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Dec 2020
Woodlands pub could get controversial new name and £200,000 facelift
The Woodlands Hotel pub on Wetherby Road could be renamed West Riding Harrogate and given a £200,000 refurbishment.
Star Pubs and Bars, whose parent company is Heineken, has applied to Harrogate Borough Council for permission to overhaul the premises to give it a "fresh, modern appeal".
According to the pub company's website, £196,136 would be spent on the plans, which include creating a new covered seating area.
However, the proposed name change is proving controversial.
Pat Marsh, the Liberal Democrat borough councillor for Harrogate Hookstone, said local people were attached to the Woodlands name and she hoped the owners would rethink plans to change it.
Cllr Marsh told the Stray Ferret she believed there had been a pub called the Woodlands on the site since at least the 1940s. She said:
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Star Pubs and Bars is advertising for a landlord to take over the pub, which it says has an annual turnover of more than £600,000.
Its website says:
The Stray Ferret contacted Star Pubs and Bars for a response but did not receive one by the time of publication.
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