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Guide Price£495,000

Gowthorpe Lane, York

Land size
1.04 acres

Key Features

  • Site extending to approximately 1.04 acres
  • Approximately 13,412sq.ft (1,246 sq m) of modern buildings and covered accommodation
  • Established garden centre and plant nursery offering potential
  • Customer parking for approximately 50 vehicles
  • Prominent rural trading location – road frontage to two sides
  • Potential for future development or alternative commercial uses, subject to obtaining all necessary consents

Description

AIRFIELD NURSERIESGOWTHORPE LANE FULL SUTTONEAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE YO41 5QLFull Sutton 1.2 miles, Stamford Bridge 3 miles | Pocklington 5 miles | York 12 miles | Malton 15 miles (All distances approximates) An established garden centre and plant nursery occupying a prominent and accessible trading position extending to approximately 1.04 acres and providing extensive retail, growing and storage accommodation
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY GUIDE PRICE £495,000

DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND Airfield Nurseries comprises an established garden centre and plant nursery which has been successfully operated by the Vendor for the previous three trading seasons. The property occupies a prominent and accessible rural trading position close to Full Sutton and benefits from good levels of passing traffic, providing an attractive opportunity to acquire an established horticultural premises with vast potential. The site extends in total to approximately 1.04 acres and is accessed from Gowthorpe Lane on the southern boundary of the property. It has been practically laid out to provide a combination of retail sales areas, covered plant displays, growing accommodation, storage, servicing areas and extensive customer parking for approximately 50 vehicles. The buildings and covered accommodation extend to approximately 1,246 sq m (13,412 sq ft) in total and include glasshouses, polytunnels, retail and display areas, storage accommodation and an air-conditioned office. The nursery has operated principally on a grow-on basis, with plants raised on site from plugs or imported from specialist suppliers in Holland before being grown, prepared and displayed for retail sale. The extensive covered growing areas, together with the external display spaces and customer circulation routes, provide a practical arrangement for the successful operation of the site as a garden centre and nursery. The property also benefits from a ready to set up rainwater-harvesting system, providing a useful and sustainable water supply for horticultural purposes. Extensive areas of hardstanding facilitate customer access, deliveries, loading and servicing throughout the site. The established layout and range of buildings provide scope for a purchaser to continue and further develop the existing garden centre and nursery. There may also be potential for the expansion, redevelopment or alternative commercial use of the site, subject to consents.

LOCATION Airfield Nurseries is situated at around 1.2 miles south east of Full Sutton in an accessible rural position between Stamford Bridge and Pocklington. The property is also conveniently located near Full Sutton Industrial Estate and the surrounding villages of Youlthorpe, Bishop Wilton, Skirpenbeck and Fangfoss, providing access to a wide customer catchment. The property is accessed directly from Gowthorpe Lane and occupies a prominent roadside position. The site benefits from good visibility and passing trade. Stamford Bridge provides a range of everyday amenities and convenient access to the A166, which connects York with Driffield and the East Yorkshire coast. The thriving market town of Pocklington offers a broader range of shops, supermarkets, schools, professional services and leisure facilities, together with access to the A1079 towards York, Market Weighton, Beverley and Hull. The historic City of York lies approximately 12 miles to the west and provides an extensive range of retail, commercial, leisure and cultural amenities. The property’s position between Stamford Bridge and Pocklington, together with its proximity to Full Sutton Industrial Estate, established roadside presence, rural setting and generous customer parking, makes it particularly well suited to renewed use as a garden centre and plant nursery or another appropriate commercial use, subject to consents.

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Date Posted
2026-08-18

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 655 Homes with Land listings in Yorkshire and The Humber (1+ acres).

This Property£475,962 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £156,733 / acre
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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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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

1 Gbps

Under 10 Mbps here

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

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

  • St Martin's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Fangfoss0.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    105
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bugthorpe Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    97
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bishop Wilton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    38
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School2.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    211
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Stamford Bridge Primary School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    315
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Woldgate School and Sixth Form College4.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,167
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy8.3 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,803
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Huntington School9.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,505
    Type
    Community school
  • Joseph Rowntree School9.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,248
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Fulford School9.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,853
    Type
    Academy converter

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

Co-op Stamford Bridge, Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire3 miles
Co-op Pocklington, Pocklington4.3 miles
Aldi Pocklington, Pocklington4.5 miles

GP surgery

Pocklington Group Practice4.7 miles

Pharmacy

Stamford Bridge Pharmacy3 miles

Hospital

Whitecross Court Community Hospital9.4 miles

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

York Rail Station10 miles

Nearest bus stop

Gowthorpe Lane33 metres

Typical drive times

Haxby21 min · 13 miles
Pocklington10 min · 4.9 miles
York (city)23 min · 13 miles
Market Weighton22 min · 12 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 2Medium risk

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to 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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