Waterstones confirms its Harrogate book store will open next week

Waterstones on James Street will reopen on Monday after closing in late March.

A spokesperson said the shopping experience at Waterstones would be different but still good, though its first floor cafe was not going to open for the moment.

"We have lots of protective measures to protect our customers and our team.

"Firstly we'll be limiting the number of people in the building and using signage to direct queues.

"We have sanitiser available for customers at several key places in the shop, we have glass screens at the counters to act as a physical barrier, and have improved the layout of the tables and fixtures to make more space to social distance.

"Our popular café won't be re-opening immediately but our bookshop is good to go from Monday."

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