National Lottery Open Week is set to offer free and discounted places for visitors across the Harrogate district this weekend.
This year’s Open Week event takes place March 9-17 and will include RHS Harlow Carr, Fountains Abbey and Nidderdale Museum.
Venues funded by National Lottery will offer discounted entry for visitors who can use their National Lottery ticket or scratch card as entry. To redeem this offer people must be able to produce proof of purchase.
Offers are available locally at:
RHS Garden Harlow Carr
Visitors can enjoy two tickets for the price of one this weekend at Harrogate’s RHS Garden, near Beckwithshaw. The deal runs from March 11-17 and visitors can explore the gardens 2,000 plant varieties.
The Royal Horticultural Society received £4 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards a six-year gardening project that includes developing the world’s first centre of horticultural excellence.
The Main Borders at RHS garden Harlow Carr.
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden
The offer is available March 9-17 for visitors to explore the monastery and estate grounds near Ripon free of charge. The National Lottery has supported Fountains Abbey in vital conservation work.
Fountains Abbey
Nidderdale Museum
The local and social history museum in Pateley Bridge is offering free entry on March 16. Tickets usually entry costs £5 with free accompanying children.
Nidderdale Museum has benefited from a grant from the National Lottery fund to start work to make the museum sustainable.
Nidderdale Museum
There are also nearby offers with Beningborough Hall and Goddards in York offering the same deal as Fountains Abbey plus Leeds Library offering free tours.
For the Harrogate district offers booking in advance is not required. Proof of purchase of a National Lottery game can be either a hard copy ticket or digital.
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Grab a picnic rug for open air theatre performances in the district
It has been a week of soaring temperatures across the Harrogate district.
And when the sun shines, there is nothing better than grabbing a picnic rug or deckchair and enjoying some fabulous outdoor entertainment.
We have put together a selection of outdoor theatre performances taking place across the Harrogate district this summer where tickets are still available:
Hamlet The Comedy – RHS Harlow Carr Gardens, July 5 and 6
Festival favourite Oddsocks Productions return to Harrogate with yet another high-energy, feel-good family theatre show.
Pack your picnic and join the crazy theatre troupe for a festival of music, magic and mayhem as they bring Hamlet The Comedy to the beautiful grounds of Harlow Carr.
Hamlet The Comedy finds the eponymous royal student returning home for the summer holidays to find something rotten in the state of Denmark and it’s more than just the bag of dirty washing! Mum’s married Uncle Claudius and Dad’s dishing the dirt from his grave – it’s enough to make a teenager mad!
Shakespeare’s famous tragedy is performed as you’ve never seen before with lots of laughs, music and memorable moments.
Presented by Oddsocks Productions as part of Harrogate International Festivals.
Event details:
Doors open at 6.30pm for Friends of the Festival and RHS card holders.
General admission from 6.45pm.
This is an outdoor event, please dress appropriately for the British weather. Feel free to bring your own picnics, rugs and deckchairs to make the most of the event.
Tickets are available here.
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Cinderella – Valley Gardens, Harrogate, July 17
In an enchanted kingdom faraway land magical creatures and fairy godmothers come together to tell the best-loved of all fairy tales.
Full of song, mirth, and joy for the summer ahead, join us on Cinderella’s journey of a lifetime to a magical ball where nearly anything is possible especially if it is before midnight.
Family and friends are welcome to picnic and children are invited to dress in their favourite fairy tale characters and join for the midsummer ball dance.
Presented by Chapterhouse Theatre.
Event details:
Doors open at 3pm and the production starts at 4pm.
The performance will last around 90 minutes (with no interval) and will take place in all but the worst weather.
Please bring your own deck chairs, rugs and picnics etc for the performance.
Tickets are available here
Romeo and Juliet – Knaresborough Castle, August 6
This best-loved story of star crossed lovers and feuding families shall be performed in the castle yard.
Dressed in beautiful Elizabethan costume and performed by a fine troupe of Shakespearean players, join Chapterhouse for the greatest love story ever told as they perform magical theatre in magical surroundings.
Presented by Chapterhouse Theatre.
Event details:
Doors open at 6pm and the production starts at 7pm.
The performance will last around 90 minutes (with no interval) and will take place in all but the worst weather.
Please bring your own deck chairs, rugs and picnics etc for the performance.
Tickets are available here
Pride and Prejudice – Ripon Spa Gardens, August 20
Take a step back in time as we meet Elizabeth Bennett and her sisters. Whilst their interfering mother engineers various courtships, Elizabeth and Jane must pursue their own quest for true love.
Amidst mistakes and miscommunications, can Elizabeth finally surpass her prejudices to see past the proud exterior of the enigmatic Mr Darcy?
Presented by Chapterhouse Theatre.
Event details:
Doors open at 6pm, the production starts at 7pm.
The performance will last around 90 minutes (with no interval) and will take place in all but the worst weather.
Please bring your own deck chairs, rugs and picnics etc for the performance.
Tickets are available here