Harrogate (an elegant spa town in North Yorkshire)
Harrogate is an elegant spa town in North Yorkshire, with 88 mineral springs developed from two villages (High and Low Harrogate) and known for its floral displays. The Old Swan Hotel is where crime writer Agatha Christie was found in 1926, after going missing for a while, thought to be due to an amnesian breakdown.
It’s also recently been voted the world’s most romantic destination, even over Rome and Paris (mon dieu!)
This is known as a ‘floral town’, so keep dogs away from toxic flowers, plants/trees.
Harrogate was originally two villages: High Harrogate and Low Harrogate. It was only in the 17th century, that they merged to become the present town, after the discovery of over 80 natural mineral springs.
And if you’re a Eurovision buff, it was here that Bucks Fizz became one of the few times that England won, with their song Making Your Mind Up!
