The existing leisure centre site was overwhelmingly preferred to Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough House and Hay-a-Park in a survey of Knaresborough residents.
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Cycling and crime concerns raised at Station Gateway consultation
A consultation event for the £7.8m Station Gateway project in Harrogate was held last night. The scheme aims to promote alternative transport to cars but concerns about the new design for Station Parade, anti-social behaviour and cycle lanes were raised.
Long Lands Common set to open to public this summer
The Long Lands Common appeal raised £375,000 to purchase 30 acres of land near Nidderdale Greenway and protect it from development. Access routes to the land should be in place this summer.
Ripley Castle awarded £343,000 to repair garden buildings
Ripley Castle has received a grant from Historic England to repair a number of outbuildings. The group of garden buildings are thought to have been designed in 1785.
Great Yorkshire Show set to go ahead in July
The Yorkshire Agricultural Society has announced it plans to stage the three-day show from July 13 to 15. But Charles Mills, the honorary show director, says the plans will be ‘reviewed regularly’.
Harrogate primary school joins catholic academy trust
St Robert’s Primary School, which has 276 pupils, today joined St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Harrogate and St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Knaresborough as members of the Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust.
Knaresborough pool stays closed with engineers stuck in Spain
Knaresborough swimming pool will remain closed despite a change in the lockdown restrictions. The council has said the engineers needed to fix the equipment cannot travel here from Spain.
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Knaresborough’s last bank to close on Monday
Despite having a population of 15,000, Knaresborough won’t have a single bank next week. Anyone wishing to go into a branch will have to travel to Harrogate or Ripon after the Halifax closes its doors for the final time.
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Harrogate diving club prepares to jump back in
Harrogate Diving Club is looking forward to getting back in the pool after this week’s government roadmap out of lockdown. Sessions for under-18s are set to. begin on April 12; adult sessions will resume in May.