Licensed property specialist, Sidney Phillips, is marketing the freehold sale of the White Heather Hotel which is located on the historic Kirkbride Airfield on the Solway Coast. This is a special and rare opportunity to get your hands on what is believed to be the only UK hotel with its own landing strip, allowing pilots to taxi up to the hotel, stay overnight, enjoy breakfast and take off in the morning.
A short distance from the market town of Wigton lies the village of Kirkbride home to the White Heather Hotel on the historic Kirkbride Airfield Hangar set in approximately 4 acres with planning permission for a 6 bedroom residential dwelling and huge scope to grow the business. Kirkbride is within easy reach of the Solway Coast and the Lake District National Park; both are Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and popular destinations for walking and leisure activities.
The property boasts a restaurant/bar with 170 covers and a large ballroom/dining room with seating for approximately 250. The property provides 6 letting bedrooms with 5 ensuites. Extensive land surrounds the building with parking for 400 cars, which is also used for helicopter landing, as well as an owners and staff car park for 8 and 20 cars respectively. Permission was granted on 05/05/23 for a detached bungalow on land to the right of the main building. This would create separate manager’s accommodation and provide 4 staff bedrooms.
The venue currently offers catering for around 300 people with functions including weddings, funerals and conferences. The letting rooms - which are priced between £80 to £100 per night - also see much demand from pilots and their passengers who enjoy the rare opportunity to park their plane and pop in for a spot of lunch or dinner.
The White Heather Hotel is for sale at a freehold asking price of £595,000. To enquire, please call our North West office on 01512 204879 or email northwest@sidneyphillips.co.uk .
(5th August 2024)