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Where to stay in Harrogate
Harrogate is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 74,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Harrogate, with about 174 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June and July
- Nearest airport
- LBA16 km · Leeds Bradford Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Harrogate
Harrogate () is a spa town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Visitor attractions include Bettys tea rooms, RHS Harlow Carr gardens and the Royal Pump Room Museum, which explores the town's spa heritage.
In Old Norse hǫrgr gata indicates a street to a heap of stones. It was a cluster of separate villages until its spa waters became fashionable in the 17th century, and accommodation and amusements were built for its visitors. (Those amusements were essential, as the waters are cold and pungent.) Harrogate's heyday was 19th century Regency / Victorian, so it was already past its best when Agatha Christie fled here in 1926. Meanwhile it was becoming industrial, and a commuter town for nearby Leeds.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Harrogate
See
- Betty's Tea Rooms
- Royal Pump Room Museum
- Mercer Art Gallery
- Valley Gardens
- St Wilfrid's
- RHS Harlow Carr Gardens
- Knaresborough
- Ripley Castle
- Harewood House
Do
- Turkish Baths
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Harrogate
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Harrogate West Park hotel | 91 | 4.3/5 1,258 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Harrogate hotel | 83 | 3.9/5 704 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Harrogate to stay in
As a spa town, many Harrogate hotels date back 200 years, and you can aim to stay somewhere with real character. There are many modern chains within a mile or two, while B&Bs are in the leafy suburbs further out. Harrogate does a lot of corporate and event accommodation and can become booked out, especially for the Great Yorkshire Show in July. Big events in York can have the same effect. If you can't get in, consider staying in central Leeds and day-tripping by train.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Harrogate
51 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Goldsborough Hall | 8.0 km | |
| Old Swan Hotel | 1777 | 0.8 km |
| Rudding Park | 3.6 km | |
| Cedar Court Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| County Hotel | 0.9 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 0.6 km | |
| DoubleTree by Hilton Harrogate Majestic Hotel & Spa | 0.7 km | |
| Granby Hotel | 1.1 km | |
| Mother Shipton Inn | 4.7 km | |
| Nidd Hall | 5.6 km | |
| Punch Bowl Inn | 13.7 km | |
| The Empress Hotel | 1.0 km | |
| The Unicorn Hotel | 16.1 km | |
| Water Mill Inn | 19.2 km | |
| White Hart Hotel | 1846 | 0.5 km |
| Wood Hall Hotel and Spa | 10.6 km | |
| Bay Horse Inn | 7.8 km | |
| Bridge Inn | 19.2 km | |
| Harrogate Arms Hotel | 2.7 km | |
| Inn at Cheltenham Parade | 0.4 km | |
| The Bridge Inn | 11.2 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 15.6 km | |
| The Crown Hotel | 17.9 km | |
| The Crown Inn | 22.3 km | |
| The George Carvery & Hotel | 9.8 km | |
| The Groves Inn | 5.0 km | |
| The Old Royal Oak Between Nos 7 And 9 | 5.0 km | |
| The Old Star Inn | 16.6 km | |
| The Ripon Inn | 16.0 km | |
| The Royal Oak Public House | 1800 | 16.0 km |
| The Studley Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| The Wellington Inn | 4.9 km | |
| The Yorkshire | 0.2 km | |
| Annexe To Unicorn Hotel | 16.1 km | |
| Arden House | 0.6 km | |
| Fountains Guest House - Harrogate Stays | 0.8 km | |
| Grange Hotel | 0.2 km | |
| Grassfield House Hotel | 18.5 km | |
| Harefield Hall | 17.2 km | |
| Hazel Manor | 4.0 km |
All 53 hotels in Harrogate, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Harrogate
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Harrogate are June and July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; December is the wettest, with about 109 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Harrogate: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Teesside International Airport (MME, 58 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 87 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Walking is best for town centre, and cycling will quickly get you to outlying attractions. Avoid driving in town, as it can be very congested. Harrogate Buses circulate around town. Bus 1 plies the main road to Knaresborough. The trains from Leeds also stop at Pannal and Hornbeam Park in the south of town, and at Starbeck on their way to Knaresborough.
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LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
MME · Teesside International Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Harrogate
Stay safe
Harrogate is mostly a very safe town. Even at night, drunken anti-social behaviour isn't common. Stay away from Valley Gardens at night, where the low lighting occasionally attracts dubious characters.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Harrogate
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
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Questions
Harrogate: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Harrogate?
By published guest score: Travelodge Harrogate West Park (4.3 / 5 · 1,258 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Harrogate (3.9 / 5 · 704 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Harrogate?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Harrogate are June and July. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 20 °C; December is the wettest, with about 109 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Harrogate?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Teesside International Airport (MME, 58 km) and Manchester Airport (MAN, 87 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Harrogate?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Harrogate
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.