School and estate mark Grand Départ

A North Yorkshire rural estate containing offices and holiday homes has joined forces with a school to mark Yorkshire’s Grand Départ for the Tour de France next summer.

By The Newsroom

Published 30th Dec 2013, 00:01 BST

Escrick Park Estate and Queen Margaret’s School, which is based at Escrick Park, will provide accommodation and organise events for the occasion.

Escrick Park is to welcome caravans, mobile homes and tents on to the estate, with 200 motor homes already booked in for the weekend. Queen Margaret’s is to open up all the school’s facilities, including dormitories and cottages, from July 4 to July 7.

Cyclists taking part in the race leave from York on Sunday, July 6. Queen Margaret’s said it will arrange transport into York for the event. There will also be live race coverage throughout the day from the school’s theatre.

Charlie Forbes Adam, of Escrick Park, said: “We are going to create a long weekend... to remember, enabling fans and Tour de France first-timers alike to enjoy one of the greatest sporting spectacles on Earth.”