M&S announces closure of its cafe in Oatlands, Harrogate

The move follows earlier plans to close the cafe on Leeds Road in 2021, which were dropped the following year, the the cafe was made smaller in the end.

Now, the retailer has announced the cafe closure as part of a nationwide cafe closure programme as more space is devoted to food.

A M&S Spokesperson said: “We know many of our customers want to be able to shop a wider range of our delicious M&S Food products. That’s why, after reviewing our Harrogate Oatlands foodhall, we have some exciting new changes planned.

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“We are re-purposing our café space to offer more fresh produce from our Select Farm partners and deliver an improved in-store bakery – we will share more details in the coming weeks. 

 “All café colleagues will transfer to other roles across the foodhall and while we understand this will be disappointing news for some customers, our team will continue working hard to serve them in-store.

“Customers’ nearest M&S café will be at our nearby Cambridge Street store in Harrogate town centre.”

No closure date has yet to be given, but Oatlands failed to appear on a national cafe closure list published recently in the national press for 2026. But one Harrogate media outlet has reported it understands the closure is late this year.

M&S told the Press there were no plans to repurpose space in York.