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Harrogate Vacations: What To Do When You Visit Harrogate

There are wealth of Harrogate attractions that one is able to enjoy whilst visiting this very beautiful city. Certainly, you are not spoilt for spaces where you are able to actually relax and spend a lazy summer’s afternoon. The center of the city has a two hundred acre grassland called “The Stray” as well as the numberous other parks and gardens that are scattered across Harrogate.

You can admire the city’s architecture whilst you are shopping in Harrogate and then maybe rest your feet and enjoy Betty’s tearooms. Why not take a seat by one of the windows and enjoy the views of Montpelier Gardens whilst enjoying some great tasting English foods.

Harrogate is also home to the world famous Royal Baths, which attract many of the town’s locals and tourists alike. They are open all week, the baths are no longer in use. You can still taste the Harrogate Spa waters from the Old Sulphur Well then you should also stop in at the Royal Pump Room.

Along with offering you the chance to sample some of the spa water this building now houses a museum also. Here you can view displays of what life was like for people living in the town during the 19th Century and also details on some of the more bizarre kinds of treatments that were offered at the spa.

For those who would like to venture further away from the town then a visit to Plumpton Rocks should be high on their agendas. These are 30 acres of parkland, found between Harrogate and Wetherby. Here one can pass away a pleasant day strolling on many of the lakeside walks or wandering through the woodland.

However, in order for the beauty of this place to be retained especially as it is not a Grade II Listed English Heritage site to gain entry one will need to pay a small fee. The park itself is only open to the public at weekends and on public holidays from 11.00 until 18.00 during the months of March through to October.

Children visiting Harrogate often enjoy a trip to Brimham Rocks. This attraction is located in the town of Summerbridge and is only a short distance from Harrogate. The rocks show the dramatic effect that the ice age and other periods have made on the rocks themselves. As you wander round you can view the weirdly shaped boulders, have all sorts of exotic names such as Dancing Bear and was also the location for the television show Roger and the Rottentrolls.

Check out this list of Harrogate hotels for your next visit.

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