Fancy owning a bit of Flimby beach? Nearly 27 acres are up for auction from £8,000 Nearly 27 acres of Flimby beach and foreshore go to online auction with a guide price of £8,000

A big stretch of Flimby beach, Flemings Shore, is up for online auction from 10 to 12 November, guide price £8,000. The sales blurb reckons you could do beach racing, film shoots or even wind turbines, but you'd need permission first.

This one's for folk in Flimby and anybody who walks the shore between Maryport and Workington, plus anybody nosey about who's going to buy it.

A 26.9-acre stretch of beach and foreshore at Flimby, called Flemings Shore, is up for sale with Paul Fosh Auctions. It's Lot 77 in an online auction running 10 to 12 November, the guide price is £8,000-plus, and it's freehold with nobody renting it.

The sales blurb is a bit of a read. It reckons the best bet is beach motorsport, like the sand racing they have at Weston-super-Mare and Mablethorpe. It also suggests renting it out for car adverts, fashion shoots and filming, horse gallops for racehorse trainers, land yachting and kitesurfing, mobile saunas, outdoor cinemas, parking in summer and a small campervan stop.

It even mentions wind turbines, saying the government got rid of the planning rules that more or less stopped onshore wind in England back in July 2024, and smaller schemes now go to Cumberland Council. It throws in some national figures for what landowners get paid, but admits nobody's actually looked at whether this land would work.

To be fair, the listing does say most of this would need planning permission, licences and other sign-offs. And according to the LandSale listing, the land's in Flood Zone 3 on the government's planning map.

What you can do: if you're tempted, read the full listing and legal pack on the Paul Fosh website first, and remember there's auction fees and extra costs on top. If anybody does try to build something, it'll go on Cumberland Council's planning portal where you can have your say.

Flemings Shore, about 26.9 acres of freehold coastal land and foreshore at Flimby, is being sold by Paul Fosh Auctions in an online sale from 10 to 12 November. The particulars suggest uses from beach racing and film shoots to wind turbines, though any of them would need consents.

This is for people in Flimby and along the coast between Maryport and Workington who walk this stretch of shore, and for anyone curious about who might buy it.

A 26.9-acre piece of freehold coastal land and foreshore at Flimby, known as Flemings Shore, is being sold by Paul Fosh Auctions. It is Lot 77 in an online auction that runs from 10 to 12 November, with a guide price of £8,000-plus, and it is being sold with vacant possession.

The sales particulars set out a long list of ways an owner might make money from it. Beach motorsport is described as the strongest idea, pointing to sand racing at Weston-super-Mare and Mablethorpe. Others include licensing the beach for car commercials, fashion shoots and filming, horse gallops for racehorse trainers, land yachting and kitesurfing, mobile saunas, outdoor cinemas, seasonal parking and a small campervan stopover.

The listing also raises onshore wind, noting that the government scrapped the planning tests that had effectively blocked it in England in July 2024, and that schemes under 100MW are now decided by Cumberland Council. It quotes national payment benchmarks, but says no assessment has been carried out on this land.

The particulars accept that any of these uses could need planning permission, licences, environmental approval and other consents. The land sits in Flood Zone 3 on the government's planning map, according to the LandSale listing.

What you can do: read the full listing and legal pack on the Paul Fosh Auctions website if you are interested, and remember that auction fees and extra costs are payable by the buyer. If a buyer later applies for planning permission, it will appear on Cumberland Council's planning portal for comment.