The West Park Stray is set to be the epicentre of Harrogate’s Jubilee Celebrations as it is transformed into ‘Jubilee Square’ next month. The area, opposite The Alexandra Pub, will become the host of a family-friendly festival, with festivities for the whole family taking place over the four days. There will be live music, a…
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An early warning system which alerts bars, cafes and pubs to troublemakers drinking in town centre venues, has seen membership grow by 100 per cent in the last 12 months. Last year Harrogate Business Improvement District (BID) – whose aim is to support the night-time economy – sponsored the relaunch of Harrogate Pubwatch, which included…
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The countdown to Harrogate’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations has started, with streets across the town centre being adorned with bunting. Harrogate BID has purchased 4km of colourful and patriotic bunting – a proportion of which has been funded by Harrogate Borough Council’s Welcome Back Fund – to help mark the monarch’s magnificent milestone. And with…
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Welcome to our April 2022 Newsletter Hello, and welcome to our April newsletter. Once again it has been a very busy month, and one which saw us introducing a new team of Harrogate Hosts, who will be in the town centre most weekends up to Christmas. This week, we have announced our plans to celebrate the…
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Destination Harrogate and the Harrogate BID have announced exciting plans for celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – with a four-day programme of events highlighting some of Harrogate’s most iconic outdoor spaces and bringing together the community, local businesses and visitors from further afield. Visitors and residents are invited to head into the heart of Harrogate…
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A Floral Summer of Celebration – which will bring Harrogate well and truly back into bloom – has been unveiled by town’s Business Improvement District (BID) at this week’s Spring Flower Show. Between July 15 and August 12, the town centre will be home to a floral trail featuring ten unique displays, floral-themed shop windows…
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Two ‘Harrogate Hosts’, whose aim is to make the town centre a more welcoming and pleasant place to visit, have made their on-street debut. Abigail Smith and Rebecca Evans – wearing Yorkshire tweed waistcoats, flat caps and carrying messenger bags containing an array of information for visitors and residence alike – are a new addition…
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Harrogate BID’s (Business Improvement District) cleaning crew are steam cleaning and jet washing ‘hot spots’ across the town centre. Ahead of the Easter holidays, the team from UK Nationwide Cleaning is spending ten nights removing grime and chewing gum in a number of areas Harrogate BID Manager Matthew Chapman said: “Walking around the town centre,…
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Welcome to our March 2022 Newsletter Safe, Clean and Welcoming are three of our key priorities for Harrogate Town Centre, and this week we welcomed back our cleaning contractors for the first deep clean of the year. And it is very obvious to the see where exactly they have aleady been washing away grime and gum. In this newsletter,…
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Medical treatments in medieval times will be put under the public microscope this April at an interactive pop-up museum in Harrogate town centre. Being staged within Victoria Shopping Centre, the Window on the Past will give shoppers a chance to compare modern cures and living conditions with those from almost a thousand years ago. In…
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