Auction: Wednesday 9 December 2026
Lumb Carr Road, Holcombe, Bury
- Land size
- 5.73 acres
Key Features
- FOR SALE BY AUCTION ON 9th DECEMBER 2026
- An excellent parcel of land
- Extending to 5.73 acres (2.31ha) or thereabouts.
- Located within a lovely semi rural location with large road frontage
- Suitable for a variety of uses including amenity and livestock grazing.
Description
FOR SALE BY AUCTION on 9th December 2026.
This excellent parcel of land extends to 5.73 acres (2.31ha) and is situated in a popular and convenient location within the conservation area providing a rare opportunity to acquire land suitable for amenity or livestock grazing with an excellent road frontage to Lumb Carr Road.
Property Information - Tenure - we are informed is Freehold
Overage - The land sale is to be sold with an overage provision of 25% for a period of 30 years. Further details of the overage are available within the legal pack.
VAT - VAT is not payable.
Bidding Information - Should you wish to bid, you will need to register with us (using the bidding platform available on our website) and ‘purchase’ a token which are available approximately 6 days before the auction and this is £5,000 reserved on your payment card. This amount is only taken if you are the successful bidder. The balance of the 10% deposit and buyers premium is required in addition immediately after the auction has ended. The remaining balance is then payable upon completion.
Buyers Premium - upon the fall of the gavel, a buyers premium of 2% of the final sale price plus VAT subject to a minimum fee of £2,500 plus VAT is payable by the successful buyer.
Vendors Solicitor - Butcher & Barlow,
2 - 8 Bank Street,
Bury,
BL9 0DL Telephone:
Completion is to take place on 15th January 2027 or earlier by mutual agreement. Viewing - any reasonable time of day during daylight hours.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-23
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 152 Farmland & Pasture listings in North West England (5+ acres).
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
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- Hazlehurst Primary Academy599 metresOfsted: Inadequate
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 156
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Holcombe Brook Primary School831 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Type
- Academy converter
- Greenmount Primary School846 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 229
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 193
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom0.9 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 178
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Woodhey High School241 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,111
- Type
- Academy converter
- Tottington High School1.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 811
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Elton High School2.4 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,017
- Type
- Community school
- St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy3.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,027
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Turton School3.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,596
- 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
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
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. The map pin for this listing is approximate, so these readings describe the surrounding area. 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
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
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.
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