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Unit 40, Wem Business Park, New Street, Wem, SY4

Land size: 0.25 acres
Use Class: Use Class: E

Key Features

Gross Internal Area of 1,683 sq ft / 156.36 m²
The premises benefits from a large yard area of 0.25 acres suitable for a variety of different uses.
Occupying a prominent position within the established Wem Business Park.
Good road links to Shrewsbury, Telford, Whitchurch, Market Drayton and Oswestry.
Close proximity to Wem Railway Station.
Neighbouring occupiers include Cosmo Internet Ltd (online retail), Berties Direct Ltd (china and glasswear wholesaler), Wem Tyres Ltd, Sugar Crave Ltd (bakery), R&R memorials (stonemasonry) and Pegasus Shopfitting Ltd (shopfitting contractors).

Description

The property comprises a single-storey industrial unit of steel frame construction with profile steel clad elevations, set beneath a profile concrete roof. Internally, the accommodation provides a main warehouse area with a Gross Internal Area of approximately 1,683 sq ft, together with a non-structural, non-load-bearing mezzanine providing an additional Gross Internal Area of 396 sq ft of storage space. The warehouse benefits from a rough concrete floor, an eaves height of approximately 3.5 metres, three-phase power, and access via a manual roller shutter door to the front elevation.
To the front of the unit, there is an office area finished to a good standard, incorporating plastered walls and ceiling, carpet-tiled flooring, and PVC timber-effect doors and windows. Kitchenette facilities are also provided within the unit, with communal WC facilities located elsewhere on the site.
Externally, the property benefits from a secure yard extending to approximately 0.25 acres, enclosed by steel palisade fencing and benefitting from yard lighting. The yard provides excellent loading, circulation and external storage space, making the property suitable for a range of industrial, storage and trade counter uses.

Location
Wem is a Shropshire Market town located approximately 9 miles (14km) north of Shrewsbury and 9 miles south of Whitchurch. The town benefits from strong transport links including a railway station and proximity to the A49 connecting it to Shrewsbury and Cheshire to the north.
The Wem Business Park is centrally located in the popular country town of Wem with all local amenities including shops, banks, Post Office and railway station close to hand. There is also good access to the neighbouring towns including Shrewsbury, Whitchurch and Ellesmere.

Commercial Freehold Industrial Rural properties Warehouses

Map Location

Property details

Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax Band: Ask Agent
Date Posted: 2026-07-17

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity: Ask Agent
Water: Ask Agent
Heating: Ask Agent
Broadband: Ask Agent
Sewerage: Ask Agent

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Private Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Listed Property: Ask Agent
Restrictions: Ask Agent

Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility: Ask Agent
Parking: Ask Agent
Garden: Ask Agent

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

2.3 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

4K streaming on every screen
Full-time home working
Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good GoodO2 Good NoneThree Good GoodVodafone Limited None

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

St Peter's CofE Primary School286 metresOfsted: Good
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
404
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Church of England
Newtown CofE Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
86
Type
Voluntary controlled school
Faith
Church of England
Clive CofE Primary School3.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
93
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Church of England
Whixall CofE Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Good *
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
152
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Church of England
Prees CofE Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
194
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Church of England

Secondary

The Thomas Adams School407 metresOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 18
Pupils
1,214
Type
Academy converter
The Corbet School6.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
691
Type
Academy converter
Sir John Talbot's School7.3 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 19
Pupils
861
Type
Academy sponsor led
Lakelands Academy8.1 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
590
Type
Academy converter
Shrewsbury Academy8.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
817
Type
Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Wem Food, Wem299 metres

Co-op Shawbury, Shawbury, Shropshire5.6 miles

Co-op Bomere Heath, Bomere Heath6.4 miles

GP surgery

Wem And Prees Medical Practice278 metres

Pharmacy

Rowlands Pharmacy278 metres

Hospital

Whitchurch Hospital8.2 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces178 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Wem Rail Station447 metres

Nearest bus stop

White Lion PH174 metres

Typical drive times

Wem1 min · 0.1 miles

Ellesmere18 min · 10 miles

Shrewsbury21 min · 11 miles

Whitchurch16 min · 9 miles

Wrexham (city)40 min · 21 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing is approximate, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

High risk (1 in 30)

Not at the pin: mapped about 20 metres away.

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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