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£1,250,000

The Former Conference Centre, The Meadows, Girtford Bridge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19

Key Features

  • Prominent location directly beside A1.
  • Formerly a conference facility
  • Direct frontage onto River Ivel.
  • Generous tarmaccadam car parking.
  • Associated 5 acre plot (amenity land).

Description

The site provides an existing two storey building on stilts with historically, a commercial kitchen and bar at first floor level along with wc accommodation and meeting rooms, whilst at second floor, additional meeting rooms are provided.

There is an historic lift from the ground level car park to the first floor level. The site is bounded to one side by the A1 and to the other by the River Ivel and car parking surrounds the existing structure and extends into the surrounding site.

There is potential to also acquire the 5 acre neighbouring amenity land, which is provided access currently for grazing to the perimeter of the subject.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-07-24

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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

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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
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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

271 Mbps

Ultrafast · available to 20% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming
  • Video calls
  • Home working

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

  • Laburnum Primary School411 metresOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    174
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Robert Peel Primary School944 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    386
    Type
    Foundation school
  • St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    172
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Maple Tree Primary School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    241
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Moggerhanger Primary School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    119
    Type
    Foundation school

Secondary

  • Sandy Secondary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,259
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Edward Peake CofE VC School3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    359
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Stratton School3.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    917
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Mark Rutherford School6.1 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,150
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Ernulf Academy6.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    720
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* 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

Asda Sandy Express Petrol, Sandy18 metres
Co-op Sandy, Sandy790 metres
Morrisons Daily Sandy 6 Market Square, Sandy863 metres

GP surgery

Sandy Health Centre902 metres

Pharmacy

Britannia Pharmacy855 metres

Hospital

Biggleswade Hospital2.9 miles

Green space

Playing Field477 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

Sandy Rail Station0.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Church Path181 metres

Typical drive times

Sandy2 min · 0.7 miles
Potton9 min · 4.2 miles
Shefford14 min · 7.2 miles
Biggleswade7 min · 3.8 miles
Milton Keynes (city)31 min · 25 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 1Lower 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)

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