Things To Do in Harrogate

In Town — All Walkable

• Bettys Café Tea Rooms — the institution; go early or queue happily
• The Turkish Baths — restored Victorian baths, book a session ahead
• Valley Gardens — gardens, play areas and the boating-lake path
• Montpellier Quarter — independent shops, galleries and restaurants
• RHS Harlow Carr — one of the great northern gardens, with a Bettys of its own

Easy Days Out

• Knaresborough — riverside rowing boats beneath the viaduct, castle ruins above (10 minutes)
• Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal — World Heritage abbey ruins and water gardens
• Ripley Castle & village — a compact, charming half-day
• Harewood House — grand state rooms, gardens and bird garden between Harrogate and Leeds
• The Yorkshire Dales — Nidderdale and Wharfedale begin on Harrogate's doorstep
• York — direct trains make it an easy day trip

Staying with a group? See our group accommodation guide or check dates below.