Former star of long-running ITV drama set in Yorkshire, Heartbeat, Tricia Penrose, has announced that she is taking over The Goathland Hotel in the North York Moors.
The pub was used for the set of Aidensfield Arms in Heartbeat, which ran from 1992 to 2010. The fitting return sees Penrose back behind the bar like her barmaid character Gina Ward, a character she played for the entire 18-year run.
Most of the show’s pub scenes in the early series were filmed in the pub before a replica interior was built. But the real pub was stilled sued for exteriors.
Tricia Penrose has taken over the hotel alongside two local businessmen, who plan to launch a YouTube channel documenting her journey as an owner. Previous owners were the Richardson family, who have run the pub with rooms for more than 40 years.
Announcing the news on Instagram, Penrose wrote: “I have some exciting news to announce. I am now the proud owner, along with two local businessmen, of The Goathland Hotel, well known as The Aidensfield Arms, where I played Gina Ward for 18 years. Gina’s going home.”
The previous owners commented on the post, saying: “Proud to have been custodians all this time. A time that has seen more changes and challenges in the hospitality industry than ever before. That’s all before the total one-off of running a building with a film crew round every corner, an experience never to be repeated.”
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