Christie & Co has announced the sale of Fieldside Day Nursery in Great Heck, North Yorkshire, to Kids Planet Day Nurseries Group.

Originally established in 2001, Fieldside Day Nursery is a site that was rebuilt in 2022 to comprise a state-of-the-art property with six children’s rooms, a large customer parking, and beautiful gardens and views.

The nursery is located in Great Heck, a small village in North Yorkshire.

While benefiting from a lovely rural location surrounded by countryside, it is surrounded by villages and is only 20 minutes from Selby and Pontefract.

The setting has been owned by Gail and Colin Hope since 2001 and was brought to market to allow Gail to retire.

Following a confidential sales process with Grace Day at Christie & Co, it has been purchased by Kids Planet Day Nurseries, which now owns over 200 settings across the UK.
Clare Roberts, chief executive of Kids Planet Day Nurseries, said: “I am delighted to welcome this wonderful nursery into the Kids Planet family.

“We are continuing to grow our network of award-winning nurseries, but our core values remain consistent with high-quality early years education at the heart of everything we do.”

Day added: “Gail and Colin had always had a good working relationship with us at Christie & Co, taking the opportunity to keep up to date on market trends and the evolving value of their nursery to help plan for their future.

“Sure enough, we were able to act swiftly to achieve the desired sale when the time came.

“This is a great example of just how valuable it is to keep in touch regularly with an experienced, specialist broker to understand the full value of your business.”

Legal support was supplied by Tom Shorten of Mills & Reeve Solicitors, and Tim Grover of Harrison Drury Solicitors.

Fieldside Day Nursery was sold for an undisclosed price.