The 8th Harrow Whisky Festival!

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The popular Harrow Whisky Festival returns to the Grim’s Dyke Hotel on Friday 10th & Saturday 11th January. Now in its 8th year, the festival has cemented its reputation as a whisky event not to be missed. The featured distillers and bottlers are ready to make this a wonderful event you’ll truly remember. The Festival This year, the festival will … Read More

Your Corporate Event – Organising in 10 Steps

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Corporate Event

Your corporate event needs to run smoothly and look effortless. But, if you’re looking to organise a corporate function for your company, you’ll know – they take a lot of effort and time to arrange! Whether you’re looking to organise one for your staff, clients or the general public, here are our top 10 steps to making your corporate event … Read More

Top ten tips for organising your next conference

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Conference Organising

If you’re looking to organise a conference, you’ll no doubt be feeling overwhelmed by the task ahead. Organising your next conference is quite a large task but, if you follow these top ten tips, you’ll be able to lose some of the overwhelm and get on with the job at hand! #1: Assign a team to help organise your next … Read More

Here’s To The 7th Harrow Whisky Festival!

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The popular Harrow Whisky Festival returns to the Grim’s Dyke Hotel on Friday 12th & Saturday 13th January. Last year’s festival was a roaring success and this year promises to be even better. The featured distillers and bottlers are ready to make this a wonderful event you’ll truly remember. The Festival This year, the festival will have one of the largest … Read More

The Pirates of Penzance

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Gilbert & Sullivan

The Pirates of Penzance has been well loved for over a century. Performed by various opera companies, including the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. As the fifth collaboration by Gilbert and Sullivan, it has been performed on Broadway, imitated by various companies, and modernised into film. A true comic opera of two acts. Officially premiering at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New … Read More

It’s Back…The 6th Harrow Whisky Festival!

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Whisky Glasses

It’s just over two weeks until the popular Harrow Whisky Festival returns to the Grim’s Dyke Hotel on Friday 6th & Saturday 7th January. With the festival delayed in previous years due to the global pandemic, excitement and anticipation is high. The featured distillers and bottlers are ready to make this a wonderful event you’ll truly remember. The Festival This … Read More

Harrow Wine Festival

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Harrow Wine Festival

Further to the success of our popular wine tasting evenings and the annual Harrow Whisky festival, the Grim’s Dyke Hotel is delighted to be bringing you our first full wine festival – the Harrow Wine Festival. We’re looking to provide you with a wide range of vineyards – both covering the world perspective and the main English/Welsh wine regions. UK … Read More

D’Oyly: the man who initiated the Gilbert & Sullivan collaboration

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Savoy Theatre

Richard D’Oyly Carte, English composer, talent agent, impresario and hotelier, was born in the West End of London on 3rd May 1844. He was instrumental in bringing together W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, as well funding and creating two of London’s theatres, an opera company and the incredibly successful Savoy chain of hotels. Carte was born into a family that appreciated … Read More

Top 10 facts about Grim’s Dyke

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Grim’s Dyke Hotel

Originally a country home, Grim’s Dyke has a wide and varied history, not only because of who owned the property over the years, but for who built it and what it subsequently became in later life. It’s one of the few country houses that survived war, recession and demolition – so it’s only fair that we honour that achievement, by … Read More