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£450,000

Walkers Carpets, Holywell Road, Flint, Flintshire, CH6

Land size
0.3 acres
Use Class
Use Class: E

Key Features

  • North Wales town of Flint
  • Two commercial buildings on approximately 0.30 acres of land
  • Development opportunity
  • Prime position adjacent to retail park
  • Retirement sale
  • Sold with vacant possession

Description

Development opportunity in sought after area of Flint in main road position facing retail park.

Walkers Carpets is located in the Flintshire town of Flint. The town lies on the Dee Estuary and is within easy reach of Mold, The Wirral and Merseyside.

The property lies on the A548, directly facing a retail park which includes McDonalds, Sainsburys and Asda. The A55 North Wales Expressway and the A494 are close by, giving easy access to Chester and The Wirral. Flint train station is a short, five minute walk away.

Walkers Carpets sits on a site extending to approximately 0.30 acres and comprises a main showroom, an additional outbuilding/showroom and a large car park for approximately 50 vehicles. Both buildings are of brick construction with flat roofs. The premises briefly comprises:

TRADE AREAS
Main open plan SHOWROOM with MANAGER'S OFFICE and STORE/SHED. There is shutter access to the side of the property and shutter access to the front. WC offset.

Brick built SHOWROOM which is currently used for storage.

EXTERNAL
Sizeable CAR PARK to accommodate approximately 50 vehicles.

Walkers Carpets has been trading for over 30 years and our client now wishes to sell in order to retire. This is an exciting opportunity for a developer to purchase a sizeable piece of land in a prime, A road position, close to multiple industrial estates and retail parks. It may suit a large coffee or supermarket chain or a fast food outlet. Much development is ongoing in the immediate area.

No trading accounts are available.

To be sold with vacant possession.

PLANNING
Planning permission has previously been granted for retail units and supermarkets. This planning consent has now lapsed.

Freehold £450,000.

No direct approach to be made to the business; please direct all communications through Sidney Phillips.

Viewing strictly by appointment only.

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Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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
Parking Available
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

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

  • Ysgol Gwynedd CP643 metres
    Pupils
    500
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Gymraeg Croes Atti839 metres
    Pupils
    274
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    Welsh medium school / provision (including transitional)
  • St Mary's0.7 miles
    Pupils
    274
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Cornist Park CP0.8 miles
    Pupils
    252
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Merllyn1.7 miles
    Pupils
    143
    Type
    Nursery, Infants & Juniors
    Language
    English medium school / provision

Secondary

  • St. Richard Gwyn Catholic High School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    774
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-19)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Flint High School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    747
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-19)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Connah's Quay High School,3 miles
    Pupils
    1,014
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-16)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Ysgol Treffynnon3.8 miles
    Pupils
    519
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-16)
    Language
    English medium school / provision
  • Argoed School5.5 miles
    Pupils
    599
    Type
    Secondary (ages 11-16)
    Language
    English medium school / provision

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 Flint Supermarket, Flint135 metres
Sainsburys Flint, Flint196 metres
Iceland Flint Food Warehouse, Flint239 metres

GP surgery

The Laurels Surgery96 metres

Pharmacy

Boots186 metres

Green space

Play Space252 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

Flint Rail Station212 metres

Nearest bus stop

McDonalds26 metres

Typical drive times

Shotton14 min · 8.2 miles
Y Fflint1 min · 0.3 miles
Treffynnon10 min · 4.7 miles
Connah's Quay13 min · 4.2 miles
St Asaph (city)20 min · 15 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 Natural Resources Wales 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 3Higher risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower 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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