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Guide Price£50,000

Land at Palace Lane, Newby Bridge, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12

Land size
1.25 acres

Key Features

  • FOR SALE BY CONNECT UK AUCTIONS
  • Auction Date: Thursday 17th September 2026
  • Circa 1.25 Acres / 5,058.57 Square Metres / 54,447.14 Square Feet
  • Freehold
  • Excellent Location
  • Future potential for various development, subject to all necessary consents
  • Purchasers considering further development potential are deemed to rely on their own enquiries.
  • For further information, please speak with Dixie Smith on .

Description

:
Rare opportunity to acquire circa 1.25 Acres of Freehold Land situated within the Lake District National Park, enjoying outstanding countryside views towards Gummers How.
The property benefits from a newly installed stock-proof boundary fence and five-bar wooden entrance gate, providing secure and clearly defined access. The land offers potential for a variety of uses and future development, subject to all necessary planning permissions and consents.

ACCOMMODATION:
Circa 1.25 Acres / 5,058.57 Square Metres / 54,447.14 Square Feet

Vehicle Access:
Vehicle access via five-bar wooden entrance gate from Palace Lane.
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LOCATION:
Newby Bridge is a village situated within the Lake District National Park, approximately 7.5 miles from Lake Windermere, 5 miles from Ulverston, 6 miles from Grange-over-Sands and 18 miles from Barrow-in-Furness.
The land occupies a peaceful rural setting with attractive countryside views towards Gummers How, whilst providing convenient access to the surrounding countryside, walks and attractions of the Lake District National Park.

TENURE:
Freehold.

AUCTION DATE:
Connect Realtime® Bidding commences at 12pm with closing bids at 1pm, Thursday 17th September 2026.

The Lot is for sale via Traditional Auction. This is a timed auction, which requires both parties to complete the transaction within the completion date as per the auction legal pack. The buyer, is required to register, with Connect UK Land Auctions, in order to participate and will be required to go through, identification verification process. The auction Legal Pack, is available by request. You are required to complete your own due diligence prior to bidding. The Lot is subject to an undisclosed Reserve Price. The Reserve Price and Starting Bid being subject to change.

UNCONDITIONAL LOT:
Auction Fees apply, upon the fall of the gavel, as per the auction legal pack. The purchaser is legally bound to buy and the vendor is legally bound to sell the Property/Lot. The auction conditions require a full legal completion 28 or 42 days following the day of auction (unless otherwise stated in the legal pack). Delayed completion available, please request further details if required.

DISCLAIMER:

*Connect UK Auctions does not warrant or accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the property descriptions or related information provided here and they do not constitute property particulars. All displayed property boundaries use data provided by Land Registry and is assumed to be correct and updated regularly. However for the avoidance of doubt all displayed property boundaries are indicative and for marketing purposes only.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-09-09

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 66 Bare & Undeveloped Land listings in North West England (1+ acres).

This Property£40,000 / acre
Bare & Undeveloped Land Average (1+ acres) £19,315 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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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

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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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

10 Mbps

Standard (10-30 Mbps)

Suitable for

  • Web & social
  • Music streaming
  • Standard video calls

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

  • Leven Valley CofE Primary School1.3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    68
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Dean Barwick Primary School3.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    51
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
  • Lindale CofE Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    47
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Cartmel CofE Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    47
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Penny Bridge CofE School4.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    123
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Cartmel Priory CofE School3.8 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    371
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ulverston Victoria High School7.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,319
    Type
    Community school
  • Dallam School7.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    761
    Type
    Academy converter
  • John Ruskin School9.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    247
    Type
    Community school
  • The Lakes School9.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    445
    Type
    Community school

* 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

Budgens Newby Bridge, Newby Bridge0.7 miles
Spar - Grange, Grange-over-Sands4.6 miles
Co-op Grange Over Sands, Grange-over-Sands4.6 miles

GP surgery

Haverthwaite Surgery1.6 miles

Pharmacy

Grange Pharmacy4.7 miles

Hospital

Westmorland General Hospital9.9 miles

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

Grange-over-Sands Rail Station4.6 miles

Nearest bus stop

Brow Edge1.1 miles

Typical drive times

Ulverston15 min · 9.6 miles
Windermere18 min · 10 miles
Lancaster (city)40 min · 31 miles
Grange-over-Sands12 min · 6.8 miles
Bowness-on-Windermere15 min · 8.8 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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