The Quay Thistle Hotel, Poole | Property for sale | Savills
Price on application

The Quay Thistle HotelPoole

  • Sole agency
Development land

Key features

  • Freehold / Long Leasehold
  • Selling on behalf of Receivers
  • A planning application received a resolution to grant on 17th August 2023
  • Residential development and a replacement hotel
  • Waterfront location
  • Existing 70 bedroom hotel (closed March 2024)
  • Bid Deadline: TBC

FOR SALE

About this property

  • The property being sold is formed by two adjoining titles. The freehold title extends to 0.365 ha (0.9 acre) and is undeveloped. The western part of the title is laid to tarmac for car parking, and is otherwise overgrown. The leasehold title (to the west of and adjoining the freehold title) is held under a 125 year lease from 1 July 1981 with 82 years remaining. The main building on the site is the Quay Thistle Hotel, which is a brick built 1980s hotel of 2 to 3 storeys, and providing 70 bedrooms, restaurant, bar and conference facilities. The hotel was trading until March 2024. The land to the rear of the hotel provides car parking which is monitored by a number plate recognition system.

Local information

  • The site is located at the eastern end of Poole Quay, Poole, and has direct views over the Poole Quay Boat Haven towards Brownsea Island. The site extends to 1.12 hectares (2.77 acres) and is located approximately 400 metres to the east of the High Street.
  • Poole Quay is a historic waterfront thoroughfare and commercial heart of Poole Harbour, which is Europe’s largest natural harbour. The site is bounded by the Dolphin Quays residential and retail scheme to the west, and by older style housing to the north and east accessed by Ballard Road. The historic old town of Poole is within a 3 minute walk.
  • The Quay is on the route for local buses, and the town is served by Poole Mainline railway station 1km to the north, with regular services to Dorchester and Weymouth to the South, and London (via Bournemouth, Winchester and Basingstoke) with an average journey time of 2 hours. For daily needs, the closest supermarkets are Aldi and Sainsbury approximately 0.7 km to the north.