Bowsers Farm Stickney and Eastville Boston Lincolnshire
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Bowsers Farm Stickney and Eastville Boston Lincolnshire TO LET: 979.57 ACRE COMMERCIAL ARABLE FARM ON the instrUctions of All SOUls ColleGE, OXford Bowsers FarM, StickneY and EastVille, Boston, Lincolnshire Coningsby 8.2 miles (13.2 km) Spilsby 8.7 miles (14.0 km) Boston 9.6miles (15.4 km) Horncastle 11.0 miles (17.7 km) (Distances and times are approximate) ® Commercial arable farm with buildings ® 979.57 acres or thereabouts ® Grain storage for approximately 8,700 tonnes in a range of buildings ® To Let as a whole by informal tender on a Farm Business Tenancy for a period of five years from 11th October 2018 Introduction The letting of Bowsers Farm provides an opportunity to rent an equipped commercial arable farm of substantial size in the Lincolnshire Fens which may appeal to both local farmers seeking to expand their existing acreage and potentially those from further afield. The farm is being offered to let as a whole by informal tender on a Farm Business Tenancy from 11th October 2018. Location and Situation The farm is situated in the Fens to the north of Boston in Lincolnshire. The land is principally divided in to three main blocks, with the primary yard located at Bowsers Farm in West Fen parish between the villages of Stickney and New Bolingbroke. To the north is Far Fen Farm in the parishes of West Fen and East Kirkby, located to the south of Kirkby Bank. The third block is located approximately five miles to the east of Bowsers Farm in the East Fen at Eastville, immediately to the east of the village, each side of Station Road. Access is via public roads and private farm tracks. Description The farmland extends to 957.56 acres of land the vast majority of which is used for arable cropping, and which benefits from a range of farm buildings providing approximately 8,700 tonnes of grain storage. The total gross area of the farm to be let is 979.57 acres. The land is shown on the plans within these particulars and further details including a full schedule of areas are available within the Information Pack. Agricultural Land Classification and Soil Type The land at Bowsers Farm and Far Fen Farm is categorised as Grades 2 and 3 by the Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales. According to the Soil Survey of England and Wales the soil type at Bowsers Farm and the southern part of Far Fen Farm belongs in part to the series of Wallasea 2 soils described as “Marine Alluvium: Deep stoneless clayey soils, calcareous in places. Some deep calcareous silty soils. Flat land often with low ridges giving a complex soil pattern”. The remainder of Far Fen Farm is split between, at the north Blackwood soils described as “Glaciofluvial Drift: Deep permeable sandy and coarse loamy soils”; and in the middle Wickham 2 described as “Drift over Jurassic and Cretaceous clay or mudstone: Slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged fine loamy over clayey, fine silty over clayey and clayey soils”. The land at Eastville is categorised as Grade 2 by the Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales. According to the Soil Survey of England and Wales the soil type belongs to the series of Downholland 2 soils, which are described as “Marine alluvium: Deep stoneless clayey or calcareous silty soils, mainly with a humose surface horizon”; and part is of the series of Wallasea 2 soils described as “Marine Alluvium: Deep stoneless clayey soils, calcareous in places. Some deep calcareous silty soils. Flat land often with low ridges giving a complex soil pattern”. Cropping Details of the recent cropping of the farm are available in the Information Pack. Buildings Bowsers Farm yard contains a range of buildings providing substantial grain storage capacity of approximately 8,700 tonnes (estimated capacity figure based on storage of wheat). A plan and schedule of the buildings is available in the Information Pack. Services Bowsers Farm benefits from mains electricity (three phase), water and telephone connections. Foul drainage is to a private system. Drainage The land is subject to Drainage Rates levied by the Witham Fourth District Internal Drainage Board. The tenant will be responsible for registering and paying any drainage rates during the term of the tenancy. We have been informed that the current drainage charges for 2018/19 amount to £8,285.95 per annum. Plans of the under-drainage schemes for the farm (where available) are included within the Information Pack. Designations All of the land is designated as part of a Surface Water Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ), with part of the northern block of land at Stickney designated as part of a Groundwater NVZ. 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