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• Harrogate International Centre Kings Road, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 16th July 2010

  Home & Gift Show 2010 (trade only) Sunday 18 July - Wednesday 21 July 2010For the largest selection of gift product to entice your customers in store this Christmas, a trip to Home & Gift, Harrogate this summer is essential. With over 900 exhibitors showcasing, there is no better show for securing your crucial Christmas stock and maximising profits. Further information is available at www.homeandgift.co.uk

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• Parkes & gardens near Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 14th July 2010

  Parks and gardens Harrogate is a well known inland resort for its parks and gardens. The main park in the town is Valley Gardens, in Low Harrogate. The park covers much of the area originally known as 'Bogs Field', an area where a number of springs were discovered. Valley Gardens has a number of attractions including the Ice Cream Parlour and Children's Play Area with Outdoor Paddling Pool. The Sun Pavilion skirting the northern edge of the park can be privately hired for events such as wedding receptions. A pitch and put golf course, crazy golf, tennis courts and bowling green can be found towards the western end of the park. The Stray is an area of open parkland some 200 acres (800,000 m²) in size that runs through the centre of

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• Britain In Bloom winner 2003 Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 14th July 2010

  Harrogate was the winner of the 2003 Britain in Bloom in the category of 'Large Town'. From there it went on to win the European Entente Florale competition in 2004. This reprises its win in the first ever Entente Florale competition in 1977. Harrogate was a gold medal winner of Europe in Bloom in 2004. Full details of Harrogate's current horticultural activities and achievements can be seen on the Harrogate in Bloom website In 2005, a Channel 4 TV show listed Harrogate as the UK's third best place to live. In 2006 it came fourth in the same league; the programme claimed that it placed lower due to "a slight dip in exam results", though presenter Phil Spencer noted that it was his personal favourite.

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• Montpellier Quarter near Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 14th July 2010

  Montpellier Quarter 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. The Mercer Art Gallery is home to Harrogate district's fine art collection which consists of some 2,000 works of art, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection includes works by William Powell Frith, Atkinson Grimshaw, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Dame Laura Knight, Alan Davie and many more. The Montpellier Quarter is also the centre of the town's nightlife, which is mainly centred on the renovated Royal Baths development.

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• RHS Gardens Harrogate near Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 14th July 2010

  The Royal Horticultural Society's garden Harlow Carr is one of four public gardens run by the Society. It is located on the western edge of Harrogate in the English county of North Yorkshire The garden is the most recent addition to the RHS, acquired by the merger of the Northern Horticultural Society with the RHS in 2001. It had been the Northern Horticultural Society's trial ground and display garden since they bought it in 1946. Location The Garden is situated on Crag Lane, off Otley Road (B6162) about a mile and a half from the centre of Harrogate. Features Harlow Carr has: Winter Walk Kitchen Garden Gardens through Time The Queen Mother’s Lake Woodland Streamside Wildflower meadow and bird

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• History Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 13th July 2010

  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. Harrogate developed considerable fame as a spa town, especially following the enclosure of surrounding lands in 1770, when 200 acres were reserved as public

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• Westminster Arcade Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 13th July 2010

  Shopping, eating, drinking, relaxing, pampering - Parliament Street has it all Elegant cosmopolitan Harrogate has a great mixture of wonderful shopping. The bustling town centre from West Park, James Street and the Montpellier Quarter to the Westminster Arcade and Victoria Shopping Centre has designer shops, familiar names and arts & crafts.

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• Wetherspoons, Winter Gardens Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 13th July 2010

  Harrogate's former Royal Baths included the Winter Gardens, which was built so that visitors could relax and stroll in any weather. Its name lives on in this Wetherspoon pub. During the 1920s, people could relax here amid potted palms, listening to music from a grand piano. In the 1930s, the Municipal Orchestra played every morning throughout the year, with free admission for the patients of the baths.

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• Royal Hall Kings Road, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 13th July 2010

  Harrogate’s Royal Hall, a stunning Edwardian Theatre built in 1903, is a venue for events, arts and entertainment. Restored to its original magnificence and the glittering jewel in Harrogate International Centre's crown, this has to be the ultimate backdrop for sophisticated banquets, memorable conferences and magical shows. Seating 1000, this “Palace of Glittering Gold” and Northern Cultural Centre provides the perfect setting for banquets, conferences, concerts and shows. Owned and operated by Harrogate International Centre, the Royal Hall is the only surviving Kursaal in mainland UK.

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• Valley Gardens Parliament Street, Harrogate Yorkshire England

  Published: 13th July 2010

  The Valley Gardens Harrogate were opened in 1887 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. Now the gardens are an English Heritage Grade II listed garden. The Valley Garden's are in 'Low Harrogate just five minutes walk from the town centre with it's main entrance situated opposite the pump rooms museum. The gardens are beautifully kept and it open all year round 24 hours a day. Many activities take place during the summer from band concerts to fairs and fetes, along with the historical buildings such as the Sun Pavilion and Colonnades, childrens play park, tennis courts, crazy golf, pitch and putt, outdoor bowls as well as the Magnesia Well Cafe the valley gardens is a fabulous place to spend some time. 2009 sees the redevlopme

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