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Guide Price£4,000

Auction: Thursday 10 December 2026

Land off Ryelands Close, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16

Land size
1.75 acres

Key Features

  • An opportunity to acquire a freehold parcel of land extending to approximately 1.75 acres
  • Comprising mainly open grassland and woodland
  • Scope for future development (subject to planning)

Description

An opportunity to acquire a freehold parcel of land extending to approximately 1.75 acres comprising woodland and open grassland located off Fernfield Close in Market Harborough.

For Sale by Public Auction on 10/12/2026 at Nottingham Racecourse, Colwick Park, Nottingham NG2 4BE

£4,000+

Set within an established neighbourhood of housing
Located close to Rockingham Road
Approximately 1 mile east of the town centre
Comprising open grassland and woodland
Scope for future development (subject to planning)
Potential for a range of alternative uses (STP)
Red line plan is for illustration purposes only, refer to Title Plan
Seller doesn't occupy the property and has little knowledge of it
The property is sold subject to whatever rights may affect it, including the rights (if any) of any person in occupation of the property

Viewings
Roadside only

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Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-10-16

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 15 Cheap Land listings in East Midlands (1+ acres).

This Property£2,286 / acre
Cheap Land Average (1+ acres) £2,236 / 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 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
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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

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

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

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good GoodO2 Good LimitedThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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

  • Meadowdale Primary School141 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    389
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Little Bowden School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    368
    Type
    Community school
  • Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    137
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ridgeway Primary Academy0.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    234
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    190
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • The Robert Smyth Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,349
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Welland Park Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,014
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Montsaye Academy5.4 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,017
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Kibworth Mead Academy5.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    852
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Kingswood Secondary Academy6.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,208
    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

Tesco Market Harborough Express, Market Harborough270 metres
Aldi Rockingham Road, Market Harborough, Market Harborough611 metres
Lidl Little Bowden Market Harborough, Market Harborough0.6 miles

GP surgery

Market Harborough Med.Ctr1.2 miles

Pharmacy

Boots0.9 miles

Hospital

St Lukes Hospital1.5 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden88 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

Market Harborough Rail Station789 metres

Nearest bus stop

Stockwell Close137 metres

Typical drive times

Corby16 min · 9.7 miles
Kettering20 min · 12 miles
Desborough10 min · 5.8 miles
Leicester (city)29 min · 16 miles
Market Harborough4 min · 1.3 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

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Very low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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