Attractions
Attractions
How Stean Gorge Activity Centre
How Stean Gorge’s activity centre offers professional high quality outdoor experiences onsite in this natural wonder and at other exciting locations in the Yorkshire Dales. This special place is a spectacular limestone ravine carved out over thousands of years by waterflow, making it the perfect location for outdoor activities like via ferrata, gorge walking, caving, rock climbing and abseiling. It is geographically unique, as it’s one of the only places in the UK where you...
Ripon Courthouse Museum
Follow the story of poverty, crime and punishment through the three Ripon Museums. The Liberty Courthouse remains virtually unchanged...
Lightwater Valley Theme Park
With over 30 rides and attractions, Lightwater Valley in Ripon, North Yorkshire, is bursting with fun and adventures for...
Harrogate Heritage Plaques
Discover the history and story through its significant buildings and sites. Eighty-four heritage plaques mark the sites that played...
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A broad and fascinating array of unique attractions is waiting to be discovered when you visit the Harrogate District.
Historic abbeys, castles, country houses and monuments tell the ancient stories of politics, religion and power. From Roman mosaics and medieval strongholds to 18th Century showpieces, generations have left their mark for us to see today.
No visit is complete without a trip to the World Heritage Site of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal or the lovely Ripon Cathedral, believed to be a source of inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
As you would expect from the home of the prestigious Harrogate Flower Shows, this part of the world is a garden lover’s paradise. We have an extraordinary range of almost forty parks and gardens to enjoy including the Royal Horticultural Society’s most northerly gardens, magnificent formal and public gardens and some more exotic surprises too!
There is plenty among our attractions to keep the whole family entertained with a variety of visitor attractions offering anything from nature trails and adventure playgrounds to miniature railways, ice-skating and boating. With the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on our doorstep there is every opportunity to experience the outdoors with a little adventure or just take some time to explore the wonders of the natural world.
Museums and galleries are peppered across the District, each different to the next and our lively theatres and cinemas and rich programme of leading arts festivals mean that there is always something to entertain you.
Whatever your age, whatever your passion you will always find something memorable to do when you visit this District.
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Clue HQ Harrogate
Butter Market Museum
Ripon Prison and Police Museum
Lightwater Valley Theme Park
Stockeld Park
Ripon Spa Gardens
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Behind the scenes of Attractions
A New Way to Launch an Exhibition
In normal times, Ripon Museums will hold several exhibitions a year across three sites: the Workhouse Museum, Prison &...
Curiosities of the Museum
The Harrogate Museums and Arts collection holds a lot of famous treasures, from Faberge and Grimshaw to unique ancient...
St Wilfrid's, Harrogate
St Wilfrid's, Harrogate is one of the most interesting churches in Harrogate town, and the only Grade I listed...
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