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Riviera Centre, Torquay
11-13 April 2025
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Harrogate’s oldest pub and with a regionally important historic interior which is listed on CAMRA’s Regional Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. The pub was used in the filming of Chariots of Fire. The lounge has a Victorian-style interior with original gas lighting over the bar and there’s a separate snug which is also used as a tea room. There is acoustic music on a Sunday afternoon and karaoke on a Thursday night. The pub prides itself on its floral displays in season.
This pub uses Autovac.
Historic Interest
Grade II listed building. The main bar retains gas lighting and gas bar fittings.
Two star - A pub interior of very special national historic interest
Listed status: II
With origins as one of Harrogate’s earliest inns for spa visitors, this establishment was rebuilt around 1827 and enlarged in 1856. It assumed its present title in 1882, after landlord William Hales. The high-ceilinged saloon bar still has gas lighting, some old seating and interesting bar fittings - a Victorian counter with water tap and two ancient cigar lighters as well as an imposing bar-back that features eight wooden spirit vats. Despite modern enlargement, this room still preserves a good sense of historic identity. The counter and fixed seating in the small, separate Vaults Bar derive from a 1960s refit.
The corner building here (with the old wooden pub-front and containing the vaults) was rebuilt circa 1827 on the site of one of Harrogate's earliest inns for spa visitors. The gable-fronted building adjoining was added in 1856 and the whole establishment assumed its present title in 1882, after the then landlord William Hales. The high-ceilinged main saloon bar (in the later building) still has gas lighting, some old seating and interesting bar fittings - a Victorian counter with water tap and two ancient cigar lighters as well as an imposing bar-back that features eight wooden spirit vats. Despite some evident modifications, this spacious room still has a very distinctive Victorian feel to it. In the vaults, a refurbishment during 2013 uncovered original beams and stonework which have been left revealed.
Hales Bar, Harrogate
Sports TV
Live Music
Garden
Family Friendly
Disabled Access
Dog Friendly
Events
Function Room
Games
Separate Bar
Smoking
Wi Fi
Real Ale
Real Heritage Pub
LocAle
Cask Marque
Uses Autovac
Pubs to Cherish Yorkshire's Real Heritage Pubs lists the 119 public houses in the Yorkshire region which still have interiors or internal features of real historic significance. They are a richly-diverse part of Yorkshire's cultural and built heritage. Some of...
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