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8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2021

… around Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal

15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2021

4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2021

4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2021

Take a stroll along the path through The Pinewoods and you become part of a Harrogate tradition which stretches back decades.
A guide of 1891 describes what was then Harlow Moor as the ‘rough moor where furze, gorse and heather abound in profusion’. In 1898, the Corporation bought the land adjacent to the Valley Gardens and [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2021

Japanese gardens have been built in Japan since the 8th Century. They were inspired by Chinese landscape painting and the spirit of nature.
Japan opened to global trade in the 19th Century followed by a greater interest in Japanese culture.
A Japanese Garden was created here in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens by 1930. Over the decades the Japanese [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2021

Valley Gardens, a grade II listed garden and the adjacent Pinewoods in the highly attractive North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate. Valley Gardens comprise about 17 acres of park, woodland, and beautiful floral displays.
It is believed that a greater number of mineral springs come to the surface in Valley Gardens than in any other known location [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2021

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