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Guide Price£275,000

CA7

Land size
24.86 acres

Description

FOR SALE BY FORMAL TENDER
LAND AT HAYTON, ASPATRIA, WIGTON CA7 2NW
EXCELLENT QUALITY PARCELS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND EXTENDING IN TOTAL TO APPROXIMATELY 24 HECTARES (59.30 ACRES).
FOR SALE IN TWO LOTS AND AS A WHOLE
GUIDE PRICE (AS A WHOLE): £690,000 (Six Hundred and Ninety Thousand Pounds)
LOCATION
The land is situated in close proximity to the village of Hayton, approximately 2 miles west of the civil parish of Aspatria in the Allerdale district of Cumbria. The land is located near to the A596, a primary transport route across Cumbria which runs between Thursby and Workington.

DESCRIPTION
The sale of the land at Hayton offers an opportunity to acquire useful parcels of productive agricultural land which have the capability of being ploughed if required. Extending in total to 24 hectares (59.30 acres). The land is currently down to temporary grass apart from a field in Lot 2, which is currently down to arable. All of the land is classed as Grade 3 agricultural land, and the soils are described as slowly permeable, seasonally wet, slightly acidic but base-rich loamy and clayey soils, best suited to grassland and arable production.
All of the land is accessible from the public highway, then from field to field.
Lot 2: Extending in total to approximately 10.06 hectares (24.86 acres)
£275,000 (Two Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand Pounds)
METHOD OF SALE
The property is offered for sale in lots by Formal Tender. The sale contract and associated documents will be available from the 1st September 2025, and these should be requested from:
Minihan McAlister Solicitors
Warwick Mill Business Centre
Warwick Bridge
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA4 8RR
Tel:
Email:
Offers should be submitted in writing to Edwin Thompson, FIFTEEN Rosehill, Montgomery Way, Carlisle CA1 2RW or via email, no later than 12 Noon on 24th September 2025. The successful purchaser(s) will be required to sign the sales contracts and pay the 10% deposit shortly after the offer being accepted. Completion of the sale will take place around the end of November 2025.
Further details on this can be obtained from Matthew Bell or Kate Armstrong.
The vendor reserves the right to withdraw / exclude any of the land shown at any time and to generally amend the particulars for sale and method of sale. Therefore, prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents.
Please note that the sellers are not obligated to accept the highest or any offer and are free to amend the details as they require without prior notice.
WATER
Please contact the selling agent for further details on the water supply.
TENURE & POSSESSION
The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession being given upon completion.

SPORTING AND MINERAL RIGHTS
The sporting and mineral rights are included within the freehold sale, as far as they are owned.
BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME
The land is registered under the Rural Land Register for the Basic Payment Scheme. There are no entitlements included within the sale.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWRDSHIP SCHEME / SFI
The land currently has a capital only scheme running over it. This will need to be taken over by the ingoing purchaser.
The land also has an SFI Scheme running on it which will be cancelled by the sellers.
RIGHTS OF WAY, WAYLEAVES AND EASEMENTS
The property is sold subject to and with any benefit of all rights of way, whether public or private and any existing or proposed wayleaves, easements, rights of servitude, restrictions and burdens of whatever kind whether referred to in these particulars or not. The buyer will be held to satisfy himself or herself on all such matters.
VIEWING
All viewings must be pre booked with the selling agents. Please contact Matthew Bell/Kate Armstrong in the Carlisle office on .
MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS
The successful purchaser(s) should be aware that they will be required to provide the vendors agent with documents in relation to Money Laundering Regulations. Further details are available upon request.

SELLING AGENT
Mr Matthew Bell MRICS FAAV / Kate Armstrong
Edwin Thompson
FIFTEEN
Rosehill
Carlisle
CA1 2RW
Tel:
Email: m.

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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 104 Farmland & Pasture listings in North West England (10+ acres).

This Property£11,062 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (10+ acres) £8,255 / 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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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 · available to 86% of premises

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

  • Oughterside Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    69
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Allonby Primary School1.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    27
    Type
    Community school
  • St Matthew's CofE School2.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    51
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Crosscanonby St John's CofE School2.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    51
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Richmond Hill School2.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    205
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Beacon Hill Community School2.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    135
    Type
    Community school
  • Netherhall School4.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    894
    Type
    Community school
  • Cockermouth School6.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,254
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Solway Community School7.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    150
    Type
    Community school
  • Workington Academy9.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,234
    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

Co-op Aspatria, Aspatria2.7 miles
Spar - Aspatira, Aspatria2.9 miles
Tesco Maryport Express, Maryport5 miles

GP surgery

Aspatria Medical Group2.3 miles

Pharmacy

Boots2.3 miles

Hospital

Maryport Hospital5.4 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden319 metres

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

Aspatria Rail Station2.5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Hill Cottage0.9 miles

Typical drive times

Wigton21 min · 11 miles
Aspatria7 min · 2.9 miles
Maryport14 min · 5.9 miles
Cockermouth21 min · 12 miles
Carlisle (city)40 min · 23 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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Fifteen Rosehill Montgomery Way, Rosehill Industrial Estate, Carlisle, CA1 2RW

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