Hitchin is a historic and highly desirable growing market town situated in north Hertfordshire, popular with commuters into London and larger commercial centres including St Albans, Hemel Hempstead and Watford. It is frequently named as ‘one of the best places to live’ in Hertfordshire and in 2025 was ranked 20th nationally in Rightmove’s annual ‘Happy Home Index’ and third in the East of England. The attractive town is leafy and vibrant, receiving five gold awards since 2009 in the Royal Horticultural Society’s ‘Britain in Bloom’ awards.
The town centre is occupied by a variety of household name stores including M&S Foodhall, Boots, Caffè Nero, Barclays Bank, Waitrose and B&M Stores, as well as an abundance of independent retailers, bars, restaurants, hotels, pubs and leisure facilities. Footfall to the town centre is increased by Hitchin market which operates 200m from the store, 4 days per week, with over 150 stalls.
Hitchin has a number of public car parks including a large multi storey with 295 spaces. The town is well located for rail travel with Thameslink and Great Northern lines serving the station, which is 0.8 miles on foot from the High Street. The station offers regular direct services to London Kings Cross in 32 minutes, Gatwick Airport, Brighton and St Pancras International as well as northern centres including Cambridge and Peterborough. Access to the national motorway network is facilitated by the A602 which links to the A1 and the M25 approximately 18 miles to the south. The A505 provides easy access to Luton and Cambridge.
There is a diverse range of brand names and independent stores and services in the immediate vicinity including national banks, optometrists, cafes, fast food outlets, bars and historic pubs. The street scene is vibrant. The road immediately outside is partly pedestrianised, with access to permit holders only between 10am and 4pm, making it a pleasant walkable centre. Some 100 metres to the south is the Market Square which hosts a regular market, a food and wine festival, alfresco cafes and a rotating selection of food trucks
This imposing building offers extensive, flexible accommodation spanning the entire depth of the building across ground and first floors.
The building provides impressive, versatile space suitable for a broad spectrum of uses falling under Use Class E and potentially other uses STPP (including retail, office, leisure, education, or medical/clinical sectors).
An agreement for lease has been signed for approximately 4,000 sq ft of the ground floor space (10 High Street Front) by a Grade A covenant national retailer.
The remainder of the property is capable of being let as a whole to a single tenant, or potentially to be sub-divided to provide variety of self contained units across both levels.
For lettings of the whole of the remainder of the property it may be possible to demise circa 40 roof top car parking spaces and parts of the rear yard/parking area, accessed from Paynes Park.
The property offers maximum flexibility: the dividing wall between the original two units can be removed to create expansive, wider floorplates suiting a variety of occupational requirements. All areas of the property benefit from solid concrete floors.
Where lettings of the available ground floor space and first floor spaces are to more than one tenant, a new separate High Street entrance to the first floor level is proposed.
The ultimate configuration and use of the space is yet to be determined. As such, if you have space requirements from 557 sq.m (6,000 sq.ft) please call us to discuss.
New lease/leases on substantial parts of the property are available on terms to be agreed. The property is elected for VAT
By prior appointment with Gilmartin Ley, telephone 020 8882 0111.
Premium: n/a
Rateable value: £259,000
Estimated Rates Payable: £127,687 per annum
Service charge: There will be service charge provision relating to the upkeep of the site, communal areas, landscaping, drainage, road maintenance, utilities, public liability insurance etc. Details to be confirmed
Local authority: North Herts Council
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