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Dec 2020
Harrogate's Kimberley Hotel permanently closes
The Kimberley Hotel in Harrogate has announced it has permanently closed due to the impact of covid.
The 70-bedroom, four-star hotel, close to Harrogate Convention Centre on King's Road, has been welcoming guests for over 50 years.
But posts on the hotel's Twitter and Facebook pages yesterday confirmed it would not reopen.
The post said:
The post adds enquiries should be directed to Wakefield insolvency company Booth & Co.
The Kimberley Hotel opened in the 1960s when five townhouses dating back to the turn of the 20th century were converted.
It benefitted from the opening of what was then called the Harrogate Conference Centre in 1982, which is a short walk away.
The properties were originally built as homes for some of the wealthier families in Harrogate during its Victorian expansion.
In 2018, the owners of the Kimberley were granted planning permission by Harrogate Borough Council to partly demolish and convert the hotel into five townhouses and nine apartments.
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