Canal Street, Leigh, Greater Manchester, WN7
Key Features
- Greater Manchester town of Leigh
- Located on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
- Two section trade area (104) & dining area (30)
- Canal side seating area (100)
- Three bedroom owners' accommodation
- Net sales £667,931
- SELLER REF 96156
Description
The Waterside Inn is located in the Greater Manchester town of Leigh which offers a blend of history, culture and modern amenities. The town is renowned for its rugby league team, Leigh Leopards, whose home is Leigh Sports Village which boasts an 11,000 capacity stadium, an athletics area, a college campus and leisure and retail facilities for the local community. Pennington Flash Nature Reserve and Haydock Racecourse are also within close proximity. The town of Wigan is 7 miles north, Manchester 16 miles east and Liverpool 23 miles west. Leigh boasts an excellent public transport system including bus services and railway lines, and it lies just off the A580 East Lancashire road which links to the M6 and M60 motorways.
The Waterside Inn is an established, food-led public house with an enviable outdoor seating area overlooking the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The venue is hugely popular with residents of the town and the surrounding areas and, in recent times, has become a destination venue. The public house offers an extensive food menu which includes bottomless brunches. It also hosts live music events on Saturdays and quiz nights on Wednesdays. The business has its own website: as well as a social media presence and it boasts excellent online reviews. This is a turnkey business for an experienced operator.
A Premises Licence is held for the retail of alcohol.
Current opening hours
Monday to Thursday: 12:00 - 22:00
Friday & Saturday: 12:00 - 23:00
Sunday: 12:00 - 21:00
All mains services are connected.
Local Authority: Wigan Council
Rateable value: £27,800
LEASEHOLD £160,000 to include goodwill, fixtures and fittings. Stock at valuation in addition.
No direct approach to be made to the business; please direct all communications through Sidney Phillips.
Viewing strictly by appointment only.
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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Rights & Restrictions
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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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
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
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
- Christ Church CofE Primary School, Pennington215 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 205
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Leigh St Mary's CofE Primary School463 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 211
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Leigh CofE Primary School565 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 350
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- Leigh Central Primary School573 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 211
- Type
- Community school
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Leigh606 metresOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 300
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- Bedford High School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,111
- Type
- Community school
- The Westleigh School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 976
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Lowton Church of England High School1.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 814
- Type
- Foundation school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Atherton High School2.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 561
- Type
- Free schools
- Fred Longworth High School2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,283
- 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, 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
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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