One Of England's Largest Fisheries For Sale

Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:50 pm by Stotty

One Of England's Largest Fisheries For Sale
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One of the largest commercial fisheries in the country is for sale through fisheries experts Fenn Wright at a guide price of £900,000.
Makins Fishery lies in the Warwickshire countryside 10 miles from Coventry, 25 from Leicester and 28 miles from Birmingham, a short distance off the M69 connecting onto the M6. A population of two million are estimated to live within an hour's drive.
Originally designed and built by Billy Makin and developed over the last 15 years, the fishery became part of British Waterways' property portfolio in 2003. It covers 59-acres of land, with approximately 23.5-acres of water across 18 lakes accommodating more than 500 pegs in all.
The lakes, divided into three phases, offer a mixture of match, specimen and pleasure fishing , the largest being a specimen lake of 4.75-acres with 54 pegs in Phase One. Each of the three phases has a small toilet block, and Phase One has three lock-up steel containers providing equipment storage area, welfare area and generator and tackle and bait shop. A mobile café leases a pitch on the car park in Phase One.
Fenn Wright fisheries expert and partner Martin Freeman says that currently most of the turnover is generated from day ticket sales, with the fishery hosting a number of important matches through the year, which regularly feature in the angling press.
"Given the necessary planning consents, I think it would be possible to increase current turnover considerably with the provision of a larger tackle shop and café facilities on the site." Full information is available from Fenn Wright on 01206 216555, or visit the website www.fisheries4sale.com

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