3 or 4 Night Christmas Celebration. Why not enjoy Christmas at the Dower House Hotel which is set in the picturesque market town of Knaresborough. We are offering a three or four night festive programme that includes meals, wine with your meals, drinks receptions, games and competitions. Christmas Eve - Monday 24th December Arrive at The Dower House where the warmest welcome awaits you. Enjoy afternoon tea which will be served in the lounge in front of our log fire, setlle in and enjoy the hotel's beautiful surroundings. Enjoy a cocktail reception to meet your hosts and fellow residents followed by a three course meal in our award winning restaurant. After dinner you can stroll to the local churches or midnight mass and on your return hot chocolate and mince pies will await you. Christmas Day Enjoy a lavish full English breakfast before unwrapping your presents. Make the most of your free time and stroll around Knaresborough or take part in our walking treasure hunt, getting to know the local history, there are plenty of prizes to be won. Drinks reception in the lounge from 12 noon then join the other festive goers for a relaxing Christmas Day lunch and a visit from Santa before watching the Queen's speech. A sumptuous dressed buffet will be served in the Restaurant 48 throughout the evening allowing you to take it easy. Boxing Day Enjoy a lavish full English breakfast. Then the day is yours, why not take the opportunity to visit the Wetherby races or take a trip into Harrogate to tackle the sales. Return for afternoon tea in the lounge and a light hearted quiz. Candlelit dinner in our Restaurant with entertainment by our table magician. Thursday 27th Take time over a relaxing full English breakfast, perhaps enjoy a visit to our health and leisure club, before heading out for the day at the local attractions, races or Christmas sales. Reception will be able to assist you with your requirements. Dinner will be served in our Restaurant 48 and the rest of the evening is yours to relax. Friday 28th Enjoy a leisurely English breakfast before bidding your new found friends a fond farewell and have a safe journey home. Or stay another night for just £45 per person, Dinner, bed and breakfast. Standard En-Suite Room: £375.00 pp. Executive Room: £400.00pp. Standard En-Suite Room: £420.00 pp. Executive Room: £445.00pp. To confirm your reservation a deposit of £50.00 per person is required. All prices are based on 2 people sharing a double or twin room. Should you wish to extend your stay additional nights are available from £55.00 per person per night. Single rooms are available at the same price. Single occupancy supplement for double room is £100.00 per stay. Cancellation Policy In the event of cancellations we require: 8 weeks or more notice there will be no charge. 4-8 weeks we will require 20% of the booking value. 4 weeks or less, we reserve the right to charge up to the total booking value. All of these details are correct at time of going to press. Should circumstances dictate, we reserve the right to alter and/or substitute items and will endeavor to ensure that the quality is either similar or better. Please check if you have any concerns. Brochette of grilled king prawns served with garlic butter and rocket salad. Venison loin carpaccio served with a beetroot mousse and hazelnut olive oil. Chicken and apricot terrine with a balsamic dressing. Cream of parsnip and apple soup served with a crusty roll. Traditional roast turkey served with all the festive trimmings. Medallions of beef in a red wine sauce with mushrooms, onions, garlic and potato. Grilled red mullet with a ginger, spring onion and soy dressing. Stir fried vegetables served in a filo basket with a honey and soya dressing. Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Apple tart tartin with calvados ice cream. White chocolate and Kahula terrine. Pecan and cranberry torte. Coffee and mince pies. 2 or 3 Night New Year Programme. New year is coming and the stress levels are increasing, relax and let the Dower House do all the hard work. 30th December Arrive at the Dower House in your own time, enjoy a glass of hot mulled wine and home-made shortbread beside our roaring fire in the bar or lounge, or even visit our leisure and health club. Join us for dinner in our award winning Restaurant 48 followed by our New Year quiz special. 31st December New Years Eve Enjoy a relaxing full English breakfast then the choice is yoursspend the last day of the year relaxing ready for the celebrations or last minute Christmas sales shopping. Afternoon tea will be served in the lounge. The evening celebration starts with a champagne and canape reception in the lounge followed by a sumptuous gala dinner in our award winning restaurant. Rais your glasses of champagne for Auld lang Syne then dance the night away until 1am with all your favourite disco requests. Bacon rolls available for those a little peckish from 12.30am. 1st January Start the year with style with a glass of bucks fizz with your breakfast/brunch 9-11am. Spend the day recharging your batteries or take advantage of our location and explore the Yorkshire dales. Join us for a candlelit dinner in our restaurant. 2nd January Have a leisurely breakfast before bidding your new found friends a fond farewell. Why not stay another night for just £40 per person dinner bed and breakfast. 2 Night 3 Night Standard En-suite Room £245pp £295pp Executive Room £255pp £305pp Suite £275pp £325pp. New Years Eve Begin with champagne, cocktails and canapes followed by a gourmet dinner in our award winning restaurant. Thereafter dancing to our brilliant New Year disco. Brochette of grilled king prawns served with garlic bread and rocket salad. Venison loin carpaccio served with beetroot mousse and hazelnut olive oil. Champagne and strawberry granite. Roast red onion, spinach and goats cheese tart with rocket and chard lettuce. Beef Wellington with dauphinoise potatoes and baby vegetables. Individual baked Alaska. White chocolate and Kahlua terrine. Vacherin of fruits of the forest with creme fraiche. British and continental cheese with walnut bread, biscuit and chutney. Coffee and petit fours

Facilities Pricing Bar, Lounge Garden. Banquets, Conferences and Functions. A Grand Wedding for a Grand. Newsflash! The Dower House Hotel scored 78% in the last Best Western inspection and we are a part of the Connoisseur sub brand of Best Western Hotels. Situated in the heart of Yorkshire just 3 miles from the A1(M) and Harrogate, in the market town of Knaresborough, The Dower House Hotel offers a warm and friendly welcome to business and leisure customers alike. The AA Rosette awarded Restaurant 48 offers you an excellent range of dishes and wines in comfortable and relaxed surroundings and is one of the finest restaurants in the area. The Corniche Health Club has an indoor pool and whirlpool, sauna, steam room and full gymnasium and offers the perfect place to relax after a busy day at work or walking in the Dales or wandering around Harrogate and York's antique shops. Together with our lounge and bar, both with crackling fires in the winter, and our garden and terrace in the summer, The Dower House Hotel is the ideal base for your trip to the Harrogate area. (Open every evening from 7.00pm (last orders 9.30). Also open for Sunday lunch 12 2pm.). FREE Internet access provided to all our guests.

All of the 31 en suite bedrooms have the usual gadgets including television, clock radio, hairdryer, shaver point, telephone, iron and ironing board and free internet access but each retains its own mark of style and individuality. A honeymoon suite and also our room with four poster beds are available for special occasions or for any night! 24 hour room service is available including that luxury ~ breakfast in bed. Now available - 2 luxury apartments in the centre of Harrogate. Serviced apartments designed to offer the perfect retreat for those enjoying short breaks or business trips to Harrogate, Our luxury serviced apartments are an ultra stylish alternative to hotel accommodation. Furnished to the very highest standards with the finest modern Scandinavian design around, every last detail has been carefully considered. From lighting and furniture to kitchen accessories, the look is essentially cool and contemporary creating the perfect place for relaxing in style for the duration of your stay. Please view the Luxury Serviced Apartments PDF for further details. View availability and booking for Luxury Serviced Apartments: View Availability and Book Online

Ashdale Hotels Awards Night. I am delighted to announce first Awards evening that will take place on Sunday 9th November 2008. The purpose is to recognise outstanding members of staff and to celebrate their success. I have detailed below how it all works and the criteria for selection and if you have any more questions please just come and ask me or your General manager. I look forward to a great night and good luck. The awards are for: Ashdale hotels overall outstanding employee Each hotels outstanding employee. Nominations and selections are based on: Performance in your work area. Customer and staff feedback. Sick record and time keeping. Contributions to the hotels success/improvements/customer care. Each hotel GM will nominate four employees: You must have worked with us for a minimum of 6 months. Your GM will write a 250 word summary for all nominees as to why you have been selected which will be submitted to me. All nominees will attend the awards dinner. From the four nominees from each hotel I will select one winner from each hotel, and one overall outstanding Ashdale employee. Each GM, can invite three other members of staff to attend the awards evening. Nominations must be submitted by General managers to me by October 12th 2008. Overall outstanding Ashdale employee. Extra days holiday each year on your birthday. Press release and featured on website. W/E in any Ashdale hotel. Hotel outstanding employee. Caring, passionate, customer focussed. As long as you are enthusiastic, customer focussed, apply common sense and friendly we can teach and train you the other bits. With 3 hotels we can offer variety, flexibility, training in a friendly environment with career progression if you so wish. In most roles we will provide a mentor whose responsibility it is to ensure you are thoroughly inducted and fully aware of all our handbook policies and procedures and benefits. They will also help you through the first few weeks. Training is monthly and will incorporate generic and specific tasks/sessions. An on going appraisal scheme will ensure your personal goals and objectives are closely monitored. Development and progress is to a certain degree upto you. We are always seeking individuals with initiative and drive to fast track to management positions. If you are interested in any area of the hotel be it the Kitchen, Reception, Restaurant, Housekeeping Bar or Housekeeping we would be delighted to have a chat with you and give you an insight to Ashdale UK LTD. Please. complete and post back to. The Dower House Hotel. Personalised Christmas present. Dine with your partner in our Restaurant. Full use of Leisure club. Provision of uniform. Appraisals and one to one job chats bi monthly Social events including Christmas party/ Trip to Panto/ Activity day. Flexibility to work across 3 hotels if you wish with career opportunities. Commission for bringing in business and recruiting new employees. Stay in any Ashdale hotel for £15 per person accommodation and breakfast or £25 including dinner. Stay free for one night with your partner (accommodation and breakfast) in any Ashdale hotel between January and March. Work Christmas and New Year get paid and then stay free in any Ashdale hotel for 2 people for 2 nights (accommodation and breakfast ) at any time of the year. The philosophy to promote from within means that many of our team have worked for Ashdale Hotels for a number of years. Nevertheless we are always looking for new people to join our lively teams. Ashdale Hotels runs a management trainee programme for individuals who aspire to assistant manager and manager level. If you are enthusiastic and highly motivated with genuine pride and passion for the hospitality industry then we would like to hear from you. This programme is suitable for recent graduates or those with strong supervisory experience in Hotels. The training lasts 18 months and takes place at a number of our hotels around the country. For details please contact