Harrogate (a historic spa town in North Yorkshire)
Harrogate is an elegant spa town in North Yorkshire, known for its beautiful floral displays (a bit like Cheltenham in Gloucestershire). It is also a spa town, with 88 mineral springs, developed from two villages (High and Low Harrogate).
Out walking? Follow the Countryside Code to keep all creatures safe. Keep dogs away from steep banks, mushrooms (and other toxic flowers/plants/trees) and on leads during nesting season (and near barnyard friends and wild ponies).
Where Agatha Christie was found
Do you remember the story of how crime writer (likely now it’s thought in the middle of an amnesiac breakdown) went missing for a good while, with everyone looking for her? Well it was here that she was found in 1926, in the Old Swan Hotel.
A happy and romantic place!
Harrogate has been voted not just one of the happiest places to live (three times) but also the world’s most romantic destination, even beating Rome and Paris (mon dieu!)
Birthplace of Yorkshire Tea
It’s not organic (there are better brands) but this is the home of tea, and where Yorkshire Tea was first created. It’s also home to Betty’s Tearooms, one of the most famed on earth.
