The family-owned estate is set for a huge redevelopment

Hotel and golf resort Rudding Park will use bank funding to carry out a £30m redevelopment.

The award-winning site near Harrogate plans to create a new 60,000 sqft golf and country club along with seven new padel and tennis courts, an accompanying pavilion and a full restoration of the property’s walled garden. There will also be upgrades to existing health and wellbeing facilities, a new swimming pool and general improvements across the resort.

Owners the Mackaness family will now use a seven-figure package from HSBC UK to carry out the plans, which they say could create 75 new jobs and generate an estimated £14m in annual gross value added for Harrogate. Rudding Park is said to have experienced a 4.8% increase in turnover in the last year, that compares to the latest available accounts covering 2024 which show turnover of nearly £28m.

Nick Mackaness, joint managing director at Rudding Park, said: “This is an exciting new phase of growth for Rudding Park, as we continue to expand and diversify high quality experiences for our guests. HSBC UK support will enable us to complete these development works, making sure our facilities exceed the expectations of our guests old and new. We look forward to expanding the team and attracting guests from all over the UK as our plans take shape.”

Tom Sikora, relationships director at HSBC UK, said: “Rudding Park is a fantastic example of an ambitious business in a competive market with a clear strategy for growth. The team has built a well-loved resort over many years, always understanding the next steps needed to keep attracting guests These developments will ensure Rudding Park stays a household name across the UK for many years to come and we look forward to seeing the new facilities open.”

Rudding Park has been owned by the Mackaness family since 1972 and now includes 90 bedrooms and suites, a spa, three restaurants, a kitchen garden, private cinema, two golf courses and conference and events spaces.