LAND FOR SALE - Station Road Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6
- Land size
- 2.57 acres
Description
FOR SALE – Freehold Commercial Site with Income & Development Potential
Thorney Depot, 61 Station Road, Thorney, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 0QE
Maxwell Property is pleased to present this well-located freehold commercial depot and yard extending to approx. 2.57 acres (1.04 ha), situated in the village of Thorney, just outside Peterborough.
The site benefits from an open space with a palisade fence separation, yard space, and income from multiple tenancies, offering strong potential for continued investment or redevelopment (subject to planning).
Key Highlights:
•Freehold site comprising two titles (CB212167 & part of CB31780)
•Approx. 2.57 acres of yard and built space with gated access
•Income-Producing – Currently let to two tenants, generating an annual rental income of £100,000.
•Allocated Employment Land (Use Classes B1, B2, B8) under the Peterborough Local Plan
•Previous planning consent granted for 14 residential dwellings (now lapsed)
•Flood Zone 3 – flood risk assessment recommended for redevelopment
•Environmental and asbestos reports available
Location:
The property occupies a prominent position on Station Road, Thorney – a well-connected village approximately 8 miles east of Peterborough. It offers excellent road links via the nearby A47 and A15, providing direct access to the wider Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, and East Midlands regions. The location is particularly well suited for haulage, transport, storage, or depot uses due to its ease of access and HGV-friendly routes.
Guide Price: £2,000,000
Tenure: Freehold
Viewings: Strictly by appointment only
For further information or to arrange a viewing, please contact our office on 0203 7636 123.
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Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-03
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 158 Development Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Mains
- Water
- Mains
- 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 Property
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- Restrictions
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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
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- 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
5.5 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
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
- The Duke of Bedford Primary School936 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 221
- Type
- Community school
- Eye CofE Primary School3.5 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 426
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- South View Community Primary School4.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 427
- Type
- Community school
- Alderman Jacobs School4.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 671
- Type
- Academy converter
- Coates Primary School4.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 183
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Sir Harry Smith Community College4.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,084
- Type
- Academy converter
- Manor Drive Secondary Academy5.3 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 594
- Type
- Free schools
- City of Peterborough Academy5.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 853
- Type
- Free schools
- St John Fisher Catholic High School5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Greater Peterborough UTC5.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 464
- Type
- University technical college
* 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Surface water
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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