Harrogate is my basecamp – the place I have called home now for two decades, and which I love. Having spent many years living and working in large cities, Harrogate offers something different – a town with big ambitions, a gentile pace of life, but still with plenty to do should you...
Harrogate is a very busy town for its size (current population of circa 160,000) and there is always something happening – it has even hosted the Eurovision Song Contest and a leg of the Tour de France – you just need to know where to look. This blog therefore signposts some...
Despite not being anywhere near the sea, or on a river, Harrogate has very strong connections to water, in particular spa mineral waters. These connections are everywhere in town whether you’re visiting the Turkish Baths Harrogate, tasting locally made Slingsby’s gin at The Spirit of...
During the Victorian period when Harrogate was a prestigious Health Resort in the UK, Valley Gardens were developed to provide a pleasant place for visitors to walk as part of their health regime before ‘taking the cure’ of the spa waters at the Turkish Baths Harrogate. So, there is no...