Beer Garden
External Drinking Area
Car Park
Property details
Halifax is a market town in West Yorkshire. A thriving town during the industrial revolution and steeped in history due to its woollen manufacture trade it is increasingly popular with locals and tourists visiting the area. The Queens Head Tavern is a very popular community pub located within a busy residential area with a population topping 10,000 people across all age ranges with local shops and amenities just a short walk away. Just two miles outside Halifax on the busy A629 Mason Green Road access to and from the town centre are excellent.
From the main road, you can enter the main lobby area. Here, there are three seating areas located off the main servery bar, a snug area, a lounge area, and a pool/darts room. The mixture of fixed and loose seating throughout the open-plan layout makes this area warm, inviting, and very sociable. Accessible through this room is the beer garden.
Wooden benches and a partly covered section alongside the building provide this "hidden gem" which overlooks neighbouring fields and provides panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Externally to the front of the building are several more benches, alongside a small car park for approx. seven cars. The standards in all areas have been kept very high by the current licensees.
The private accommodation on the first floor is in good order and of a comfortable size. This comprises of three bedrooms, lounge, kitchen and bathroom.
Cask Ale
Team Games
Live Entertainment
Experienced Operator
Trading style
The pub currently operates on a wet-only basis, with an opportunity to offer simple back bar handheld food. The local community provides a strong established day-to-day trade, with the opportunity to build on the existing offer throughout the week with entertainment built around the current offer of live sports being shown throughout the domestic season.
This is a great opportunity for a hands-on operator who can run a very busy wet-led pub where the provision of regular live sports and entertainment to drive customer trade and footfall is key. The pub needs to appeal to both males and females and welcome families at appropriate trading times utilising the big trading space and exploiting the potential of the sizable beer garden to ensure that the business is successful and at the heart of the local community the pub serves. The landlords are looking for a very driven and hardworking individual or couple who have the passion, energy, and enthusiasm to really embed themselves into the local community and who can put their ideas into the business to deliver outstanding results. You must be competent and confident in marketing both inside and outside the pub, along with utilising the many social media platforms to retain the existing customer base while attracting new customers to the pub through delivering outstanding customer service. Developing a strong rhythm of the week is key and a plan of how to develop the full potential of the pub beer garden is essential. There is also the opportunity to deliver a small food offer either regularly or to complement weekend pub activities, especially in the Summer months utilising the beer garden as the pub has a small fully functional kitchen that is currently not in use.
Key financials
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Reference Number:
IU3WDL / P01298
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Agreement Type:
Tenancy
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Min Ingoing Cost:
£13,500.00
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Annual Rent:
£31,500.00
The stated ingoing figures are correct at point of advertising. Please be aware there may be additional costs.
Please be aware energy performance certificates are available from the landlord.
Annual Rent: £31,500
Security Deposit: £7,000
Working Capital: £2,500
Stock: £4,000
F&F: TBC – funding options may be available for the right licensee.