54-55 Longden Coleham, Shrewsbury

The property comprises a mid terrace two storey building of brick elevations under a recently refurbished flat roof.  The unit occupies the whole of the ground floor with an elevated fully glazed frontage onto Longden Coleham. There is a small yard to the side providing bin storage for the commercial unit and steps up to the flat.

Internally, the unit is currently fitted out as a fish and chip shop takeaway and restaurant with 28 covers and has been trading successfully in this use for over 40 years, benefiting from an established local customer base. Should an incoming Tenant wish to continue operating the premises as a fish and chip shop, the existing fixtures and fittings are available by separate negotiation at a premium of £30,000.

Location
The property is situated in Longden Coleham, a busy and popular retail and residential suburb on the southern approach into Shrewsbury town centre. The location benefits from a high volume of passing traffic and good footfall. The property is particularly well located being directly opposite and in direct line of sight of Greyfriar’s Bridge – a popular precinct of shops and café’s with the bridge itself providing a scenic pedestrian route through to Wyle Cop and the town centre within easy walking distance. The area is well served by public transport links and local amenities, making it an attractive position for commercial occupiers.

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire being located about 47.8 miles North-West of Birmingham, 43.2 miles South of Chester, and 16.5 miles West of Telford. It has an urban population of 80,000 and benefits from good road communication links leading from the A5 trunk road to the M54 motorway and onto the M6 and the rest of the country’s national motorway network. The town is also served by the A49 Cardiff—Manchester trunk road and the A458 from its mid-Wales hinterland.

There are direct rail services to London Euston (approximately 2 hours 41 minutes) and also to Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff.

Shrewsbury ’s Town Centre:
In 2025, Shrewsbury was named number one in the Telegraph’s list of UK’s best High Streets for the second year in a row. Shrewsbury Market Hall has also been voted ‘Britain’s Favourite Market’ for an unprecedented third year running and a record 4th time at the 2025 Great British Market awards. The town is also home to Wyle Cop which is reputedly the longest uninterrupted run of independent traders in the Country.

Given such accolades, it is hardly surprising that Shrewsbury’s High Street attracted record footfall numbers in December 2025 with more than £135million spent by visitors to it’s town centre shops and businesses, outperforming GB benchmarks.

Additionally, Food and Beverage is Shrewsbury’s largest sector, occupying over 28% of the town centre with a spend of over £46.5 million in 2025 - almost twice as much as any other sector.

In the wider context Shropshire’s visitor economy as a whole surpassed £1 billion for the first time in 2025, a 10.1% increase from 2024, supported by its 10.66 million visitors.

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