Business for sale

Business description

This beautiful parkland golf course opened in 1999 after some 7 years of meticulous planning, investment and design. Ideally located on the outskirts of Chester in the beautiful Cheshire countryside this course serves the highly populated and affluent area of Chester and beyond. The club has quickly established itself and is now starting to make a real impression in the market and area it serves. The business was originally established to meet the strong demands of the local golfing community and it is not only meeting these needs but by far exceeding them. Because of this the catchment area for the services this club provides is far wider than initially thought.

The golf course is specifically designed to appeal to both beginner golfers and seasoned professionals. Its excellent location set within parkland enables it to provide an all year-round golfing opportunity, and has earned it the reputation as one of the best eighteen-hole golf courses in the vicinity. There is a good mix of par three, four and five holes with hazards a plenty including water and bunkers to name but a few. Total yardage for the 18 holes is in excess of 6600 yards.

The golf centre has a driving range with various distance markers, target pins and the like as well as a large outdoor practice area for short game including putting green and pitching/bunker areas. The course itself offers its clients well-drained, rolled greens that provide year round golf, and which are maintained in excellent condition by the current green keeper. The course has the latest technology to assist in this maintenance.

The clubhouse is an inviting and modern building boasting some 10,500 square feet of useable space. It is a modern design and the bars are perfect for entertaining,

The clubhouse also boasts an impressive function room. I t has to be stated that the function suite is very popular and is utilised most of the year. Wedding functions are particularly popular with marquees being erected adjacent to the clubhouse, such is the space available, providing spectacular settings for such occasions.

The golf course’s facilities also include excellent locker and changing room facilities as well as a large residential one bedroom flat and ample parking with space up to 250 cars.

Since opening the business has offered an unrivalled quality of lifestyle and living for both the seasoned professional and the beginner golfer. The clubhouse is open all day, everyday, with a resident golf professional on hand for friendly advice and professional structured tuition.

Ideally located near to several major road routes and close to the major motorway network this course is accessible to a very large population base of high disposable income. This alone is a key factor for its desirability to a new owner. The centre has already developed a reputation for its friendly atmosphere and welcoming modern approach to its members of which there are 350, including life members. The challenging course and excellent facilities enables the club to currently cater for a wide range of requirements, be it golf, socialising, special occasions and functions.

The sale offers the potential purchaser a business that has the infrastructure now in place on one integrated site and an abundance of untapped potential. The course itself sits on a 167 acre site that also has plenty of excess land that is perfect for development. Such development could encompass a high quality and exclusive hotel/ country club facility including a health spa and associated services, an equestrian centre or holiday homes all of which would feed the existing golfing centre as well as meet the needs of the community it serves.