Wood Grill at The Queen Adelaide 24 High Street, Croydon, Royston, SG8
Key Features
- Investment sale of freehold public house
- Close to Cambridge
- Let on 20-year FRI lease until 2037
- Rental income of £60,000 pax
- Subject to 5-yearly reviews
- Excellent condition, maintained by tenant
- Substantial site area
- Strong underlying property value
- 4x en suite B&B letting rooms
- PLUS 2x independent flats
Description
The Wood Grill (former Queen Adelaide) is predominantly a brick-built, two-storey building under a tiled roof with extensions and timber cladding. The pub and restaurant has been extensively refurbished to exacting standards in recent years and offers an attractive, spacious and practical trading space along with the benefit of letting rooms.
A central entrance opens into the open-plan trade space, which is decorated and furnished to a high standard, with restaurant dining areas to the front and a bar area with feature decorative fireplace and wooden servery to the rear. The whole area is capable of accommodating c. 90+ covers. Male, female and accessible toilets are located off the main bar.
To the rear of the trade area is a well-appointed trade kitchen replete with commercial extraction and a cellar (ground floor).
The property has the rare benefit of 2x 1-bedroom apartments, both self-contained and with separate access.
On the first floor there is a further self-contained 3-bedroom manager's apartment.
Outside, the property is set back behind a pleasant trade patio enclosed by low-level wall and dedicated gravelled car park, which has space for c. 15 vehicles. A detached block to the side of the main building contains 4x en suite B&B letting rooms, 2 of which are double rooms and 2 single rooms.
Income
The sale is subject to a 20-year FRI lease which commenced on 24th April 2017 and is outside the provisions of the Landlord & Tenant Act (1954).
The income from this lease is £60,000 per annum, payable monthly in advance. The rent was reviewed on 24th April 2022.
A full copy of the lease is available to genuinely interested parties.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-09-23
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Parking Available
- Garden
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 20% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 125
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Wrestlingworth CofE Infant School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Pupils
- 58
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Bassingbourn Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 326
- Type
- Community school
- Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy3.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 67
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- Bourn CofE Primary Academy4.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 193
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Bassingbourn Village College3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 652
- Type
- Academy converter
- Melbourn Village College5.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 559
- Type
- Academy converter
- Comberton Village College5.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,981
- Type
- Academy converter
- King James Academy Royston5.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 9 to 18
- Pupils
- 947
- Type
- Academy converter
- Cambourne Village College6.3 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,626
- Type
- Free schools
* 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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. 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
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 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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The Quad Cambridge No. 9 Journey Campus Castle Park Cambridge CB3 0AX
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