plot but it does not form part of the demise. This is shown for guidance purposes on the Title Plan included on page 5 and is marked in blue.
The property's total GIA is circa 8,065 sq ft and it sits on a plot size amounting to around 1.28 acres.

Tenure Comments

Freehold. The property is held under Title Number EX205134 and the Title Plan is included on page 5. Our client is seeking unconditional cash offers, however conditional offers may be considered.

Planning and Development

The property has a current existing use as a restaurant within Class E "Commercial, Business and Service".
We have made enquiries with the local authority and can confirm the property is not listed or within a conservation area. For further information please contact the local authority.

Services

We understand the property is connected to all mains services but any interested parties must rely on their own enquiries to confirm this.

Premises Licence

It is understood that the property currently possesses a Premises Licence.
The licensing hours permit the sale of alcohol as follows:
Sunday to Wednesday from 10:00am until midnight.
Thursday to Saturday from 10:00am until 01.00am.

Fixtures and Fittings

No fixtures and fittings will be included in the sale unless agreed. Any third party items, such as gaming machines, dispense equipment, sound systems etc, will also be excluded.

VAT

VAT is applicable on the sale of the property.

EPC

The property has an EPC rating of Band D. A copy is available upon request.

Viewings

All viewings are strictly by appointment only.

Map Location

Property details

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Date Posted
2026-05-14

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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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Parking
Private Parking
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

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 18% 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

  • Abacus Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    413
    Type
    Community school
  • Oakfield Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    391
    Type
    Community school
  • Montgomerie Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    201
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Felmore Primary School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    386
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Woodham Ley Primary School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    243
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • The Bromfords School1.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,181
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Beauchamps High School1.6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,486
    Type
    Foundation school
  • The Appleton School2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,597
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Basildon Upper Academy2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    14 to 19
    Pupils
    847
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Basildon Lower Academy2.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 14
    Pupils
    892
    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

Tesco Wickford Silva Island Express, Wickford0.8 miles
M&S Cranfield Wickford BP, Wickford1 mile
Co-op Nevendon Road, Wickford1.3 miles

GP surgery

Robert Frew Medical Centre0.8 miles

Pharmacy

Boots0.8 miles

Hospital

Basildon Hospital - Dermatology Benfleet1.6 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden477 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

Wickford Rail Station1.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Harrow Road332 metres

Typical drive times

Basildon10 min · 5.7 miles
Rayleigh6 min · 3.8 miles
Wickford5 min · 2.5 miles
South Woodham Ferrers12 min · 8.7 miles
Southend-on-Sea (city)17 min · 9.4 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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