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HARROGATE PREVIEW
riverside walks, go boating on the river and explore this
picturesque medieval market town.
Get the adrenaline pumping by taking a white-knuckle ride at
Lightwater Valley Theme Park and experience the lovely countryside
of Nidderdale, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Five Fascinating Facts About Harrogate
1. Harrogate was once one of Europe’s foremost spa towns and is
home to the Stinking Spaw‚ the famous rotten egg smelling
sulphur water. From European royalty to Charles Dickens, who
described Harrogate as: “The queerest place with the strangest
people in it leading the oddest lives,” Harrogate was the place to
visit to take The Cure. The range of medicinal mineral springs in
Harrogate includes magnesium, chalybeate and sulphur water. The
Royal Pump Room was built over the celebrated sulphur well in
1842 and is now a museum illustrating the history of Harrogate
along with being the only place left to sample the sulphur water, if
you dare!
2. When Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days in 1926 she
came to Harrogate and stayed in the Old Swan Hotel under a
pseudonym. The story was made into a film in 1977 starring
Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave with filming taking place at
the Old Swan Hotel and around Harrogate.
3. A visit to Harrogate would not be complete without visiting one
of its most famous assets Betty’s Café which started in the town in
1919 and is well known throughout the world with sister branches
in Ilkley, Northallerton and York. With 400 different lines of
mouthwatering cakes, breads, scones and muffins from the
famous Fat Rascal‚ to fresh cream cakes handmade at Betty’s
Bakery, you will be spoiled for choice. And that’s before you’ve
made a decision about which of the special blends of exotic and
traditional teas and coffees, imported by their own tea and coffee
importers, Taylors of Harrogate, to try!
4. Harrogate is also home to the Turkish Baths and Health Spa one
of only three of its kind in the country. Housed in the Royal Baths
building which dates from 1897 the sumptuous surroundings in
the Turkish Baths are pure Victoriana. Indulge in pure relaxation in
the hot rooms, steam rooms and plunge pool or try out one of the
more modern treatments available from a Body Wraps to a
Cleopatra Goat Milk Oil Bath or aromatherapy.
5. Harrogate Toffee has been made in Harrogate since 1840 and
owes its existence to the nasty taste of the town’s spa water.
When visitors complained about the sour taste of the medicinal
sulphur water, a local grocer called Swan began to produce the
toffee. Past customers have included queens, princesses,
aristocrats and prime ministers with HM the Queen also known to
be an admirer. Swan’s assistant Mrs Farrar passed the secret
formula to her son John and Farrah’s toffee became part of
Harrogate’s history. The recipe for the hard toffee which has a
distinctive lemon flavour remains a closely guarded secret.
Words and Images: Harrogate Borough Council
www.nursery-industry.co.uk
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