Price £350,000 - Available


  • Unique Eco Tourism Opportunity
  • 2.5 acres site approx including:
  • Riverside "Wild" Camping Site
  • "Light" Industrial Building 60 x 22 (Staff Room/Kitchen 14' x 15 and Shower Room)
  • Layby cafe business with road frontage
  • A487 direct access
  • Area of Stunning Natural Beauty
  • Property has multiple uses/revenue lines
  • Backdrop for cylists bikers and ramblers

FANTASTIC ECO TOURISM BUSINESS LOCATION - Wild Camping site with a light industrial use building 60' x 22' with layby Mobile Cafe Business having road frontage off the Dolgellau to Machynlleth A487 Trunk Road providing a 2.5 acre riverside site. The Main building, the former Corris Craft works Centre, with all mains services, staff room/kitchen and Shower Room providing an ideal opening for a crafts person or tradesman. The site provides multiple revenue lines from various tourist attraction/uses with the opportunity to develop Eco Tourism, etc. The owners have conducted two "Gaerwen Wild Camping" season successfully in 2021 and 22.
In an area of outstanding natural beauty, near Cadair Idris, a unique opportunity to catapult a sustainable riverside wild camping site at Corris further into the Holiday Park/ camping sector business with shepherd huts/ yurt/ lodges, subject to the necessary planning consent incorpprating the building as a base or for other use.
The area being noted as fantastic backdrop for ramblers, cyclists and bikers, Tourism is prime in the area being the gateway to Snowdonia and North Wales. Local attractions include the neighbouring King Arthur's Labyrinth within the village, The Centre for Alternative Technology, and Dyfi Osprey Project with the vibrant market town of Machynlleth with Railway Station, some 6 miles and Dolgellau 11 miles distant.

Situation
Corris is a popular location found 6 miles north of the historic town of Machynlleth, the ancient capital of Wales, amd lies on the west bank of the river Dulas, which here forms the county boundary between Gwynedd/Merionethshire and Powys/Montgomeryshire, Powys being to the east of the river.
The Afon Deri runs through the village before joining the Dulas. The modern A487 trunk road was built by the quarry owners in the 1840s and bypasses the village.
The area is known for its natural history and for its industrial heritage. The nearby Corris Craft Centre showcases the work of local craftspeople. Several former slate mines penetrate the hillsides, and parts of what was once Braichgoch quarry can be visited on a tourist trip called "King Arthur`s Labyrinth". Two miles south of Corris is the Centre for Alternative Technology.


Directions
From Machynlleth pass over the Dyfi Bridge and proceed on the A470 for 6 miles. At Corris on the main A487, continue past the War Memorial and Kings Arthur Labrinyth. The access lane to the site is just after the "Food Shack" lay by below the road.

Opportunities
The location affords tremendous opportunity to further develop into a holiday park with the nearby Food shack provides catering facilities close at hand.
The Building could be utilised to run a business for the craftsperson owners use/ let out or utilised as a base for the rest of the site.

The Site
This deep 2 Acre wooded site runs adjacent to the A487 with the Deri River running below and grassed verge to the highway. There are 2 accesses off the highway to the site which includes track formed from the former Quarry tramline running within the site.

Central Gravelled Area
At northern end of site forming 7 camping pitches having direct access to the river with wooden bridge feature, picnic table and bikes rack.

THE BUILDING

Box Profile building - 60'0" (18.29m) x 22'0" (6.71m)
With front double doors, concrete floor. Strip lighting. Wood burner with flue.

Staff Room - 15'0" (4.57m) x 14'9" (4.5m)
Insulated with patio door to rockery. Fitted kitchen with five base and 3 wall units.

Shower room - 4'5" (1.35m) x 9'6" (2.9m)
Insulated with raised shower cubicle with Triton Shower, wash basin and Toilet

External
Triangular shaped gravelled Yard/ Parking Area with

Leanto Timber carport - 15'0" (4.57m) x 25'2" (7.67m)
With box profile roof and sides

Polytunnel - 18'0" (5.49m) x 12'0" (3.66m)

Other Polytunnel - 10'0" (3.05m) x 6'0" (1.83m)

Wood Store

Services
Mains Electric (Three Phase), Water, & Drainage with Welsh Water sewerage treatment plant who pay wayleave to owner. Superfast Fibre Broadband is available to the site.

Agents Note
With more tourists visiting Wales in 2021 than ever before, "Staycations" are affordable, convenient and good for the enviroment. The owners ran a successful wild camping site over the summer with Visitors paid £10 per head per night and typically staying 1 or 2 evenings. Over heads being extremely low. The site could be used for multiple uses including tourist/leisure and craft attractions with building providing block facilities for the camping site or used in conjunction with the owners craft or simply let out for such purpose.

FOODSHACK

The Site

100m2 wide Tarred Site
To include a successful mobile catering business known as

Foodshack
Has 5 star food hygiene inspection and includes:
Hot water urn
Coffee machine
Hot water boiler for the sinks
Commercial microwave oven
1x larder fridge
1x cooker hood/extractor
4x stainless steel tables
1x commercial stainless steel sink
1x stainless steel sink for hand washing
LED lighting
2x ring mains
Walks and ceiling lined with white commercial grade lining
Commercial non slip flooring

Wooden gazebo
With hipped canopy roof

Services
Mains Electric and Water available adjacent

Money Laundering
The successful purchaser will be required to produce adequate identification to prove their identity within the terms of the Money Laundering Regulations. Appropriate examples include: Passport/Photo Driving Licence and a recent Utility Bill.

Important Information
Whilst we endeavour to make our sales details accurate and reliable they should not be relied on as statements or representations of fact and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. The seller does not make or give nor do we or our employees have the authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to the property. Please contact the office before viewing the property. If there is any point which is of particular importance to you we will be pleased to check the information for you and to confirm that the property remains available. This is particularly important if you are contemplating travelling some distance to view the property.



Council Tax
Gwynedd County Council, To Be Confirmed

Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.


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