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A family-owned garden centre since 2001

Plants, a garden furniture showroom, the Christmas shop and a cafe with a 5-star food hygiene rating, all on the site we started as a small nursery in 2001.

Get directionsCall 01455 274049
Family-owned since 2001Over 200 parking spacesDogs on leads welcome
Open today 9am to 5pm
All hours
Mon to Sat9am to 5pm
Sunday10am to 4:30pm
Cafe, Mon to Sat9am to 4pm
Cafe, Sunday10am to 3:30pm

Open bank holidays. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and Easter Sunday.

Cafe till 4pm Hinckley Road, Sapcote LE9 4LG · M69 junction 2
About Sapcote

What Sapcote is

One site on Hinckley Road, family-owned since 2001. These are the things that make it up.

The family

The family

Family-owned since 2001, twenty-five years on Hinckley Road.
The plants

The plants

Bedding, shrubs and perennials, and a plant team you can ask.

Our nursery at Sharnford

Ours since 2016. A large portion of our plants are grown there.
The cafe

The cafe

Opened 2016, refurbished 2025. Food hygiene rating 5.
Christmas & Lemax

Christmas & Lemax

Leicestershire's largest Lemax display, and over 100 trees on display.
The furniture showroom

The furniture showroom

One of the largest in the Midlands. A 3-year structural guarantee on most sets.
The yard

The yard

Compost, gravel and slabs, every gravel out as a sample, carried to your car.
Parking & dogs

Parking & dogs

Over 200 free spaces by the door. Dogs on leads welcome, with a dog-friendly area in the cafe.
Our story

Twenty-five years on Hinckley Road

We started off as a small nursery back in 2001 and have grown from there. We are still very plant orientated, with the cafe, the furniture showroom and the Christmas shop alongside the plants.

2001We started off as a small nursery on Hinckley Road.
2016We bought the nursery at Sharnford, where a large portion of our plants are now grown.
2016The cafe opened.
2025The cafe was refurbished, with booths to sit in and a dog-friendly area under cover.
2026Twenty-five years on, still family-owned and still very plant orientated.
The reasons people give

Why people keep coming back

4.4 on Google from 2,589 reviews, 23 October 2026
  • The cafe is what people mention most, in 417 of the 2,589 Google reviews
  • We read and answer our reviews
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A proper garden centre focussed on good plants, supplies and furniture. Cafe excellent food and service. Spotlessly clean too. All the staff we met were helpful and knowledgeable.

Dawn W, June 2022

At last a great big indie garden centre (dog friendly) selling a huge range of top quality shrub & herbaceous cultivars

Kay G, April 2026

at Christmas it becomes a literal Lapland

Timothy J, 2023

love the new cafe, will be there every week with milly our dog from now on.

Ray L, March 2025

Lots of parking and very well organised.

Joanne, November 2025

they cater for those with gluten allergies. With bread being gluten free. They even had gluten free cakes.

emily, November 2025

Read all our Google reviews
Before you set off

The things people ask about Sapcote

If it is not here, call 01455 274049 and a person will answer.

Is Sapcote family-run?

Yes. We have been family-owned since 2001, when we started off as a small nursery on Hinckley Road.

Where are your plants grown?

A large portion are grown at our own nursery, Sharnford Garden Centre on Coventry Road, about ten minutes away, including the pansies and violas in trays of nine.

Where do I park?

Right outside, over 200 free spaces with disabled bays by the entrance, two minutes from junction 2 of the M69. Sat nav LE9 4LG.

Can I bring my dog?

Yes. Dogs on leads are welcome in the garden centre, and the cafe has a separate dog-friendly area under cover.

Do you deliver, or help me get it to the car?

Yes. Hand your receipt to the staff member on the car park and they will load compost, gravel and anything heavy for you. We deliver locally for anything that will not fit, and artificial trees go to mainland UK for £10. The details are on our services page.

How do I contact you?

Ring 01455 274049, or 01455 274748 for the furniture department, email [email protected], or ask at the till. We read and answer our reviews on Google and Facebook too.

Around the centre

Also at Sapcote

We have everything you'd expect from a garden centre, and more.

Foxgloves in the plant area

Plants

A large portion grown at our own Sharnford nursery.
Rattan sets in the garden furniture showroom

Garden furniture

One of the largest showrooms in the Midlands.
Booth seating in the cafe

The cafe

Breakfast, lunch and homemade cake.
The Lemax Christmas village display

Christmas

Trees, lights, Lemax, tinsel, and more!
Bagged coal and logs

Coal & logs

Bagged fuel, by the entrance.
Bags of compost on pallets

Compost & bark

Carried to your car, or delivered.
Decorative gravel and aggregates

Gravel & slabs

Every gravel on show as a sample.
Indoor pots on display

Pots & planters

Terracotta, glazed and plastic, indoors and out.
The seed racks

Seeds & tools

Seeds, bulbs, tools and sundries.
Wild bird food and feeders

Bird & pet care

Wild bird food, feeders and pet care.
Find us

Two minutes from
junction 2 of the M69

Hinckley Road, between Sapcote and Hinckley. The first slip road as you come from Leicester at Fosse Park, and easy from Hinckley, Coventry and Nuneaton.

Plan your visit

Open today 9am to 5pm
Mon to Sat9am to 5pm
Sunday10am to 4:30pm
Cafe, Mon to Sat9am to 4pm
Cafe, Sunday10am to 3:30pm
Sapcote Garden CentreHinckley Road, Sapcote, Leicester LE9 4LG
Get directionsCall 01455 274049
Free parkingOver 200 spaces, disabled bays by the entrance
Dogs welcomeOn a lead, covered area in the cafe
Cafe 9 till 4Sunday 10 till 3:30
M69 junction 2Two minutes from the slip road
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