hotelThe Hotel Inspector · Season 12, Episode 2 · Aired June 8, 2016
Harrogate Motel
North Yorkshire
Yes. This one is still open. It trades today as Harrogate Country B&B.
What happened after
Now trades as 'Harrogate Country B&B' on an equestrian centre (~50 horses) that is NOT actually in the town of Harrogate; Companies House confirms an active company at the address.
What happened on the show
Alex Polizzi visited the Harrogate Motel in North Yorkshire during series 12 and found a property whose owners were deliberately not telling guests it sat in the middle of a muddy equine centre. That concealment framed the case: a business hiding its own setting from the people booking it, which is a recipe for disappointed arrivals and bad reviews. Polizzi's instinct was usually to sell what a place genuinely is rather than disguise it, and the honest reading of the visit is that she pushed the owners to embrace the equestrian location as an asset rather than an embarrassment. The name itself became a running joke, since the property was neither in the town of Harrogate nor a motel. The concealed equine-centre setting aired in June 2016, and the business now trades honestly around the very horses-and-mud identity it once hid.
After the cameras left
The property is still trading, now honestly styled the Harrogate Country B&B, on an equestrian centre with around fifty horses at Spring House Farm near Ripley, in the wider Harrogate district rather than the town itself. Companies House confirms Harrogate Country B&B Ltd, incorporated in 2019 and active at the address, alongside a related equestrian-events company at the same site. Rather than hide the muddy setting Polizzi flagged, the business now leans into its country-and-horses identity, and it remains a going concern under a name that finally matches the reality.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.