Struggling caravan firm’s headquarters up for sale

The end appears to be close for a stricken caravan firm after it was revealed that its headquarters site has been put up for sale.

The site formerly occupied by Ryedale Caravan & Leisure has been placed on the market for £1.7m by Watling Real Estate.

Dean Nelson and Brett Barton of PKF Smith Cooper have instructed Watling Real Estate to sell the freehold 1.83 acre site in Shepshed previously occupied by the firm.

Toby O’Sullivan, director in the Midlands office of Watling Real Estate, said: “Ryedale Caravan & Leisure is sadly another victim of the reduction in demand in the caravan and leisure sector.

“The site benefits from a strategic, highly visible roadside location on the key arterial A512 Ashby Road and offers excellent asset management, extension, and redevelopment potential, subject to planning.

“The property may be of particular interest to dealership, trade counter, and convenience retail/food store occupiers, given it has previously benefitted from A1 and A3/A5 planning use consent.”

Ryedale Caravan & Leisure was one of Leicestershire’s largest caravan and motorcaravan dealerships, headed up by directors Andy Iliffe, Steve Morris and Dave Steer, who have more than 90 years’ experience combined in the trade.