Entries to Knaresborough’s biggest annual spectacle are set to close soon. The Great Knaresborough Bed Race is a highlight of the town’s summer. It sees 630 people in 90 teams, each with six runners...
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Last call for entries to Knaresborough Bed Race
Entries to Knaresborough’s biggest annual spectacle are set to close soon. The Great Knaresborough Bed Race is a highlight of the town’s summer. It sees 630 people in 90 teams, each with six runners and a passenger, complete a 2.4-mile course through Knaresborough's...
The pub entrepreneur putting Boroughbridge on the map
Standing in one of his Boroughbridge pubs after the first covid lockdown had been announced, Simon Wade had a fleeting moment of negativity. He recalls thinking, ‘What’s going to happen now?’, before he rallied and told himself to change his mindset. “I thought,...
‘It’s just mind over matter’ — meet the Harrogate ice swimming champions
Two ice swimming champions from Harrogate have talked about what drives them to succeed after plunging into one degree waters in Romania for the first ever European Ice Swimming Championship. More than 300 athletes from 27 countries competed, including Harrogate...
Relief for Ripon teenagers as access to skatepark remains open
Teenagers in Ripon have said they are glad they can continue using the city's skatepark during the summer holidays. While large areas of the Camp Close site on Knaresborough Road have been fenced off for safety reasons, access to the skatepark and basketball court...
Harrogate Spa Tennis Club unveils new pavilion and padel courts
Harrogate Spa Tennis Club has unveiled brand-new facilities that it says bring it a major step closer to achieving its aim of becoming a centre of excellence for sport. The club already had six tennis courts, but now has a larger pavilion with shop, Break Point café,...
Harrogate man to skateboard 300 miles to support seriously ill mother
A Harrogate plasterer is set to skateboard to his former home in Barry Island to raise money to help his mother. Daniel Katchi's mum, who is 50, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease last October after experiencing speech problems and loss of mobility in her arm....
Harrogate Hydro set to reopen in May 2023
In an update today, Harrogate Borough Council also says Knaresborough’s new leisure centre is scheduled to open in August next year.
North Yorkshire leisure services to be reviewed
Responsibility for 28 leisure centres in North Yorkshire, including those in Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough and Pateley Bridge, will transfer to the new North Yorkshire Council next year.
Pictures show progress of £28m Harrogate Hydro and Knaresborough Leisure Centre works
Works are underway on two major projects to renovate Harrogate Hydro and build a new leisure centre in Knaresborough.
Harrogate petanque player triumphs in national competition
Charles Stewart was one of three players who travelled to Leicester for the Petanque England National Veterans Triples competition.
‘I am utterly clueless when it comes to cycling’: How The Personal Cyclist helped me conquer my fear
Kate Auld, owner of The Personal Cyclist outside Sweaty Betty, said: “Harrogate has got such an amazing cycling heritage and it’s a fantastic town to be in the great outdoors, so why wouldn’t you want to try it?”
Harrogate event hopes to encourage more women to cycle
Harrogate businesses have teamed up to host three days of ‘personalised support’ to encourage more females to take up cycling after research shows women account for just 13% of cyclists.
