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Experience Guildford - Business Improvement District

Opening a shop in Guildford

Guildford's historic cobbled High Street boasts a wide variety of high-end home and fashion stores, shopping centres packed with brand name favourites and a labyrinth of side streets housing independent gems. Completely Retail has partnered with Guildford's Business Improvement District, Experience Guildford, to provide a comprehensive guide to the latest available properties in the town. With expert property advice on hand, and useful local information, there's never been a better time for businesses to locate their next retail or leisure venture in central Guildford. Whether you are a national retailer or a local start-up business this page will give you an insight into why Guildford is the perfect place for your brand.

Showing 10 of 31 shops to let in Experience Guildford

  • The Friary
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    The Friary

    The Friary, North Street, Guildford | GU1 4YT

    Guildford is a highly attractive town centre in the South East region in close proximity to Greater London. It has immediate access to an affluent catchment population, excellent road, rail and air connections and is an appealing Surrey commuter belt town. The Friary Shopping Centre sits at the heart of the towns retail provision with over 51 units over 3 levels anchored by Next, Zara, Urban Outfitters & Primark. The impressive tenant line up includes Mango, Oliver Bonas, Kurt Gieger and Hollister. The centre also has its own dedicated food court on level 3 which includes McDonalds, KFC, Kokoro, Thai Express and Subway.
    Availability: Under Offer / To Let
    Rent: Price on Application

    Green & Partners

    Lunson Mitchenall

  • White Lion Walk Shopping Centre
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    White Lion Walk Shopping Centre

    White Lion Walk, Guildford | GU1 3DW

    Guildford provides a strong varied retail and leisure offer for its highly affluent catchment. With both quality independent occupiers and high end national retailers represented across its varied street scapes, Guildford is one of the UK’s strongest destinations. The opportunity exists to join existing and new occupiers in a contemporary environment located in the heart of Guildfords retail and Leisure offer with the scheme benefiting from both High Street and North Street frontages. The scheme is undergoing a £7.5m refurbishment with completion of works envisaged Q4 2022. The refurbishment will see the centre, which provides the only covered connection between. The Friary Centre and The High Street, undergo a complete refurbishment including the re-purposing of the first floor to provide prime town centre offices with frontage onto North Street. Retailers include Robert Dyas, Chipotle, Grapetree.
    Availability: To Let / Under Offer
    Rent: Price on Application

    Green & Partners

  • Friary Street
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    Friary Street

    Friary Street, Guildford | GU1 4EH

    Pedestrianised street with TK Maxx, Cotswold Outdoors as anchors and a number of the town’s popular restaurants including Nando’s, GBK, Yo! Sushi and now Franco Manca, Tortilla and Thaikun.
    Availability: To Let
    Rent: Price on Application

    Omni Retail Ltd

    Montagu Evans

    Roche

  • 105-111 High Street

    105-111 High Street

    Guildford | GU1 3DP

    Opportunities range from 11,000 sq ft - 154,000 sq ft. Guildford is surrey’s principal administrative and commercial centre.The town offers an attractive and varied retailing environment, and benefits from one of the most affluent catchment populations in the UK. The town has a range of high end occupiers to include Hugo Boss, Hobbs and Massimo Dutti along with many national multiples to include Marks & Spencer, Boots, White Stuff, Joules, Ted Baker, Jigsaw, Jack Wills and many others. The subject property benefits from frontages to both High Street and North Street. The High Street elevation is 100% prime within Guildford, with the North Street elevation increasing its popularity with retailers including Decathlon, Caffe Nero, Harris + Hoole, The Entertainer, and French Connection.
    Availability: Under Offer
    Rent: Price on Application
    Last modified: 2025-07-09 16:27:52

    Green & Partners

  • 77/81 High Street

    77/81 High Street

    Guildford | GU1 3DY

    Guildford is a town in Surrey in southern, England. The premises are located in a prime section of the pedestrianised High Street with nearby occupiers including Boots, Marks & Spencer, Waterstones, WH Smith and a newly opened Coppa and Joe And The Juice.
    Availability: To Let
    Rent: Price on Application
    Last modified: 2025-07-09 16:27:55

    Green & Partners

  • 77/81 High Street, Guildford | GU1 3DY

    Double fronted High Street property available in a prime section of the pedestrianised High Street, with nearby occupiers including Boots, Marks & Spencer, Waterstones, WHSmith, Coppa and Joe And The Juice.
    Availability: To Let
    Rent: Price on Application
    Last modified: 2024-10-29 10:58:35

    Green & Partners

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Central shopping centres in Guildford

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Insights

We have a selections of articles written by industry experts giving you advice and local insight when setting up your retail or leisure business in Guildford.

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Retail property experts that work in Guildford

  • LBC Estates
  • Sneller Commercial
  • Hurst Warne
  • Savills
  • Forge
  • Smith Price RRG
  • Raphael Properties
  • Gascoignes
  • DMA Property
  • Lim Commercial
  • Time Retail Partners
  • Omni Retail Ltd
  • Green & Partners
  • AS Retail
  • Roche
  • Owen Isherwood
  • Lunson Mitchenall
  • GCW
  • Bruce Gillingham Pollard

  • 3.9Million

    Average monthly visitors

  • 426Retailers

    In the Central Guildford BID district

  • £900Million

    Annual retail & leisure spend

Useful Links

Experience Guildford BID

Retail and leisure businesses in Guildford town centre are automatic members of the Business Improvement District (BID), Experience Guildford.

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Guildford Borough Council

Visit Guildford Borough Council's dedicated online hub for businesses, here you will find information on business rates, licenses and permits, commercial waste and planning and building control.

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About Guildford

Travel

Guildford has great travel links. Just 30 miles from London and on the main line from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo, the town's two railway stations ensure you are never waiting too long for a train up to the city and can travel in to Guildford with ease. For those needing to venture further afield, both London Heathrow and Gatwick airports can be easily accessed by public transport via bus or train.

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