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Gilcomston Bar, 5, Gilcomston Steps, Aberdeen, AB25

Key Features

  • Prominent Position in the Popular Gilcomston Area, Close to City Centre
  • Traditional Bar with Character Trading Areas and Loyal Local Customer Base
  • Attractive Opportunity for Owner-Operators or Investors within the Licensed Trade Sector

Description

Established and Well-Known Public House within Central Aberdeen

Prominent Position in the Popular Gilcomston Area, Close to City Centre

Traditional Bar with Character Trading Areas and Loyal Local Customer Base

Attractive Opportunity for Owner-Operators or Investors within the Licensed Trade Sector

Graham + Sibbald are delighted to bring to the market, Gilcomston Bar Aberdeen, for sale. Gilcomston Bar is an established and well-regarded public house situated within the popular and densely populated Gilcomston district of Aberdeen. The property benefits from a central urban location, close to the city centre, with strong surrounding residential catchment and good connectivity to local amenities, transport links and employment hubs.

The property, for sale, presents an excellent opportunity for a new owner to continue operating an established bar
business, with scope to develop the offer through extended opening hours, enhanced food provisions (subject to consent), events, live sport or entertainment.

The business is being offered with a tenant in place or with vacant possession, due to the owner's decision to pursue other interests.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-06-27

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

5.5 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

  • Skene Square School254 metres
    Pupils
    431
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Gilcomstoun School369 metres
    Pupils
    293
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Sunnybank School0.7 miles
    Pupils
    336
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Hanover Street School0.7 miles
    Pupils
    258
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Ferryhill School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    447
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Aberdeen Grammar School643 metres
    Pupils
    1,205
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Harlaw Academy0.7 miles
    Pupils
    1,075
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Machar Academy1.1 miles
    Pupils
    1,031
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Northfield Academy1.7 miles
    Pupils
    747
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Bridge Of Don Academy2.4 miles
    Pupils
    770
    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

Sainsburys Aberdeen George Street Local, Aberdeen290 metres
Farmfoods Aberdeen, Aberdeen341 metres
Sainsburys Aberdeen Rosemount Local, Aberdeen464 metres

GP surgery

Newburn Health Centre761 metres

Pharmacy

Denburn Healthcare Ltd222 metres

Green space

Play Space277 metres

Walking trail

Union Terrace Gardens323 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

Aberdeen Rail Station880 metres

Nearest bus stop

Spa Street30 metres

Typical drive times

Westhill16 min · 6.9 miles
Blackburn16 min · 8.6 miles
Portlethen15 min · 7.4 miles
Aberdeen (city)3 min · 1.2 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

Within SEPA's mapped river flood extentMapped 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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