Black Bull
Malton Road, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8EA
- Ingoing Cost:
- ÂŁ73,734
- Annual Rent:
- ÂŁ52,936
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Car Park
The Black Bull is located in Pickering, a well-established market town with a strong and consistent tourist trade driven by touring parks and seasonal visitors. The pub benefits from a substantial captive audience, with approximately 300 families within walking distance throughout the season, supported by multiple nearby touring and caravan parks, including Upper Carr, Black Bull Touring and Galtres, delivering around 219 touring parties on a seasonal basis.
The existing customer base is primarily tourists and seasonal visitors, with the proposed capital investment repositioning the pub to better capture food sales, longer dwell times and higher spend per head.
The pub’s trading area and facilities post-refurbishment will be:
- Main trading area with a bar.
- Catering kitchen with a large capacity.
- 74 internal covers.
- Approximately 100 external covers.
- Pub garden.
- Five letting rooms.
- Private accommodation with two bedrooms, included as part of the refurbishment.
- HEINEKEN SmartDispense.
- Car park with 13 spaces.
The private accommodation with two bedrooms is included as part of the refurbishment.
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Catering Kitchen
A ÂŁ110,000 investment is planned to transform the Black Bull.
An investment is planned to address the key constraints currently limiting the pub’s performance. The refurbishment will focus on external improvements and a reworked kitchen, creating a more efficient, appealing, and commercially viable operation that supports increased food sales and overall turnover.
The proposed works focus on upgrading the pub’s external areas to improve first impressions, visibility, and kerb appeal, alongside a redesigned kitchen to better support food production and service. These improvements will enable the pub to capitalise on its strong tourist footfall, improve operational efficiency, and deliver a more consistent food offer throughout the trading week.
By addressing the external presentation and kitchen layout, the refurbishment opens up opportunities to grow daytime and evening food occasions, increase average spend, and better serve the large seasonal audience within walking distance. The enhanced facilities will require an operator who is confident in delivering a food offer that meets demand from tourists, families, and casual diners, while maintaining strong wet-led trade.
This investment is designed to unlock the Black Bull’s full potential by removing operational barriers and strengthening its appeal as a destination pub. The refurbishment is anticipated to drive a meaningful increase in turnover.
If you’ve benefited from running or owning a pub business, the landlords would love to hear what experience you can bring.
The right operator for the Black Bull will have extensive experience in food-led hospitality businesses. They will have a clear vision for the food and drinks offer, understand how to maximise tourist and seasonal trade, and be confident in driving evening and destination-led visits through strong standards, service, and promotion.
If this sounds like the incredible pub opportunity you’ve been waiting for, apply today and tell the landlords what you can bring to this pub’s next chapter.
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