Crimple railway station served the suburb of Crimple, in the historical county of North Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1867 to 1869 on the Harrogate–Church Fenton line.
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Crimple Valley is an area south of Harrogate surrounding the River Crimple. It gave its name to the synthetic yarn Crimplene, which was developed at the nearby ICI Laboratory.
It is crossed by the Crimple Valley Viaduct.
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Crimple Valley Viaduct, also known as Crimple Viaduct and Crimple Beck Viaduct is a railway viaduct which crosses the Crimple Valley between Pannal railway station and Hornbeam Park railway station in North Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed structure.
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Rudding Park Hotel, Spa and Golf is a Grade I listed Regency-style country house in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.
It is situated within the 2,000-acre Rudding Park estate at Follifoot on the southern outskirts of Harrogate. It is a two-storey building made of ashlar with a Westmorland slate roof, designed in the style of the Wyatts by an unknown architect.
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Harrogate College, formerly known as Harrogate College of Further Education and later Harrogate College of Arts and Technology, is a further education college in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It offers several levels of qualifications, including further and higher education courses. Since August 2019 it is a member of the Luminate Education Group.
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The Great Yorkshire Show is an annual agricultural show which takes place on the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, in the North of England. Organised and run by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, the show lasts four days, starting on the second Tuesday of July. Since the demise of the Royal Show, the GYS has been the largest agricultural show in England; however, within the United Kingdom, it is surpassed by both the Royal Welsh Show and the Royal Highland Show. The show is highly successful and the society generated income of £9.6 million in 2016. A new hall at the showground, costing £11 million, opened in 2016 and produced more than £1 million of income in its first year.
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History
The station was opened in November 1867 by the North Eastern Railway. It was situated south of the Crimple Viaduct. It was also known as Crimple Junction in the Knaresborough Post May timetable. It also had a locomotive shed. It was a very short-lived station, only being open for one year and a half before closing in May 1869. The locomotive shed closed shortly after.