The Red Lion is prominently positioned at the junction of Derby Road (B5010) and Town Street, overlooking the Erewash Canal in the Nottinghamshire town of Sandiacre. The Red Lion is surrounded by a mixture of leisure, retail and residential properties. Sandiacre is located seven miles west of Nottingham and nine miles east of Derby and is part of the Greater Nottingham urban area. It is on the western side of the River Erewash and is adjoined by Stapleford to the east, Long Eaton to the south and Risley to the west. The Erewash Canal passes through the centre of Sandiacre, and the small basin immediately above Sandiacre Lock (No. 11 on the canal) was once the terminal link of the now-defunct Derby Canal. The country’s largest railway depot,Toton TMD, is located less than 0.5 miles away.
The Red Lion is an attractive, three storey detached property of brick elevations beneath pitched tiled roofs, with some newer brick built two and single storey extensions to the rear, under flat roofs. The internal accommodation briefly comprises an entrance hall providing access from Derby Road leading to two separate trading areas. The Lounge Bar has a timber bar servery, with fixed perimeter seating and two feature fireplaces. The smaller Public Bar has a timber bar servery, feature fireplace and fixed perimeter seating. The Public Bar leads to a Games Room with space for pool table and darts throw. The games room also provides access to an inner hallway with Gents and Disabled W.C.s and doorway to the rear garden and car park.
The property also benefits from additional Ladies and Gents W.C.s (accessed from the Lounge Bar), basement beer cellar with bottle store; a rear wash-up room which also encompasses fridge and dry store and an office.
To the exterior the pub sits in 0.303 acres made up of a front terrace, a partially covered rear beer garden with astro-turf surface and seating for approximately 40; two storey brick-built outbuilding and a car park for approximately 15.
The overall site size is c. 0.303 acres and the property has a ground floor footprint of 3,390 sq ft, (Measurements are taken from digital mapping and are approximate).
The good sized accommodation briefly comprises, First Floor : Large lounge with domestic kitchenette off, (and separate staircase leading to the ground floor); three double bedrooms and a box room/office. Second Floor : Three rooms with two further rooms (not inspected).
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