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Bradshaw Street, Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, KA21

Key Features

  • Prominent corner location
  • Established licensed premises layout
  • Approx. 2,000 sq ft accommodation
  • Basement kitchen and cellar
  • Strong redevelopment / asset management potential
  • Suitable for investors and owner-operators
  • Auction Date: 15th July @ 12pm

Description

An excellent opportunity to acquire a substantial former public house. The Windy Ha is widely renowned as the oldest pub in the coastal town of Saltcoats occupying a prominent corner position.
The subjects comprise a vacant bar premises arranged over ground and basement levels, extending to approximately 2,000 sq ft.
The ground floor provides a spacious open-plan bar area with a separate snug and customer WCs, while the basement offers a commercial kitchen, cellarage and additional storage space.
This characterful sandstone property forms part of a larger building, with residential accommodation above (not included in the sale).

The property presents a fantastic opportunity for investors, developers or experienced operators seeking to re-establish a licensed venue or pursue alternative uses.

-Suitable for public house / bar / restaurant use, subject to obtaining the necessary consents
-Potential for takeaway, café or mixed-use redevelopment
-Strong repositioning opportunity within an established community setting

Saltcoats is a popular coastal town in North Ayrshire, located approximately 30 miles south-west of Glasgow and well served by rail and road links.
The property occupies a highly visible corner plot at the junction of Bradshaw Street and Hill Street, within a mixed residential and commercial area, benefiting from local footfall and transport connectivity.

We would urge you to register a couple of days in advance as we cannot guarantee you will be registered on time to bid if we only receive your documents on the day of the auction.

It is imperative that you register to bid in the name you wish the property to be registered with Land Registry on completion. If buying in a company name, please ensure to detail the company name on the registration. Once the property is exchanged, the vendor could decline to accept any change.

Buyers should review the legal pack with their solicitor and ensure they do their own due diligence before deciding to purchase.

All property offered at auction is under an unconditional contract, requiring the successful buyer to pay a 10% non-refundable deposit and complete within the terms of the contract, which will normally be 14 or 28 days. For these reasons, it is suitable for cash buyers only.

For further information please contact The Wilsons Auctions Property Department.

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Date Posted
2026-06-22

Utilities & Restrictions

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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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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 89% 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

  • Caledonia Primary School790 metres
    Pupils
    228
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Anthony's Primary School1.1 miles
    Pupils
    256
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Mayfield Primary School1.1 miles
    Pupils
    184
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Ardeer Primary School1.2 miles
    Pupils
    144
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Winton Primary School1.2 miles
    Pupils
    132
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Auchenharvie Academy0.7 miles
    Pupils
    678
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Matthew's Academy0.8 miles
    Pupils
    1,303
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Ardrossan Academy1 mile
    Pupils
    795
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Kilwinning Academy3.5 miles
    Pupils
    910
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Irvine Royal Academy4.3 miles
    Pupils
    767
    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

Farmfoods Stevenston Saltcoats, Saltcoats161 metres
Aldi Stevenston Saltcoats, Saltcoats176 metres
Iceland Saltcoats, Saltcoats195 metres

GP surgery

Saltcoats Group Practice259 metres

Pharmacy

Boots The Chemists Ltd192 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden408 metres

Walking trail

TT947 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

Saltcoats Rail Station154 metres

Nearest bus stop

Saltcoats Station147 metres

Typical drive times

Ardrossan3 min · 1.6 miles
Saltcoats1 min · 0.3 miles
Kilwinning10 min · 4 miles
Stevenston3 min · 1.2 miles
Glasgow (city)45 min · 33 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 SEPA 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

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower 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)

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