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"This well located premises for sale in Lymington, situated next to Marks and Spencer, offers a generous retail space measuring approximately 570 square feet, with a separate entrance to the first floor. The property benefits from a courtyard to the rear and a roof garden. There is potential for the upstairs to be converted to a flat, subject to pp.

Upon entering the property, you are greeted with a separate entrance leading directly into the ground floor retail area. The shop has a large display window to the front, providing excellent visibility, and a door at the rear opens onto a small courtyard with a footpath to Wykeham Place. There is also a door leading to a separate office area, which offers a quiet workspace away from the main retail space. From the office, a further door leads into the cloakroom with WC.

In the entrance area there is potential for a separate door to lead to a hallway with stairs that ascend to the first floor office store room. This space has French doors that open onto a roof garden. The first floor also connects to two additional store areas, one of which leads to a small kitchen and a cloakroom with WC.

Previously, planning permission had been granted to convert the first floor into a self contained flat, although this permission has now lapsed. With its prime location and versatile space, this property offers great potential for a variety of uses, whether for retail, office, or a mixed use development subject to planning permission .

Current rateable value £8,500.

Lymington offers an extensive range of shops from large household names such as Marks & Spencer and Waitrose to independent boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants, pubs and tea rooms. There are also a variety of hair salons and beauticians to choose from. Saturdays provide a vibrant atmosphere throughout the town as the market attracts many locals and visitors from throughout the forest and beyond. Lymington is the ideal location for those who enjoy water sports with two marinas and sailing clubs holding access to the Solent and a short drive away from beaches.

Being so close to the New Forest it also offers the perfect location for those who enjoy horse riding, walking and cycling. The town offers a nine hole golf course, rowing club, community centre, library, small cinema, bowls club and tennis club. Lymington Recreation Centre offers an indoor 25m swimming pool and many fitness classes, whilst during the summer months there is an outdoor seawater baths next to the River with a hundred years of heritage. There is also a Cricket Club, Football and Rugby Clubs, Skateboard Park and children s play areas.

From a more practical view Lymington also offers churches of all faiths, infant, junior and secondary schools all within walking distance of the town."