Royal Pump Room Museum
Harrogate's museum in the 1842 pump room where visitors drank the sulphur water; run by North Yorkshire Council.
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Victorian spa town with gardens and baths, and the Nidd gorge at Knaresborough
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Harrogate grew as a spa after its mineral waters were found in the 16th century, and by the Georgian era it was known as 'The English Spa' for its sulphur and iron-rich springs. The 1842 Royal Pump Room is now the town museum, the Victorian Turkish baths still open in the Royal Baths, and 200 acres of open grass called the Stray wrap around the centre.
Knaresborough, three miles east, is a market town on the River Nidd. Its ruined castle looks down on the gorge and the railway viaduct, and along the river are Mother Shipton's Cave, the rock-cut Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag and St Robert's Cave.
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Harrogate's museum in the 1842 pump room where visitors drank the sulphur water; run by North Yorkshire Council.
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Grade II listed park of 17 acres, laid out in 1887 for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.
About 200 acres of open grassland around the town centre, linking the old springs and wells.
Hydrotherapy centre opened by the town in 1897; its Victorian Turkish baths are still in use.
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Grade II* listed performance hall and theatre.
Council gallery in the Old Town Hall since 1991, with over 2,000 works, mainly from the 19th century onwards.
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The map shows Harrogate & Knaresborough and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
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The Royal Pump Room Museum stands opposite the Valley Gardens, so the two make an easy first stop.
The Victorian Turkish baths in the Royal Baths still operate; check sessions and booking with the operator.
In Knaresborough, Abbey Road runs beside the river past the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag and St Robert's Cave.
RHS Garden Harlow Carr is on the western edge of Harrogate, one of the Royal Horticultural Society's five public gardens.
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