Besides the usual tour, Harry Satloka will also offer a new ‘locals tour’, which examines the lives of Harrogate people. His tours will resume on Wednesday with a six-person limit.
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Free walking tours back with new focus on Harrogate people
Harrogate's free walking tours are making a comeback with a new focus on the people behind the town. Free Walking Tour Harrogate will restart on Wednesday next week with a six-person limit per tour. As usual, there will be four tours a day, five days a week. With a...
Increased police patrols after vandalism at Stonefall park
The history information plaque in Stonefall park in Harrogate has been shattered by vandals. Local people have offered to donate money to have it fixed. Queen Victoria once travelled on the former train line that ran alongside the site.
Wait for glass delays reopening of Ripon church
St. Wilfrid’s, which opened in 1862, is recognised as one of finest parish churches in England. Socially-distanced services, including those over Easter, are currently taking place in the church’s community centre.
Vandals strike again in Ripon city centre
Mindless destruction by vandals is causing despair in Ripon once again after another of the city’s heritage buildings was attacked yesterday.
Will Ripon Town Hall ‘Flake in Vain?’
Amid lease negotiations for Ripon Town Hall, city councillors are calling on landlord Harrogate Borough Council to give the exterior of the Grade II* listed building a lick of paint
Stump Cross Caverns campaign nears £50,000 goal
Owner Lisa Bowerman launched the campaign last month by raffling off her prized camper van to raise vital funds. At the time of writing it’s on over £45,000 with 18 days still to go.
‘We need urgent action to safeguard Ripon Spa Baths’
Ripon City Council agreed unanimously last night for urgent action to prevent the Grade II listed building from being sold for housing. They fear the sale of the building is being rushed and it should remain a community asset.
For sale sign on Ripon’s Spa Baths
Harrogate Borough Council has put Ripon’s historic Spa Baths up for sale. City councillors and a heritage body want detailed consultation to guide future use of the building
Ripon Workhouse Museum provides illuminating experience
The free nightly light show puts the city’s rich history under the spotlight. Images are beamed on to the building for two hours after dark each evening.
Civic Society backs NHS use for Ripon Spa Baths
Should the Spa Baths complex be developed to expand health provision in Ripon? Or sold to the private sector for other uses? The city’s civic society is urging Harrogate Borough Council to proceed with caution.
Ripon councillors reject terms of new Town Hall lease
Ripon Town Hall is owned by Harrogate Borough Council. Ripon city councillors want a lease that secures the building’s long-term tenure but have rejected the terms of the one proposed.
Ripon councillors unite to fight sale of city’s Spa Baths
England’s last public spa, dating back to 1905 and the only one to be granted a royal opening is up for sale – but Ripon councillors say they will fight to keep it as a community heritage asset.
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