Ribble Valley Dairy Estate Listed for Over £5 Million

An expansive 800-acre dairy estate located on the edge of the Ribble Valley has been listed for offers exceeding £5 million. Marketed by property consultancy Fisher German, The Alston Estate, situated near Preston, comprises two fully equipped dairy farms leased under Agricultural Holdings Act tenancies. Elston New Hall Farm features amenities including a four-bedroom house, a secondary three-bedroom farmhouse, both modern and traditional red brick farm structures, approximately 270 acres of permanent pasture, and about 46.5 acres of ancient semi-natural woodland. In contrast, Elston Old Hall Farm includes a four-bedroom house, a three-bedroom let farmhouse, a three-bedroom grade II-listed house, a mix of modern and traditional red brick farm buildings, roughly 385 acres of pasture, and around 67.3 acres of woodland.

The estate further benefits from frontage to the River Ribble and is situated just four miles from the M6 motorway. Richard Gadd, a partner and the head of farm agency at Fisher German, remarks on the estate's opportunities for private investors, corporates, and charities. He states, "The estate provides significant natural capital prospects, good sporting potential, and long-term mineral prospects, alongside some smaller scale development potential across the farm buildings, subject to the necessary consents." Noteworthy is the rarity of such rural investment opportunities, coupled with the potential for the amalgamation of the two tenanted holdings into a significant ringfenced estate in the future.