Trip Harrogate United Kingdom

Harrogate (or Harrogate Spa) is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions. From the town one can explore the nearby Yorkshire Dales national park. Harrogate originated in the 17th century. It lies adjacent to Knaresborough, with which it forms a single urban area, and is in the Nidd valley.

Harrogate railway station and Harrogate bus station in the town centre provide transport connections. Leeds Bradford International Airport is 10 miles south west of Harrogate. The main road through the town is the A61, connecting Harrogate to Leeds and Ripon.

Harrogate has an extensive partly-pedestrian shopping center, with a wide range of specialist and High Street shops, galleries and antique shops. Harrogate's main shopping district is focused on Cambridge Street, Oxford Street, Beulah Street and James Street where most of the high street shops can be found.

Street view level from West Park Street, looking at Cenotaph (War Memorial) and Cambridge Cresent.

One of the charming Victorian hotels I stayed was built during Harrogate's period as a Spa Town. There is a grand ballroom on the ground floor which can hold few hundred easily. It located only a short 5 minute walk from the center of town.

Walking south along Ripon Road (A61), the convention center is on the left at the traffic light.

Harrogate Tourist Information Centre located in the magnificent Royal Baths at the historic heart of the town.

The Montpellier Quarter is home to an array of exclusive shops, pavement cafes, bars, award winning restaurants and the 'Antiques and Art Centre of the North'. Take a walk from Betty's Tearooms down Montpellier Hill and experience the truly cosmopolitan atmosphere of the area. There is however a wide range of boutique and designer shopping on Parliament Street and in the Montpellier Quarter, as well as independent shopping around Commercial Street.

Some of quiet neighborhood and pretty house nested in Harrogate. A lot of these houses had turned into offices or BB.

One of many flower gardens grows in the city limit.

The Mercer Art Gallery is home to Harrogate district's fine art collection. The gallery has two spaces, the Main Gallery and the smaller North Gallery. The changing exhibition program for both galleries ranges from national touring exhibitions from the permanent collections to displays by local artists.

This place has more than 300 years old history. It is one of many places to stay in Harrogate and closed to everything in town.

The Victoria shopping center in Harrogate is near the Harrogate railway station. You can find a variety of shops. (I took away my wife’s plastic and paper before she left for stores!)

Turkish Baths and Health Spa provides services seven days a week at Royal Baths Harrogate.

Bettys Tea Rooms of Harrogate: One unusual highlight for visitors to Harrogate is the chance to visit 'Bettys Tea Rooms', well known across Yorkshire as an 'experience' offering high quality refreshments and traditional teas made from top-quality ingredients. Open in Harrogate since 1919, you can visit Bettys in Parliament Street (near the Cenotaph).

Street view of hotel and shops along West Park Street and West Park United Reformed Church in the background.

Harrogate West Park United Reformed Church.

The hotel housed in a magnificent 19th century building with a remarkable façade, the Harrogate Majestic Hotel is nestled amidst twelve acres of spectacular gardens in the very heart of Harrogate. I have an opportunity to stay here once because all hotels in the area were all booked. (You need to visit the rest room on the ground floor; I say it larger than my whole house!!!)

Harrogate International Center (HIC) located in the heart of the cosmopolitan town of Harrogate and at the heart of the UK. The conference and exhibition industry is the focus of the town's business. HIC is one of the most impressively integrated conference, exhibition and events venues in Europe.

The evening brings a lively night scene with a good mix of traditional and contemporary bars and restaurants in Harrogate, and excellent nightclubs. Eating out is popular in Harrogate, with the town well served by restaurants. Parliament Street and Cheltenham Parade are lined with many independent and chain restaurants.

There is a very wide choice of restaurants, pubs and cafes to suit all tastes and budgets. Plenty are in walking distance to the International Convention Center.

Another view of the famous landmark Betty’s Café taken from West Park Street.

Almost directly across Parliament Street from Betty's Café on the left of this picture, you will find Harrogate's Cenotaph or War Memorial. This somber structure was unveiled in 1923 as a memorial to the dead in the First World War.