Trevena Cross, Troon Row Breage, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 9PY

Christie & Co are delighted to bring to market the opportunity to purchase a family owned and run garden centre located in Breage near the historic Porthleven Harbour.
Trevena Cross is a beautifully presented family run garden centre with a stylish on-site Bistro, large customer car park and well laid out internal retail area, as well as multiple polytunnels housing a wide range of indigenous and exotic plants . The garden centre is located on a busy road and occupies a generous plot of around 10 acres providing scope for further growth and expansion.

Trevena Cross occupies a freehold site of approximately 10 acres and is prominently positioned along the A394 in Breage, near Helston in West Cornwall.

This key route runs along the county’s south coast, linking Penzance with Falmouth via Helston.

The location offers excellent accessibility, just a short drive from Porthleven’s historic harbour and within easy reach of both Helston and Penzance. Falmouth is around a 30-minute drive, with Truro not much further, making the site well-connected across the region.

Trevena Cross occupies a freehold site of approximately 10 acres and is prominently positioned along the A394 in Breage, near Helston in West Cornwall.

This key route runs along the county’s south coast, linking Penzance with Falmouth via Helston.

The location offers excellent accessibility, just a short drive from Porthleven’s historic harbour and within easy reach of both Helston and Penzance. Falmouth is around a 30-minute drive, with Truro not much further, making the site well-connected across the region.

Porthleven Harbour 2.5 miles
Helston 3.5 miles
Penzance 11 miles
Falmouth 17.3 miles
Truro 22.1 miles

According to the latest census data there are over 231,544 people living within a 25 kilometer radius of Trevena Cross and the data highlights favourable local demographics with above UK average employment and owner occupied housing.

The garden centre is situated on a large site with the main building at the Eastern end of the site which is just off the A394.
The main buildings offer a large internal retail area and adjoining café along with a vast multispan covered plant area which offers year round retail of plants and garden products and is also home to the extremely popular TIKI bar, an outdoor café which is ideal for customers looking for a quick stop for coffee and cakes.
Behing the main centre is a large plant area and numerous polytunnels which are used for further plant retail.
The Garden Centre has a recently installed
The garden centre has recently installed solar panels which feed into an onsite battery system, this has significantly reduced electricity consumption and costs.
To the north of the access road is the second parcel of land which currently provides car parking and a large overflow car park. There are various storage areas for compost and the like. This area also has the benefit of planning permission for a new building for retail, café, storage and office space.

The Palm Tree Bistro
The Palm Tree Bistro is located in the heart of the garden centre and has recently been modernised, including the installation of a new commercial kitchen. The café has a superb ambience and growing customer following.

Retirement sale of an established garden centre business in one of the most beautiful parts of the country

The site benefits from planning permission to build a farm shop to increase turnover and increase trade, especially growing the income from tourists and families

The last year saw a huge increase in food and beverage income, the recently expanded café offers the opportunity for new owners to continue to grow café income

The garden centre has a reputation for specialist exotic plants and could expand direct to customer sales

The site is large and offers considerable scope to add further concessions and thereby grow passive rental income

The business is run by the owners with the assistance of a team of staff which include a garden centre manager and head chef who overseas the bistro. Staff will transfer under TUPE.

Monday – Saturday
9.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday
10.30 am – 4.30pm

Farm Shop Planning permission
The August 2022 planning permission included consent to build a new farm shop with retail and café. The permission also included a new office and storage.
Full details of the consent can be found on the Cornwall planning portal using the reference PA22/06832.
The new building is to be located on the parcel of land to the north of the centre which also includes a large customer car park. It is anticipated that the farm shop will significantly increase the turnover of the business and bring a new customer base to the site which will include a large number of tourists and those staying in nearby camp sites and holiday accommodation.