Hampshire's Foxlease estate placed on the market for £4m

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Stephen Emerson

Foxlease estate is up for sale

A New Forest activities which sits on a sprawling country estate has been put up for sale by Girlguiding UK.

Foxlease is one of five centres across the UK that are being sold off by Girlguiding UK and is being marketed by Savills estate agents.

Girlguiding UK hope to make £4m from the sale of the estate which is being sold off in two lots.

Lot one has a guide price of £2.5m and includes the Grade II-listed Princess Mary House, which has 23 bedrooms and is the main building on the 65-acre estate. Also included is a three-bedroom bungalow, camping facilities, and an outdoor activity area. Lot two, up for £1.5m, comprises three cottages.

A charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) called Foxie’s Future has been set up in a bid to buy the main part of the centre.

A statement from sale sale brochure reads: "An extraordinarily rare opportunity to acquire
a significant 65 acre Georgian Estate located in the heart of the New Forest, with a wide
range of accommodation across the site offering a range of potential alternative uses,
subject to planning permission."

Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset. Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users. He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.