£12,000 pa

(£17.42/sq. ft. pa)

Retail premises to let
Lowther Street, Carlisle CA3

    • 689 sq. ft

Available immediately
Leasehold
Added on 17/03/2026

About this property

  • Substantial footfall and opposite the lanes shopping centre entrance

  • Dda access

  • Suitable for various commercial uses (STP)

The ground floor retail unit is a two-storey building made up of red brick construction, which sits under a pitched slate roof. Located above the unit are office spaces.

Internally, the property comprises a rectangular-shaped open-plan retail space with extensive window frontages looking onto Lowther Street, benefiting from dda accessibility, kitchen, a disabled WC and a storage room.

This unit would be well-suited to serve as a:

Opticians
Nail / Beauty treatment / Salon
Estate Agents
Convenience store
Small Café

Subject to the landlord's consent.

Location

Carlisle is the predominant population and commercial centre for Cumbria and a large part of southwest Scotland, with a resident population of over 108,000 drawing on a wider catchment of over 380,000. The city is the principal administrative and retail centre for the area, drawing on the surrounding towns of Workington, Whitehaven and Dumfries. The city is the main retail centre for the area, the nearest competing commercial centres being Glasgow, 90 miles north; Newcastle, 60 miles east, and Preston, 90 miles south.

The property occupies a prominent position on Lowther Street, located directly opposite the Lanes Shopping Centre entrance. The highly visible location benefits from substantial daily pedestrian footfall being placed on a parade of shops. Lowther Street is a well established and popular thoroughfare within Carlisle town centre, featuring a mix of different occupiers in the surrounding area, including nail and beauty salons, hairdressers, independent restaurants, and the Stagecoach Cumbria bus stain.

Accommodation

This property has been measured on a Gross Internal Area basis and extends to the following approximate areas:

Terms

The unit is available to let by way of a new Fri lease for a term of years to be agreed at a rent of £12,000 per annum.

Services

The property is connected to mains water, drainage and electricity. Services have not been tested and interested parties should rely on their own investigations to confirm suitability.

Business Rates

The Valuation Office Agency website describes the property as shop and premises with a 2023 List Rateable Value of £10,750. The Small Business Non-Domestic multiplier for the 2025/2026 rate year is 49.9p in the £.

*** 100% Business Rates Relief For Qualifying Occupiers ***

Planning

We understand the property holds planning permission under Use Class E but may be suitable for other uses subject to obtaining all necessary consents. Interested parties should contact the Local Authority for planning enquiries.

EPC

The property benefits from an EPC showing an Energy Rating of c-67.

VAT

We understand VAT is payable on the rent.

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