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Sept 2021
Bewerley Park, the outdoor residential learning site used by generations of Harrogate district students, has been saved from the axe.
North Yorkshire County Council announced last year it would review the future of the site, which was built in the 1940s and consists mainly of wooden huts.
A consultation revealed overwhelming support to maintain the facility and next week the council's executive will be recommended to approve funding for redevelopment.
However, there is a proviso that the service will be able to operate sustainably in the future and without any subsidy from council taxpayers.
The council is recommending an initial £400,000 be spent drawing up a business case to bring Bewerley Park up to modern-day standards and allow it to work in a more commercial manner.
Cllr Stanley Lumley, member for Pateley Bridge division, welcomed the news. He added:
Cllr Mulligan urged schools, charities and other groups to use the sites, which are open year-round,
If the investment is agreed, then we still need to secure the future of the service by making sure it is well-used, year round, so that generations to come can continue to create memories of a lifetime in the North Yorkshire countryside.”
Further details are available here.
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