The town Harrogate is located in North Yorkshire. The town orignally had two different settlements known as High Harrogate and Low Harrogate. This town was originated in the 17th century. It is known most to be a spa town, and withholds famous tourist attractions such as RHS Harlow Carr gardens, and Betty's tearooms. This town is located in Nid valley and it is locally close to Knaresborough. It has transportation's such as Harrogate railway station and Harrogate Bus Station.
Harrogate's famous spa waters
Harrogate's most popular tourist attraction is what the town is most well known for (spa waters). In the seventeenth an eighteenth century people believed the spa waters in Harrogate were a good health treatment. These waters contain iron, salt, and sulphur. The spa waters were first discovered by William Slingsby in 1571. People noted that the properties of its spa waters were closely linked to the springs of Belgian town. Harrogate's spa was most known in 1626 when Edmund Deane's book 'The English Spa Fountain', or ' Spadacrene Anglica' was published.
Harrogate as a tourist attraction
Other than the spa waters, Harrogate is well known for Bettys Tea Rooms, and the RHS Harlow Carr gardens. The town is one of Europe's biggest conference and exhibition centre, which also includes 'Harrogate International centre' were tourists can find good hotels, guest houses and restaurants. Another main attraction is the Mercer Art Gallery where you can find two thousand 19Th and 20Th century arts. This art gallery withholds works by William Powell Frith, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Atkinson Grimshaw, Alan Davie and much more. Another not to miss attraction would be Harrogate's Great Yorkshire Show, which is hosted once every year.
Harrogate known as a costly town
This town is known to have the most costly properties in all of England, having most of the properties costing an average of one million pounds. It is a very expensive place to reside in. The community of Harrogate has a Church, a District Swimming Club, many good schools. The most popular sports in this town are football, Rugby union, water polo, Frisbee and hockey.
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