Branch meeting
Sunday 12 January - 11am
Harrogate Tap
Social events
Saturday 14 December
Presentation to the One Eyed Rat and Christmas crawl of Ripon. Meet Unicorn 13:00.
Thursday 23 January
Manchester Beer Festival
10:02am train from Harrogate
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KNARESBOROUGH
This small market town boasts a diverse selection of great real ale pubs.
HARROGATE
RIPON
The spa town with victorian inns, modern bars and a micropub.
From one-eyed rats to unicorns, this cathedral city has a variety of real ale watering holes.
We need your help to survey our branch pubs. Find out more here.
Latest news
Harrogate
The Woodlands Hotel on Wetherby Road is being considered for investment by Star Pubs and Bars who are advertising for a food focused operator to partner with them.
Knaresborough
The Board Inn (Enterprise, closed 2017) is now up for sale by auction (5th December, 3pm) with a guide price of £395k, following approval of its planning application to convert the existing pub, bed and breakfast and manager's flat to form a public house, three flats and four houses (19/01383/FUL).
The Castle Inn (Enterprise) is closed again.
Ripon
The future of The Golden Lion (Greene King) on Allhallowgate is looking uncertain.
The Lamb and Flag is being considered for investment by Star Pubs and Bars.
The Navigation (Enterprise) has reopened following refurbishment.
South Lodge is being considered for a ‘transformational refurbishment’ by Star Pubs and Bars.
Other towns and villages
The Bay Horse Inn at Goldsborough has re-opened with Mark and Clare Oglesby, owners of Goldsborough Hall, now leasing the pub from Enterprise. Chez La Vie owner and chef Tony Fulford is running the kitchen at the Bay Horse, whilst his former business 'Chez La Vie @ The Nelson' at Hampsthwaite is closed.
At The Three Horseshoes in Killinghall (Punch), Dynamic Capital Killinghall Ltd have submitted a planning application (19/04606/FUL) to Harrogate Borough Council to demolish the pub and build a convenience store and four two-bedroom apartments above the store. Over 83% of local residents supported the proposal in a pre-planning consultation.
The Lamb Inn at Rainton which closed in January, is up for sale with ‘development potential, subject to planning’.
At The Scotts Arms in Sicklinghall (Punch) planning permission for two dwellings has been approved by Harrogate Borough Council (19/03625/FUL).
Brewery news
Hambleton Brewery in Melmerby are hosting a New Year’s Eve brewery tour on 31st December, 2-4pm. Places are limited so if you wish to attend, please book your place early, price £12.50.
Harrogate Brewing Co taproom opens for the last time with Anton & Sarah in charge on Saturday December 7th with live electronica music from Horse Head Stetson, food from Triffik's and the usual great selection on beers brewed on site. A new team is taking over the brewery in January.
Turning Point Brewery have now started brewing at the old Rooster's Brewing site in Knaresborough. They are opening the brewery to the public on 6th/7th December.
Club news
The following is the complete list of clubs serving real ale which have recently been surveyed and all welcome Camra visitors on production of a valid Camra membership card:-
Social clubs:-
Bilton WMC – Daleside Old Legover only.
Boroughbridge Social Club – Camerons Strongarm, John Smith's Cask and one changing beer e.g. Copper Dragon.
Harlow Hill Club (Otley Road) – Tetley Bitter plus one changing beer.
Harrogate Conservative Club – Tetley Bitter only.
Harrogate Londesborough Club (Club of the Year) – Morland Old Speckled Hen, and one changing beer, either Theakston Old Peculier (from the wood!) or another Morland beer.
Knaresborough WMC – Theakston Best, sometimes Old Peculier (and fantastic views from beer balcony).
The Oatlands formerly Oatlands Mount Club – Daleside Old Legover, Rooster's Yankee and Tetley Bitter.
Pateley Club (Pateley Bridge) - Theakston Best Bitter plus one changing beer in summer, e.g. Timothy Taylor.
Starbeck Conservative Unionist Working Mens Club – two changing beers.
St Robert's Club (Robert Street, Harrogate) - a regular Black Sheep variety only.
Sports Clubs:-
Harrogate Cricket Club – Black Sheep Baa Baa and Tetley Bitter plus one changing ale, often including a second Black Sheep variety.
Harrogate Golf Club – Wainwright plus one changing beer.
Harrogate RUFC - Black Sheep Best Bitter plus one changing beer from Greene King.
Knaresborough Golf Club – Theakston Lightfoot plus one changing beer.
Masham Golf Club - Theakston Best Bitter only.
Oakdale Golf Club (Duchy) – Tetley Bitter plus one/two changing beers.
Pannal Golf Club – Theakston Best Bitter plus one changing beer.
Ripon City Golf Club - Timothy Taylor's Golden Best and Theakston Best Bitter plus a changing ale, usually Morland.
Rudding Park Golf Club – Rooster's Highway 51 only.
Branch diary
MEETINGS
SOCIAL EVENTS
OTHER
Sunday 12 January 2020
11:00
Harrogate Tap
Saturday 14 December 2019
Presentation - 30 years in the GBG - to the One Eyed Rat, and Christmas crawl of Ripon
Meeting Unicorn Hotel 13:00. Presentation at 14:00.
Catching 12:32 bus from Harrogate.
Thursday 23 January 2020
Manchester Beer Festival
10:02 train from Harrogate. Arrive Manchester Deansgate just after 12:00.
What Pub surveys
The Harrogate and Ripon branch has 180 real ale establishments in its area which stretches from Pool and Otley in the south to Thornton Watlass in the north, Middlesmoor and Lofthouse in deepest Nidderdale in the west to the outskirts of York in the east.
Over half of those pubs and clubs are in the towns of Harrogate (50), Knaresborough (20), the city of Ripon (12), and Boroughbridge (9) whilst Masham has seven and Pateley Bridge just four.
Over 100 surveys have been undertaken in the last six months and their details updated on WhatPub. However that still leaves a lot of pubs which have either never been surveyed or where the survey needs updating. Many of these are in the more remote places only occasionally visited by our members.
If you find yourself out in the Dales this summer visiting the pubs in our area please take a moment to log into WhatPub and check the details online, specifically the 'Last surveyed on' date at the bottom of the page (ignore the 'Updated on' date, this can have a recent date following batch updates etc.). If the last survey is over a year old, or absent altogether (never surveyed), then please do your bit by going to 'Submit Updates' and submitting an update for the pub. (Alternatively you can download and complete a survey form).
Ask the publican what are the regular beers and how many changing beers (with examples), and check that the opening hours of the pub and food hours are correct? Is it fully disabled friendly (including lavatory), dog friendly, child friendly, does it have wi-fi etc.? Importantly we also need to know whether or not a pub uses Autovac. Maybe you're reading this and you are a publican, in which case please check the details of your own pub and submit an update if anything at all is incorrect or missing.
Tip: If you use the desktop version of WhatPub instead of the mobile version, you will be prompted for most of the items to check.
Below is a map taken from WhatPub showing the north of our area where majority of the pubs outside of the main towns need surveying (P=Pub, C=Club, R=Restaurant). Below the map is a list of the pubs which we are targeting for surveys. Please help if you can by visiting any of these pubs this summer and carrying out a survey, and together let's get the remaining pubs surveyed and updated.
Also, importantly, if you think any pub is worthy of consideration for the Good Beer Guide next year, don't forget to submit beer scores too.
Thank you everyone in anticipation of your help.
Crown Inn, Grewelthorpe
George at Wath, Wath
You can download a survey form below. It's available in PDF or Microsoft Word format.
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