A series of Harrogate landmarks, replicated in Lego bricks, will star in a new town centre trail for families to follow this summer.
A series of Harrogate landmarks, replicated in Lego bricks, will star in a new town centre trail for families to follow this summer. Harrogate BID’s Lego Trail features ten mini-models located in nine different locations, some created especially for this three-week event. These small-scale masterpieces include Harrogate Town mascot Harry Gator; Bettys Harrogate café; The Turkish Baths; The Great Yorkshire Showground’s main ring; and Hogwarts School from the Harry Potter books. Harrogate BID Manager Chapman Matthew Chapman said:
"With the school summer holidays already here we wanted to create a trail that would really appeal to families. "With restrictions now lifted, this is one that can be enjoyed by people of all ages, and will be a fun way to spend a few hours visiting different parts of the town. "As a child I loved Lego, and so do my two sons. And as you will see from these creations Lego can be anything but child’s play. I’m really excited to say that we have commissioned a number of models that will be unique to our trail."At 10am on Saturday and Sunday (July 31st and August 1st), Victoria Shopping Centre will be hosting a live-build of a white rose, the county’s emblem, in which the public are invited to take part. Matthew added:
"The live-build on Saturday and Sunday in Victoria Shopping Centre is where the public can help create a mosaic of a white rose. "This will be proudly displayed in a Lego pop-up shop on the centre’s ground floor."[caption id="attachment_13797" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Harrogate BID Manager Matthew Chapman and a Lego typewriter[/caption] There will also be a competition with 500 Lego prizes to be won. To enter, participants need to download the LoyalFree app and 'check in' at each venue using the QR code displayed. Prizes can be collected from Toyland in the Victoria Shopping Centre. Matthew said:
"One of our key remits is to drive footfall into the town centre, and we hope our Lego trail will help us to achieve this. "I’d like to thank all the businesses who will be displaying these mini-brick creations, Fairy Bricks for making them and Victoria Shopping Centre for staging the public live-build."The models can be viewed at the following locations: Harrogate Town Shop, Commercial Street Games Crusade, Oxford Street HSBC, Cambridge Crescent Primark, Cambridge Street Waterstones, James Street Bettys, Parliament Street Maturi, Parliament Street Westmorland Sheepskin, Montpelier Hill Asda, Bower Road Orvis, West Park Victoria Shopping Centre (mosaic and public live build event) Read more local stories from Your Harrogate here.
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