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Fixed Price£205,000

Crown Bar, High Street, Wick, Highland. KW1

Key Features

  • THRIVING BUSINESS
  • DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
  • SCOPE TO GROW BUSINESS

Description

This is an ideal opportunity for a motivated individual to take over the reins of this long-established bar and grow the existing thriving business. The Crown Bar is a traditional pub which dates back to the early 1880’s and is located in the heart of the town of Wick in the Market Square which is surrounded by shops, cafes and restaurants.
Due to the current owner wishing to retire she has reluctantly decided to put this immaculate establishment on the market. The Crown spans over four levels, comprising of a basement, main bar, first floor bar/restaurant with seating for sixty covers and a kitchen. A function room with ladies and gents’ toilets completes the accommodation on the fourth floor.
The Crown bar can be accessed on the ground floor from both a side and main door entrance. This area is completely open plan with room for 60 seated covers and more standing, with gents and ladies’ toilets accessed through oak doors. It is immaculately presented throughout with a juke box, pool table, TV and enjoys regular clientele due to its prominent location in the town centre. There is an excellent selection of spirits, beers and ales within the bar with the basement cellar located immediately below.
On the first floor is another bar which is currently not in use. This room could be renovated and reinstated as a restaurant as it once was as there is a kitchen immediately behind the bar area. There is built in seating throughout this room and it would not take too much work to reinstate it.
On the second  floor is a superb function room as well as ladies and gents’ toilets which alternatively could be turned into owners’ accommodation.
Although in need of some renovation on the first and second floors, this is a fabulous opportunity for someone to own a bar/restaurant, to hold small weddings, private functions and increase the wet sales further.
Located in the town centre, the bar is within a few minutes’ walk to the Waterfront Nightclub, a laundrette, restaurants, cafes and retail outlets. It is also close to the riverside where there is plenty of parking and within a short driving distance to both primary and secondary education. Wick is the second largest town in the county of Caithness and benefits from the John O Groats Airport, The Caithness General Hospital and good coach and rail links both North and South.

Basement Cellar

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Basement Cellar

Ground Floor Bar

Ladies Cubicle One

Ladies Cubicle Two

Wash Hand Room

Gents Cubicle

Gents Urinal

First Floor Bar/Restaurant

Kitchen

Boiler Room

Function Room

Ladies Toilets

Mens Toilet

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Property details

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Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-06-18

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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
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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

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

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

  • Noss primary school441 metres
    Pupils
    294
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Newton Park Primary961 metres
    Pupils
    299
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Thrumster Primary School4 miles
    Pupils
    30
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Keiss Primary School6.4 miles
    Pupils
    38
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Watten Primary School8 miles
    Pupils
    37
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Wick High School785 metres
    Pupils
    735
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Thurso High School19 miles
    Pupils
    753
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Stromness Academy37 miles
    Pupils
    338
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Kirkwall Grammar School37 miles
    Pupils
    861
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Farr High School42 miles
    Pupils
    68
    Type
    Non-denominational

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: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Wick, Wick, Highland548 metres
Tesco Wick Superstore, Wick, Highland0.7 miles
Lidl Wick, Wick, Highland0.7 miles

GP surgery

The Pearson Practice156 metres

Pharmacy

Web Pharmacy Ltd0 metres

Green space

Playing Field211 metres

Walking trail

George V Park208 metres

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

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Wick Rail Station428 metres

Nearest bus stop

Market Place51 metres

Typical drive times

Wick1 min · 0.3 miles
Thurso33 min · 21 miles
Stromness2 hr 19 min · 69 miles
Inverness (city)2 hr 17 min · 103 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

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Rivers and the sea

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower risk

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  • 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)

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