The Knaresborough Museum has launched the crowdfunding page to allow it to undertake the necessary renovations to open this year.
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Knaresborough museum project launches £35,000 crowdfunder
The bid to create a Knaresborough museum will take its next step this week with the launch of a crowdfunding appeal for £35,000. Knaresborough Museum Association, which was set up last year, hopes the museum will open by the end of the year. It will be based on the...
Knaresborough could get scuba diving pool
Tim Yarrow, who owns Harrogate-based DiveShack UK, told the Stray Ferret his proposed facility would be something ‘unique’ for the district.
120-home Knaresborough development to begin this month
Planning permission to develop the 18-acre site on Boroughbridge Road was granted last year despite objections, with Scriven Parish Council saying the homes would cause ‘saturation’ for Knaresborough.
Third lockdown threatens Knaresborough retail revival
Knaresborough has seen a boom in new shops lately but the current uncertainty is putting new and old businesses in jeopardy.
Knaresborough dog groomers finds new high street home
Carol’s Bonnie Dogs in Knaresborough is moving to bigger premises along the high street. The shop is known locally as the “one with the dogs in the window” because passers-by often see the animals awaiting collection.
Knaresborough restaurant plans to ‘shake things up’ on the high street
The Two Brothers Grill and Pizzeria in Knaresborough has put forward plans to allow it to move into new premises on the high street.
Police seek man over report of public sex act in Knaresborough
The incident happened in view of members of the public in a wooded area near the river in Nidd Gorge while a number of people, including children, were nearby.
Harrogate district venues ‘frustrated’ by abrupt tier change
Pubs and restaurants in Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge and Masham were all set for their biggest day of the year today — until the sudden move into tier three forced them to close.
Do you recognise these people? Police issue plea for help
North Yorkshire Police is appealing for help to identify two men and a woman who may have information about scratch card thefts in Harrogate and Knaresborough.
Homes in Masham and Pannal in peril as flooding strikes
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue pumped water away from an electric switchboard and requested sandbags after a basement in Pannal flooded. Residents near Swinney Beck in Masham are being advised to ‘activate any property flood protection products you may have’.
Knaresborough tug-o-war over the river falls victim to covid
For more than 50 years, teams from the The Half Moon and The Mother Shipton pubs have done battle on opposing banks of the River Nidd with a very long rope. Whichever team loses, faces the prospect of sliding down the mud and into the Nidd.
Knaresborough Methodist church raises £1,000 for African families
Members of Gracious Street Methodist Church sent charity donations rather than cards this year, which will pay for wheelchairs, bikes and goats for vulnerable African people.
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Rare cabmen’s shelter returns to Ripon
A rare Listed Building that is one of Ripon’s heritage attractions dating back to the Edwardian era, is back in place after a £22,000 renovation