20 March 2025
Yours for £2.5m – the popular North Yorkshire Moors lodge park which wins rave customer reviews and offers ‘fantastic investment opportunity’
A popular North Yorkshire lodge park which secures rave reviews from guests for providing relaxing breaks in a secluded and picturesque setting is on the market for sale as its owners plan to retire for some well-earned relaxation themselves.
Having successfully run Rocklands Lodges, a peaceful haven of lodges in five acres of parkland near Pickering, North Yorkshire, for 22 years, owners Jean and Esmond Watson have decided the time has come to sell the successful business.
Barry Crux & Company are now marketing the holiday village for sale at £2.5m.
The business includes 16 wooden clad one and two bedroomed detached lodges in landscaped grounds with hot tubs, individual parking spaces, external decking areas, central heating and double glazing.
‘Significant interest’ and a ‘tremendous investment opportunity’
Andrew Spencer, Agency Director at Barry Crux & Company, says the business, which takes bookings via its own website and also the hugely popular booking.com (on which it has a 9 out of 10 rating of ‘superb’ from guest reviews), has a large number of repeat customers, and achieves ‘healthy levels of turnover and profits each year.’
He says there has been ‘significant interest’ since being placed on the market.
“We’re probably looking for a specific type of buyer for this site as, of course, it needs somebody looking for an opportunity in the holiday market, and somebody who has the drive to push it on and develop the business further,” said Mr Spencer.
“We’ve had significant interest already and I can’t imagine it will remain on the market for much longer.
“This is a lodge park which is in a popular part of the county, and which has been exceptionally managed, run and maintained. It has an established reputation, with hundreds of reviews on Google, Booking.com and Trip Advisor from visitors, and on each review site it has exceptional ratings.
“There really can’t be a better endorsement of a business than that of its customers, many who are repeat visitors.
“The lodges have been continually updated and so there is little investment needed there and a buyer could be up and running immediately.
Longer term, there are numerous areas within the five acre site which offer the opportunity to add more lodges, or perhaps glamping pods.
“We really are talking about a tremendous investment opportunity here for the right buyer as the site is ideal for further development and expansion.”
Sale includes four bedroom onsite owners’ home
The business employs a small team of maintenance and on-site customer-facing staff, whilst the sale includes an on-site detached four bedrooms owners’ home. Rental income is also achieved from an independent on-site nail salon.
All lodges on the site, which is close to the village of Wrelton and nine miles from Pickering, feature open plan living space combining lounge, dining area, kitchen with range of fitted units and appliances and sleeping areas, as well as a bathroom with three-piece suite.
On its website, Rocklands Lodges is described as ‘a peaceful haven of lodges in acres of gardens and towering pine trees’, offering ‘the perfect retreat for a romantic getaway or a peaceful family holiday’, surrounded by unspoiled landscapes and abundant wildlife.
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