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Jul 2023
Confirmed: Harrogate Hydro to reopen after school holidays
North Yorkshire Council has confirmed Harrogate Hydro will not re-open until after the school summer holidays.
The Hydro is undergoing a £13.5 million refurbishment and will welcome customers back under the new name Harrogate Leisure and Wellness Centre.
With schools set to break-up today, many families would have been looking forward to using the swimming pool, which has now been closed for 15 months.
But the Stray Ferret revealed this week that was unlikely to happen.
Nic Harne, corporate director for community development at the council, has now confirmed:
The leisure centre in Jennyfields closed in April last year for what was supposed to be a nine-month refurbishment costing £11.9 million.
But January's scheduled re-opening did not happen. In May, North Yorkshire Council said the cost of the scheme had risen to £13.5 million and customers would be welcomed back in August.
Now the scheme has been pushed back again but there was better luck for leisure centre users in Knaresborough, with news that the town's new facility has not been further delayed.
Mr Harne said:
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