Horne Ln, Harpur Centre, Bedford
540 to 12,728 sq ft







Highlights
- Various retail units
- High quality retail units to let between 500 - 7,000 sq ft within the Harpur Centre situated in the heart of Bedford.
- Benefitting from a £5 million investment that has recently been completed.
- Offering a strong and growing local economy, Bedford boasts a 7.8m catchment area and a 15m town centre footfall.
- Offering excellent transport links being easily accessible from the M1 to the west, and A1 to the east.
- Current occupier's include Primark, Boots, Argos, Pandora, Superdrug, WH Smith, The Fragrance Shop.
Features
- Atrium
- Property manager on site
- Security system
- Signage
- Enclosed mall

Horne Ln, Harpur Centre, Bedford MK40 1TS
Search for similar retail units & shops in Bedford- Retail location
- District / local centre
- Marketing
- Harpur shopping centre website
- PDF #1 Brochure
4 spaces available
Stacking plan
There are 4 spaces available. View the stacking plan for this property.
Space | Size | Term | Price | Use | Condition | Available | ||
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Basement - Unit 33-37 - Retail Basement - Unit 33-37 | Size 12,728 sq ft | Term Negotiable | Price £50,000 per annum | Retail | Excellent | Available | ||
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Term | Negotiable |
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Service type | Fully repairing and insuring |
Space type | Relet |
Suite | 33-37 |
Ground floor - Unit 14-15 - Retail
Available
- Size
- 4,139 sq ft
- Use class
-
What is a Use Class?
Use classes are the legal framework which determines what a particular property may be used for by its occupants.
Other uses that fall within E:
- Shops
- Financial and professional services
- Restaurants and cafes
- Offices other than a use within Class A2
- Research and development of products and processes
- Industrial processes which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenity
- Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, day centres
- Gymnasiums or areas for indoor sports and recreations (except for motor sports or where firearms are used)
- Buildout condition
- Excellent
- Address
- Unit 14-15, Harpur St, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1TJ, GB
- Amenities
- Common Parts WC Facilities, High Ceilings, Security System, CCTV (Closed Circuit Television Monitoring)
- Marketing
- PDF #1 Brochure
- This space comprises 4,139 sq ft on the ground floor and 2,901 sq ft on the first floor.
- The unit is situated on the Harpur Square Mall with a return frontage to the Horne Lane Mall adjacent to Vision Express and Fraser Hart.
Photos
Term | Negotiable |
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Service type | Negotiable |
Space type | Relet |
Suite | 14-15 |
Ground floor - Unit 29 - Retail
Under offer
- Size
- 1,676 sq ft
- Use class
-
What is a Use Class?
Use classes are the legal framework which determines what a particular property may be used for by its occupants.
Other uses that fall within E:
- Shops
- Financial and professional services
- Restaurants and cafes
- Offices other than a use within Class A2
- Research and development of products and processes
- Industrial processes which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenity
- Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, day centres
- Gymnasiums or areas for indoor sports and recreations (except for motor sports or where firearms are used)
- Buildout condition
- Excellent
- Address
- Unit 29, Harpur Centre, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1TJ, GB
- Amenities
- Common Parts WC Facilities, High Ceilings, Security System, CCTV (Closed Circuit Television Monitoring)
- This space comprises 1,676 sq ft on the ground floor and 920 sq ft on the first floor.
- The unit is situated on the West Mall adjacent to Yours and opposite Primark.
- The West Mall is the main link between The Harpur Centre and The Howard Centre providing a good level of footfall.
Photos
Term | Negotiable |
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Service type | Negotiable |
Space type | Relet |
Suite | 29 |
Ground floor - Unit 4 - Retail
Available
- Size
- 540 sq ft
- Use class
-
What is a Use Class?
Use classes are the legal framework which determines what a particular property may be used for by its occupants.
Other uses that fall within E:
- Shops
- Financial and professional services
- Restaurants and cafes
- Offices other than a use within Class A2
- Research and development of products and processes
- Industrial processes which can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenity
- Clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, day centres
- Gymnasiums or areas for indoor sports and recreations (except for motor sports or where firearms are used)
- Buildout condition
- Excellent
- Address
- Unit 4, The Harpur Centre, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 1TJ, GB
- Amenities
- Common Parts WC Facilities, High Ceilings, Security System, CCTV (Closed Circuit Television Monitoring)
- The available space comprises 540 sq ft on the ground floor, and 332 sq ft on the first floor.
- The unit is situated on the Midland Road Mall adjacent to Vodafone and opposite Greggs, other retailers on this mall include Warren James and Three.
Term | Negotiable |
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Service type | Negotiable |
Space type | Relet |
Suite | 4 |
Property facts for Horne Ln, Harpur Centre, Bedford
The Harpur Centre, Bedford’s premier shopping centre, is open seven days a week with over 30 stores trading over two levels. The Harpur Centre is situated in the heart of Bedford and is the principal shopping centre within the town anchored by Primark, Boots and Topshop. Other notable tenants include Smiggle, Pandora and Superdrug. The Shopping centre has recently undergone a 5 million pound internal and external refurbishment including new flooring throughout, signage, lighting, increased ceiling heights and W.C. facilities. The Centre also offers free Wi-Fi throughout the Harpur Centre.
The Harpur Centre provides a natural link between Midland Road and the main town centre through to the Riverside Leisure scheme which is anchored by a 7 screen Vue Cinema. The tenant line up also includes Wagamama, Zizzi, Anytime Fitness, Albero Lounge and Miller & Carter.
Bedford is located 49 miles north west of London, and easily accessible from the M1 to the west, and A1 to the east.
- Building subtype
- Freestanding store
- Number of storeys
- 3
- Total building area
- 198,333 sq ft
- Rentable building area
- 198,333 sq ft
- Construction material
- Reinforced concrete
- Year built
- 1976
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Neil is a Director of LM and Head of the Shopping Centre Leasing team. Neil works on a number of high profile instructions across the UK including Brent Cross, Churchill Sq Brighton and intu Braehead. He is a member of the Revo advisory panel and a Chartered Surveyor.

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Damian was formerly Head of Retail at JLL, he joined the bf team in 2017 as a Partner in our Retail + Leisure team. He is a Chartered Surveyor and has worked for some of the industry’s leading firms, bringing with him 30 years’ experience. He has been involved in market leading instructions during the course of his career and at bf, has been responsible for developing our shopping centre leasing business. His worth ethic, industry knowledge and extensive contacts has allowed Damian to expand our platform of both landlord and occupier clients, providing them with exemplary service to achieve the best results.
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