Hotels in Harrogate

Hotels in Harrogate

Hotels in Harrogate are often required for tourists who require short term accommodation. Some tourists may want to see the culture, history and tourist attractions . Some tourists may want to stay at hotels that are well known and have good reviews. Many may want to stay at hotels that are cheap or luxury. Some tourists may want to enjoy Yorkshire culture.

Hotels in Harrogate are often required by tourists who require short term accommodation in the town. Some tourists may want to see the culture, history and tourist attractions of the town. Some tourists may want to stay at a large hotel or small hotel. Some tourists may want to stay at hotels that have good reputation and good access to parking. Some may want to stay at hotels that have good prices.

Harrogate (or Harrogate Spa) is a large, wealthy spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a popular tourist destination; its spa waters and the RHS Harlow Carr gardens are among the visitor attractions. The town originated in the 17th century, with High Harrogate and Low Harrogate as two separate settlements. It lies close to Knaresborough and is in the Nidd valley.

Harrogate is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, with the Vale of York to the East and the upland Yorkshire Dales to the West and Northwest. It has a dry and mild climate, typical of places in the rain shadow of the Pennines. Covering an altitude of between 100 and 200 metres, Harrogate is considerably higher than many English settlements.

Harrogate spa water contains iron, sulphur and common salt. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries especially, these 'chalybeate' waters (i.e. containing iron) were a popular health treatment, and the influx of wealthy but sickly visitors contributed significantly to the wealth of the town.

Prior to the discovery of its naturally iron and sulphur rich water, Harrogate was two minor villages (High Harrogate and Low Harrogate) close to the historic town of Knaresborough. The first mineral spring in Harrogate was discovered in 1571 by William Slingsby, who found that water from the Tewitt Well possessed similar properties to that from the springs of the Belgian town of Spa, which gave its name to spa towns. The medicinal properties of the waters were more widely publicised by one Edmund Deane, whose book, Spadacrene Anglica, or the English Spa Fountain was published in 1626. Following this Harrogate developed considerable fame as a spa town.

Today the site of the Tewitt Well is marked by a dome within the Stray. Other wells can be found in Harrogate's Valley Gardens and the Royal Pump Room museum.

During the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, Harrogate was extremely popular among the English élite and was frequented by nobility from around Europe. Its popularity declined after World War I. During World War II, however, Harrogate's large hotels accommodated government offices that had been evacuated from London. This paved the way for the town's current function as a commercial, conference, and exhibition centre.

Notable former employers in Harrogate were ICI, who occupied offices and laboratories at Hornbeam Park, the Central Electricity Generating Board, (CEGB), and the Milk Marketing Board. ICI's Hornbeam Park laboratories at Hornbeam Park were the location of the invention of Crimplene in the 1950s, named after the nearby Crimple Valley and Beck.

The town hosted the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest in the conference centre.

There are many fine examples of building and architecture about the town, including the Royal Hall theatre, a Grade II listed building designed by Frank Matcham. As the only surviving Kursaal in Britain, the Royal Hall is an important national heritage building.

Harrogate is now one of Europe's largest exhibition and conference centres including the Harrogate International Centre and has many guest houses, hotels and restaurants catering for the regular influx of visitors. The town also acts, to some extent, as a dormitory town for commuters working in the cities of Leeds and Bradford. Harrogate is very prosperous and as such has some of the highest property prices in England with many £1 million+ properties in the town and surrounding villages.

Bettys Tea Rooms are regionally renowned. They are owned by Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate - the same company that makes the nationally well-known Yorkshire Tea. Bettys has a second tea room at the Harlow Carr Gardens, also two in York and one each in Ilkley, and Northallerton.

Harrogate hosts the Great Yorkshire Show annually.

Two notable military installations are both located to the immediate west of Harrogate, the Army Foundation College and RAF Menwith Hill, the internationally significant electronic monitoring station.

Harrogate Town F.C. is an English semi-professional football club from Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The club was founded in 1914.

Rugby union, football, cricket, ultimate frisbee, water polo and hockey are popular sports in Harrogate played at plenty of schools and local clubs.

Like all large towns, Harrogate has many suburbs. These include;

Central Harrogate is bounded by 'The Stray' to the south and west, and borders High Harrogate and Duchy to the east and north respectively. It is a district centre for retail with the Victoria Shopping Centre housing a number of major chains.
Oatlands, is a wealthy suburb in the south of Harrogate.
Woodlands, is a large area of the town covering a part of the south east of Harrogate.
Bilton, is a very large area of Harrogate with many churches, stores and schools situated in Bilton.
Jennyfields, is a large, modern area of Harrogate.
Duchy, is an affluent area close to central Harrogate where most of the houses are large detached homes or large detached homes converted into apartments.
Starbeck, is a large suburb to the east of Harrogate.
Pannal, is to the south of Harrogate, off the A61 road. It retains much of its village character, although is considered a suburb of Harrogate by the majority.
High Harrogate, is an inner suburb to the east of the town centre.
Low Harrogate, is an inner suburb to the west of the town centre.
Harlow Hill, is a suburb to the west of the town, accessed by Otley Road.Harlow Carr Gardens.
New Park, is a small area to the north of Harrogate.
Wheatlands, is a wealthy suburb to the south of The Stray.
Knox joined to Bilton by a pedestrian bridge over Oak Beck.
Hornbeam Park is a small, recently developed area of Harrogate accessed only by Hookstone Chase

The River Nidd is tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire.

Knaresborough is an historic market town and spa town in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, located on the River Nidd, four miles east of Harrogate. Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Chednaresburg or Chenaresburg. Knaresborough Castle dates from Norman times; around 1100, the town began to grow and provide a market and attract traders to service the castle. The present parish church, St John's, was established around this time. The earliest name for a Lord of Knaresborough is from around 1115 when Serlo de Burgh held the 'Honour of Knaresborough' from the King.

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