The family-run group acquired the former Dobbies site in Morpeth in January and in recent weeks has been working with members of the Heighley Gate team to restock the store and restaurant.

Heighley Gate Garden Centre, on the outskirts of Morpeth in Northumberland, sought to increase the area in which it sells clothing and footwear from 1,300 square metres (sq m) to 2,000.

Jordan Beck, centre manager at Heighley Gate Garden Centre said: "We're absolutely thrilled to be reopening our doors to the Morpeth residents and establishing ourselves as a garden and leisure ...

The UK’s largest family-run garden centre group acquired the former Dobbies site in Morpeth in January and has been working ...