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Papworth Nursery, Washdyke Lane, Donington

Description

GENERAL INFORMATION
Papworth Nursery has been established over a number of years and provides an opportunity for extensive outdoor and indoor growing and growing on environments, together with a range of additional modern facilities, all in good order. It is located to the south east of Donington (1.5 miles), and 1.5 miles north of Quadring. It is within easy reach of the market towns of Spalding and Boston.

The South Lincolnshire area generally is very well renowned as being at the forefront of horticultural production and trading in the eastern part of the UK. This is coupled with an extensive and integrated transport system which is easily available to this particular nursery and the area generally.

The nursery has been comprehensively cleared and now provides the opportunity for an incoming purchaser to establish full occupation at an early stage.

It is located in a secluded and well treed/protected location on the south side of Washdyke Lane, a short distance from the A152 road between Quadring and Donington and is well laid out and established for its required purpose together with extensive parking and manoeuvring areas.

TENURE
Freehold with vacant possession. Early vacant possession can be available at completion.

SERVICES
Mains electricity (single and three phase) together which mains water (metered). There is a significant self saved water system off the glass into two irrigation reservoirs. Drainage to a private system.

DRAINAGE RATES:
2025/2026 Rating Year - £1,022.99

VAT:
There has been no ´opt to tax´ for VAT purposes. VAT will not be charged in addition to the purchase price.

LEGAL COSTS:
Each party will be responsible for their own legal and professional costs incurred in the sale/purchase.

FUNDING/ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATION COMPLIANCE:
A prospective purchaser will be required to provide confirmation of their source of funding and pass the necessary Anti Money Laundering Compliance checks undertaken by the Vendor´s Agents prior to instruction to Solicitors.

NURSERY EQUIPMENT AND OFFICE FITTINGS ETC.
It will be pointed out at the time of viewing as to which items are included in the sale. Some items are specifically excluded and will not be available.

BUILDINGS
Offices: -
There are Offices located within the structure of the Greenhouse. The external office, which is divided into sections, is of timber effect cladding construction. The offices, and the meeting rooms, have carpeted floors with the kitchen having vinyl flooring. The offices are decorated neutrally throughout. There are air conditioning units fixed to the walls of two of the offices.

Workshop: -
The Workshop is of steel portal frame construction with a mono-pitched roof and concrete floor. The Workshop benefits from a roller shutter door.

Within the Workshop building is the Canteen, along with W/Cs.

Open Fronted Store: -
Of steel portal frame construction with a mono-pitched roof and concrete floor.

GP Warehouse: -
Of steel portal frame construction with profile clad walling. The Warehouse benefits from two roller shutter doors, including a personnel door.

PARTICULARS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
These have been prepared and photographs taken in August and September 2025. Some of the photographs showing crops in production were taken at an earlier time. The nursery is now completely empty of growing stock.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-06-03

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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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 70% 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

  • Quadring Cowley & Brown's Primary School791 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    98
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • The Donington Cowley Endowed Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    259
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Gosberton Academy2.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    137
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Swineshead St Mary's Church of England Primary School3.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    240
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Clough and Risegate Community Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    91
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Cowley Academy0.9 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    621
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Thomas Middlecott Academy5.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    612
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Spalding Academy7.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,486
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Spalding Grammar School7.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,023
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Boys
  • Spalding High School8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    970
    Type
    Community school
    Gender
    Girls

* 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

Lincolnshire Co-operative Donington Food Store, Donington1.1 miles
Co-op Donington, Donington1.1 miles
Co-op Gosberton Food Store, Gosberton2.2 miles

GP surgery

Gosberton Medical Centre2.1 miles

Pharmacy

Lincoln Co-Op Chemists Ltd1.1 miles

Hospital

The Johnson Community Hospital6.6 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

Swineshead Rail Station5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Washdike Lane404 metres

Typical drive times

Boston18 min · 11 miles
Sleaford25 min · 17 miles
Spalding19 min · 9.1 miles
Heckington18 min · 12 miles
Peterborough (city)43 min · 30 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

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)

£14.99 · one-off purchase

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