Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Harrogate - Atlas Obscura

Unusual Attractions in Harrogate

Harrogate, England

Old Swan Hotel

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

Harrogate, England

Turkish Baths Harrogate

The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.

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Knaresborough, England

Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

3 miles from Harrogate

Knaresborough, England

Mother Shipton's Cave and the Petrifying Well

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

3 miles from Harrogate

North Yorkshire, England

Allerton Castle

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

7 miles from Harrogate

Bramhope, England

Bramhope Tunnel North Portal

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

7 miles from Harrogate

North Yorkshire, England

Fountains Abbey

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

8 miles from Harrogate

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