A Traditional Yorkshire Village Pub with Letting Rooms and Function Space

The Pub

The Grey Horse occupies a prominent position overlooking the village green in the heart of Elvington, combining the character of a traditional Yorkshire village pub with a business that offers multiple trading opportunities.

Dating back to the 17th century, the pub is arranged across a number of distinct trading spaces. A traditional public bar with an open fire sits at the heart of the business, alongside a comfortable lounge area, separate dining space and function room. This flexible layout allows the pub to cater for everything from casual drinks and family meals to private functions, celebrations and community gatherings.

Food plays an important role in the business, supported by a catering kitchen and dining space for around 40 covers, while Cask Marque accreditation, Sky Sports, pool and darts help create a varied offer throughout the week.

The Grey Horse also benefits from two letting rooms, providing an additional dimension to the business and the opportunity to welcome both business and leisure guests.

Outside, the pub benefits from customer parking for around 20 vehicles, with further potential to enhance the external trading space over time.

Location

The Grey Horse is located in Elvington, a village approximately six miles south-east of York.

The village benefits from a strong local population, while nearby business parks and commercial centres create additional opportunities to attract lunchtime, after-work and accommodation trade. The pub is also well positioned to benefit from visitors to the Yorkshire Air Museum, York Maze and the wider York area which contains attractions such as the York Minster, the JORVIK Viking Centre, Clifford’s Tower and the National Railway Museum.

Overlooking the village green and positioned at the centre of village life, the Grey Horse is well placed to remain a popular meeting place for both residents and visitors.

Ideal Publican

This opportunity will suit a publican or partnership with experience in food, drink and hospitality who enjoys being part of a thriving village community.

Someone who can balance a quality food offer with community events, private functions and accommodation will do well here. Experience hosting live music, quizzes and local events would be beneficial, helping to build on the pub’s position as a social hub within the village.

A hands-on operator with strong people skills, good standards and the ability to develop multiple areas of the business will be well placed to maximise the opportunity.

Accommodation

The pub benefits from a separate cottage offering private accommodation, comprising of three bedrooms, a kitchen, lounge, rear garden and garage.

About the Agreement

At Punch, we support talented, ambitious entrepreneurs who want to run brilliant pubs at the heart of their communities. That’s why our agreements are designed to be flexible, supportive and built around your vision.

Our Flexible Tenancy gives you the freedom to run your own pub with confidence. A tied agreement of up to five years, where you’ll benefit from the drink products available to Punch which also offers flexible notice periods. We offer flexible deposits, tie‑release options, and pricing structures to help you shape your business in a way that works for you.

Where living accommodation is included with the pub, a £1,500 accommodation deposit will be required, together with a £300 pet cleaning fee where applicable. Options to build up the accommodation deposit may be available and will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

Why Choose Punch?

When you partner with Punch, you’ll have an entire support system behind you, including:

• A forward thinking pub company, recognised nationally with multiple industry awards including winners of the Publican Awards 2022 & 2024!
• Potential investment to unlock your pub’s full potential
• Industry leading training through our award winning Academy, complete with state of the art kitchens, bars and our immersive Progress with Punch training programme.
• Access to our powerful online platform, the Punch Buying Club, where you can order stock and find resources to help you run your pub successfully.
• Ongoing coaching from expert Operations Managers and specialist support teams.
• Innovative digital learning through THIRST, our gamified online training app, offering compliance training through to driving sales training.
• A commitment to “Doing Well, By Doing Good” by championing communities, wellbeing and sustainability at every step.

Curious about how this agreement could work for you? You will find our Partnering with Punch guide in the ‘Relevant Downloads’ section below.

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