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5 things to do in and around Harrogate this weekend, May 1-4
See floral displays at Harewood
Harewood in Bloom is a new three-day event over the bank holiday weekend that brings together horticulture, art and hands-on experiences for garden enthusiasts and families at the Grade I listed home of the Earl and Countess of Harewood.
Floral design studio Leafy Couture is delivering the project, in which visitors can take part in talks, trails and workshops across Harewood’s 140 acres of gardens and grounds. See floral installations in the house, camassias and alliums in the former playground, the lakeside rhododendrons and the orchard blossom in the walled garden.
Free for Harewood members, £10 for children aged four to 15 years old, or £26.50 for adults.
10am to 5pm, last entry to the house is at 3.30pm, Saturday, May 2 to Monday, May 4, Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, LS17 9LG.
Ripon Workhouse Museum
Go ghost hunting in Ripon
Ever wondered what it’s like to be in the eerie Workhouse Museum at midnight? You could find out this weekend Ripon, as Simply Ghost Nights hosts a ghost-hunting event.
Participants will be able to explore the creepy corridors and dark cells of the museum, which in its former life as a workhouse housed people who could not afford to look after themselves. The event also takes place in the nearby Prison and Police Museum, which was once known as the House of Correction and had up to 18 prisoners in its 18 cells.
Tickets £45, 9pm-1.45am, Sunday, May 2, The Workhouse Museum, Allhallowgate, Ripon, HG4 1LE.
Enjoy live music in Harrogate
Yorkshire band Hyde Family Jam return to Rooster's in Harrogate for a bank-holiday booze-up on Sunday.
The band, which started out busking in 2017 and has since appeared at festivals and in two Netflix movies, promises “a unique fusion of irreverent covers, folk instruments, and punk energy playing pop bangers”.
Tickets £15.75, from 7pm, Sunday, May 3, Rooster's Brewery Taproom, Unit H5, Fifth Avenue, Hornbeam Park Avenue, Harrogate, HG2 8QT.
See sports cars at Newby
Sports Cars in the Park is expected to attract more than 1,000 sports cars when it returns to Newby Hall this weekend.
The social gathering enables car enthusiasts to exhibit and admire sports and supercars, including brands such as Ferrari and Porsche. They can also visit stalls and gain free entry into the grounds of Newby Hall, which includes an adventure playground.
Free entry for under 4s and Newby season ticket members, £16 for children aged four to 15, £22 for adults, 10am-3pm, Sunday, May 3 at Newby Hall, Skelton-on-Ure, Ripon, HG4 5AE.
Tuck into a barbecue at Swinton
This bank holiday Monday, Swinton Estate is hosting an afternoon barbecue on The Terrace Restaurant and Bar at the luxury hotel near Ripon.
The barbecue platter features locally sourced meat and vegetarian options from the estate, including venison burgers, lamb koftas and pork sausages. Residents and non-residents can attend.
Tickets £30, on Monday, May 4 on The Terrace Restaurant, 10 Swinton Rd, Swinton, Ripon, HG4 4JH.
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