Harrogate Town Centre Walk | Let's Walk 2020

Join me for a walk around one of the UK's most beautiful Victorian towns: the historic spa town of Harrogate. Located between the major cities of Leeds and York, this once small village has blossomed over the last two centuries to become one of the country's most beloved towns, home to gorgeous architecture, affluent neighbourhoods and delicious spring waters.
As we walk around Harrogate, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including Harrogate Cenotaph, Bettys Tea Room, the Montpellier Quarter, The Crown Hotel, The Royal Pump Room, Valley Gardens, Crescent Gardens, Harrogate Council Offices (formerly Victoria Baths), The Royal Baths, The Royal Hall, Harrogate Convention Centre, St. Peter's Church, Harrogate Theatre and the Victoria Shopping Centre.
Also, I'd like to say a massive thank you to everybody for 100 subscribers to the channel! I really hope you're all enjoying these videos, and I'm so grateful to all of you who have watched, liked, commented and subscribed! I'm looking forward to exploring more of Britain with you in 2021 (and if we're lucky, maybe even further afield...)
0:00 Cambridge Road
0:12 Cambridge Crescent
0:46 Harrogate Cenotaph
0:57 Bettys Tea Room
1:55 Montpellier Parade
3:02 Montpellier Street
3:59 The Ginnel
4:16 Montpellier Gardens
4:45 The Crown Hotel
5:54 The Royal Pump Room
6:54 Entry to Valley Gardens
7:18 The Royal Pump Room
8:08 Crescent Road
9:11 Crescent Gardens
9:43 Harrogate Council Offices - formerly Victoria Baths
9:55 The Royal Baths
11:06 The Royal Hall and Harrogate Convention Centre
11:31 The Royal Baths
12:04 Parliament Street
15:05 Cambridge Crescent
15:38 St. Peter's Church
16:06 Cambridge Road
16:48 Oxford Street
17:45 Harrogate Theatre
18:01 Oxford Street
18:10 A61
18:28 Beulah Street
19:43 Victoria Shopping Centre
19:55 Cambridge Street
21:01 Market Place
21:44 Cross James Street
22:05 James Street
23:55 Cambridge Street
24:15 Thank you for watching!
Stats for nerds:
Distance walked: 1.5 miles/2.4km
Step count: 3000 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 24 mins 15 secs
Average speed: 3.7mph/5.9kmh
Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

[@LetsWalkUK]

I'd like to say a massive thank you to everybody for over 100 subscribers to the channel! I really hope you're all enjoying these videos, and I'm so grateful to all of you who have watched, liked, commented and subscribed! I'm looking forward to exploring more of Britain with you in 2021 (and if we're lucky, maybe even further afield...) Wishing you all a Happy New Year! :)

[@tomputnam5364]

Very enjoyable walk in the town I grew up in. 25 years ago it was even nicer with it’s Victorian market and arcades. I miss it very much.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm sure that Harrogate has always been an absolutely wonderful town to live - especially with the Victorian market and arcades as you say :) I hope this brought back some nice memories of the town for you - and thank you very much for watching the video!

[@marktierney2117]

i had to leave Harrogate at 18 when my parents moved away, I miss this town so much it hurts still to this day, I'm 43 now :(

[@AndreaBahen]

What a lovely walk!! 🤩🥰💛 And so many interesting facts!! Thank you for this wonderful video!!

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you! I hope all the information was interesting and helped you to get to know Harrogate a bit more - it's a wonderful and fascinating place :)

[@AndreaBahen]

@@LetsWalkUK Absolutely! Really interesting information, so many things I didn't know! It really is a fascinating place, can't wait to go back when it's possible 😊 Thank you for these fantastic videos! Have a lovely day!

[@LetsWalkUK]

@@AndreaBahen You're welcome - and I hope you have a lovely day too :)

[@derekatkins1773]

I used to love been there in Harrogate has it used to be back in the late seventies when it was lovely and exciting with the lovely shops and the ABC cinema which sadly has now gone forever. Those real antique shops then held real bargains and the cosy atmosphere of the cafes. While it has changed so much its still a fine place to visit but nothing can replace the true quality of old town Harrogate.

[@LetsWalkUK]

It's interesting how a town as quaint and ornate as Harrogate still changes so much! Lovely to hear some of those memories of the town from back in the day, but as you say Harrogate is still a fine place indeed :) Thank you so much for watching - I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@derekatkins1773]

Yes loved the video very much .Thank you for posting it.. I would love to return someday to Harrogate town but sadly I lost my friend of many years to the virus this year and it would bring back too many memories for now going there. One day I will return to enjoy it in its new form I hope because it still holds very good times there ! A place I will always love and want.

[@JJ-ck2mt]

Enjoyed this video. Excellent walk-path with some outstanding history, tips and local insight. We will be visiting mid-June of 2022 -- three days on our own and another in the area on tour for three days with a professional tour company. This was a great "tease" for us! Thanks! I realize this was almost a year ago, but it's incredible how empty the city was -- despite COVID-19 restrictions. Too bad. Hope their economy has recovered over the past year.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - and I hope you're even more excited to visit Harrogate next year, it's a spectacular town that will certainly be even more full of life in the summer :)

[@georget4930]

Harrogate is my favourite place to visit in the UK, I travel over there every year for the beer festival at The Crown Hotel (we just made it in 2020 3 weeks before lockdown!). William & Victoria's tea room is a hidden gem of the town, Lucia's, The Cold Bath Brewery and all the wonderful shops, cafes, restaurants inbetween are a must see.

[@LetsWalkUK]

It's such a lovely place - there's no wonder you return so regularly! As you mention, Harrogate's tearooms, restaurants and spectacular grand buildings are all part of what makes it such a delight - and a must-visit for all in the area :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!

[@susanbenham8709]

I enjoyed the video and the history. Very interesting.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Harrogate is a fascinating place :)

[@user-itschad1954]

You've done it again. I used to work in Harrogate (local authority) and lived in Knaresborough. I did and do find Harrogate a pretentious place with a few troubled areas. Shame you didn't show the Stray or a mention of Agatha Christie's stay at the Old Swan Hotel. She was "missing" for Eleven days causing a nationwide hunt. As usual a splendid video. Very well done......You must go through a lot of foot leather.

[@LetsWalkUK]

As you mention - there are so many fascinating places that make up Harrogate, it's impossible to fit them all into the one walk, but I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - you're certainly very lucky to have lived in Knaresborough and spent so much time in Harrogate too! Thank you very much for watching, and yes, my shoes don't last very long nowadays :)

[@sarribel]

personally found this last video very interesting as I spent a couple of weeks down in harrogate back in the summer of 1979.That beautiful town was full of wealthy industrialists and merchants. Accordingly there were plenty of big houses with large gardens back then. Thanks a lot

[@LetsWalkUK]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Harrogate is without doubt a gorgeous town, and I can imagine a few decades ago it was just as beautiful (perhaps even more so) than it is today! Harrogate in the summertime sounds lovely too - you must have had a wonderful time :)

[@sarribel]

@@LetsWalkUK I did. Let's walk

[@vjary8142]

Thanks for pointing me to find this, appreciated.

[@LetsWalkUK]

No worries! I hope you enjoy the walk - and thanks for watching :)

[@michellebruce5092]

Nice video today I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon. Very beautiful and historical the town is. Your history lessons are always great and your walks are always enjoyable. How is your week going? Mine is going great. Have a great day 😀 greetings from Canada 😀

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Harrogate is a magnificent town :)

[@lesterbangs3417]

I'm quietly working my way through all your videos, LW. This is my favourite so far. Such a beautiful town. I'd love to see you do a tour of English spa towns. Unlike other walking vlogs you really put an effort into researching the locations. You really deserve a much bigger audience but I feel sure that will come. I don't know of any other walking vlogger who covers the North, as you do. I say that as someone living in London.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Charles - thank you so much for your comment! It's the nicest thing I've heard so far, and I've had some really wonderful comments from everybody. I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos, I do my best to give a good view of every place I visit. The spa towns are indeed very beautiful, I'll make sure to make a video in all of them - but Harrogate is a great place to start off with! And I love covering the North so much, there are so many underrated places in the region - but I've also got some videos from the South and the Midlands coming over the next month too, so I hope you enjoy those too. Again, thank you so much for watching and for your comment - it's really made my day :)

[@lesterbangs3417]

@@LetsWalkUK You're very welcome, LW. A tip would be to contact other walking vloggers with much bigger subscription numbers. A mention from just one of them can swell your viewers considerably. Urbanist, who is a New York walking vlogger, is very generous that way. He is planning to visit England post -lockdown and has made a point of saying that he is interested in visiting the less travelled road. The walking vloggers tend to be generously spirited. Maybe hit the northern coastal towns as the weather improves to get hits from the tourists. Personally, I'm hoping you visit Ilkely one day. Keep up the great work, LW.

[@LetsWalkUK]

@@lesterbangs3417 Thank you! I'll bear that in mind - I'm trying to keep improving my videos at the moment so they're as good as possible for you all, but I'll certainly look to work with/get a mention from somebody else at some point. And Ilkley is very much near the top of my list for new videos to make, so you can definitely expect to see that at some point during the year :)

[@kirstymackenzie2437]

Thanks very interesting with the history. I haven’t visited for about a year since covid. Must say you did miss mentioning The Old Swan Hotel where Agatha Christie was found missing there in 1926. Its a beautiful building not far from Montpelier.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - and many thanks for pointing out the Old Swan Hotel, that's a great fact about Harrogate, which has so much to discover at every turn :)

[@kirstymackenzie2437]

@@LetsWalkUK ☺️

[@familiaursonainglaterra1367]

I love to live in Harrogate ♥️😍

[@LetsWalkUK]

I can understand why! It's really one of the nicest towns in England - perhaps even the whole world! :)

[@dlittlester]

When I get over there, I stay in a bit sleepier town, Knaresborough. It's only four miles by local stopping bus to Harrogate, so I ended up spending lots of time there. Your video brings it all back I hope to visit again when this virus thing has been conquered.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Knaresborough is absolutely beautiful, and I've had some wonderful days visiting both Knaresborough and Harrogate - two of Yorkshire's most picturesque towns of all! Hopefully you get the chance to visit once again sooner rather than later :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad to hear you enjoyed the video!

[@norfolkandchance1952]

You ought to have visited the Stray and CNG stadium in Harrogate.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Absolutely! I was mainly focusing on central Harrogate in this walk - but I can certainly make a video in High Harrogate and visit the stadium too :) Thank you for watching!

[@delilapipoly]

Another great video ☺☺😍

[@TheMoonchester]

WHAT CAN I SAY ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@emadali9729]

I was living in Harrogate...Harrogate is lovely place

[@LetsWalkUK]

It certainly is! One of the most beautiful towns in all of Yorkshire, and indeed all of England - you're certainly lucky to have lived there :) Thank you so much for watching - I really hope you enjoyed the video!

[@joellelilaboughazi4552]

It's so beautiful, town centre

[@LetsWalkUK]

It is! Easily one of the most beautiful towns in the UK and an absolute joy to walk around! I'm glad you enjoyed the video - thank you so much for watching :)

[@joellelilaboughazi4552]

@@LetsWalkUK It's okay Madam or Sir, yes I enjoyed the video it is beautiful

[@LetsWalkUK]

@@joellelilaboughazi4552 Ha ha that's very kind of you to say, and being addressed as Sir is very complementary! :)

[@mahfl22]

I lived in Bradford when I was a kid.

[@LetsWalkUK]

It's a great city! A fascinating centre of wool and a vibrant place to be today - you're lucky to have lived there :)

[@clareoclareo2626]

Thanks for the video. I am thinking of moving to Harrogate or York. Can anyone share their thoughts? What is life like in Harrogate?

[@llauncher5170]

I know the subtitle info is well meaning, but it makes the tour almost unwatchable.

[@susanbenham8709]

I live in Bournemouth and we are thinking of moving to Harrogate. We want to live in a nice area but pay a reasonable rent on a 2 Bed Flat. Are rents reasonable on a Flat in Harrogate? IF not could you please tell me what is a nice area to live ikn and the rent is reasonable. I dont know Yorkshire at all. So i would appreciate your help.

[@LetsWalkUK]

Hi there! I can't speak from experience having only lived in Leeds in Yorkshire - but I can tell you from research that one of the best places to live in Yorkshire is the delightful town of Skipton, where house prices are a little lower than the likes of Harrogate and Wetherby - some of the more expensive places in the county :) I made a video in Skipton a long while ago if you'd like to see how the town centre looks - you can find it via this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH-5c3xrqJhpeaM I hope that helps - and I wish you best of luck with your search :)

[@susanbenham8709]

@@LetsWalkUK Hi thank you for your help. I will watch the video about Skipton.

[@mahfl22]

Pubs and Theatres are open with Covid-19 ?

[@LetsWalkUK]

This video was recorded when Harrogate was in a Tier 2 area - so I think that might be why :)

[@johnodonohoe7602]

see no reason to visit boring boring northern town

[@user-itschad1954]

So who's boring? You because of your ignorance.