Our New Harrogate Office: Coming Soon to 7 Cambridge Crescent
Something is happening behind the scaffolding opposite Harrogate’s war memorial. Newtons Solicitors bought 7 Cambridge Crescent some two years ago, a five-storey listed building in the heart of the town, and is restoring it as our new Harrogate flagship office.
Until it opens, our Harrogate team is where it has always been: 8 Princes Square, HG1 1LX. Same people, same phone number, same service.
Why Cambridge Crescent?
Newtons was founded in 2009 by Chris Newton, who had spent years as a partner at a Harrogate firm before starting his own. Harrogate has been part of the firm’s story from the beginning, and this building gives that story a permanent home in the town centre.
7 Cambridge Crescent sits directly opposite the war memorial, a few doors from Bettys and Caffè Nero. It has housed many different businesses over the years and had stood empty before we took it on. It was not an easy purchase. As a listed building needing full refurbishment, mainstream lenders treated it as a development rather than an office, and the planning process had to run before the building work could begin. As Chris put it in his video tour, if it had been easy, there would have been far more competition for it.
What the New Office will Offer
The building has been stripped back to its shell and is being rebuilt across five levels. Our plans, subject to final design and planning consent, are:
- Basement: staff gym, sauna, as well as secure archive and document storage, including a dedicated vault for clients’ wills and deeds.
- Ground floor: a welcoming reception, support team desks and client meeting rooms, all on the level and directly off Cambridge Crescent.
- First floor: the main working floor for our solicitors, with views across the town centre.
- Second floor: board room, lounge and library.
- Third floor: a two-bed, en suite apartment, to be used as a company flat.
The result will be a modern, accessible office inside a restored period building: more meeting space for clients, more room for the team to grow, and a permanent Harrogate address that reflects the firm’s roots in the town.
Where We are Now
| MILESTONE | STATUS |
| Building purchased | Complete (autumn 2024) |
| Planning and listed building consent | Planning granted January 2026 |
| Strip-out and structural works | Complete, over 60 tons of waste removed |
| Scaffolding and branded sheeting up | September 2026 |
| Fit-out | Underway, after starting in June 2026 when stringent planning conditions were met. Target completion April 2027. |
| Target opening | June 2027 |
As featured in the Harrogate Advertiser, 14 September 2026: Well-known Harrogate firm to reopen three storey building near Bettys tearooms
Follow the build on our News page and on LinkedIn and Instagram, where Chris posts regular updates.
Visit us today at Princes Square
Our Harrogate office remains fully open at:
Newtons Solicitors Harrogate
8 Princes Square, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 1LX
Tel: 01423 789050
Our Harrogate solicitors advise individuals and businesses on divorce and family law, residential property and conveyancing, wills, trusts and probate, commercial property, company and commercial law, employment law, disputes and insolvency. Meet the Harrogate team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. We are operating as normal from 8 Princes Square until the move. Appointments, phone lines and email are unaffected.
The new Cambridge Crescent will open in June 2027, once the fit-out programme (which is now well under way) has finished. Sign up to our newsletter or follow us on LinkedIn to stay in the know on the latest updates.
No, the same Harrogate team will move to the new building.
7 Cambridge Crescent is in the pedestrian heart of Harrogate. The nearest car parks are Victoria and Jubilee multi-storey car parks, both just a few minutes’ walk away. There are also a large number of parking bays along West Park and short stay bays in front of the office.
There are steps up to the building, and meeting rooms on the ground floor are part of the design brief.
Contact our Harrogate Solicitors Today
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