Links to local village and town websites are given below, together with some websites relevant to those locales
Aldborough
In coaching times Boroughbridge was an important posting point on the Great North Road halfway between London and Edinburgh. An intriguing mixture of Regency, Georgian and Victorian architecture with an elaborate fountain dominating St. James Square. Nearby are the legendary Devil's Arrows, 3 massive stone monoliths dating from 2000-1500BC. The largest is 30ft high.
FerrensbyGeneral Tarleton Inn
Flaxby Goldsborough and Flaxby Joined Parish Council
Goldsborough [no active website - see Wikipedia entry]
One of the most attractive towns and winner of 'Britain in Bloom' competition. It has acres of immaculate gardens with an array of colour throughout the year, open spaces, elegant architecture and broad tree-lined boulevards. Following the discovery of the first medicinal spring in 1571, the town evolved as one of the most fashionable spas in Europe. Dignified Victorian buildings with cast-iron canopies and cascading floral baskets, house shops, the welcoming Victoria Shopping Centre with independent and major retailers over 4 floors, hotels, restaurants and tea rooms. The Harrogate International Conference Centre is one of the finest in Europe with a 2,000-seat main auditorium and 8 exhibition halls.
Kirk Hammerton
Knaresborough
Knaresborough has a truly fascinating olde worlde charm. This delightful picturesque market town perched almost precariously high over the River Nidd is full of Georgian houses, narrow streets, alleys and ginnels; and its riverside location offers opportunities for boating and pleasant riverside walks. There are curiosities and attractions such as the restored St. Robert's Cave, the Chapel of our Lady in the Crag, the ruins of a 14th-century castle, the Courthouse Museum, the oldest chemists' shop in England (1720) and the legendary Old Mother Shipton's Cave with its Petrifying Well whose limestone gradually turns absorbent articles into stone.
Lower & Upper Dunsforth Marton cum Grafton Minskip Ripon
Ripon is one of the smallest cities in England and is often termed "The Cathedral City of the Dales". At the very heart of this historic cathedral city is the large market place with its 90ft-high obelisk from which the city's official hornblower sounds the 'Setting of the Watch' every evening at 9pm to assure everyone that they are in safekeeping for the night - a ritual maintained without fail for over 1,100 years. The recently restored Canal Basin now makes Ripon the most northerly point on the England and Wales waterways system.
Roecliffe Scotton [no active website - see Wikipedia entry] Staveley [no active website - see Wikipedia entry]
Village maps - street plans of villages in Harrogate district The Knaresborough Round - a well established circular route passing through the Nidd Gorge and a succession of villages which surround the town. Sadly it just bypasses Arkendale village itself!
Nearby Villages & Towns
Aldborough
- Aldborough and Boroughbridge Show
- Friends of Roman Aldborough
- Northern Aldborough Festival
- Ship Inn, Aldborough
In coaching times Boroughbridge was an important posting point on the Great North Road halfway between London and Edinburgh. An intriguing mixture of Regency, Georgian and Victorian architecture with an elaborate fountain dominating St. James Square. Nearby are the legendary Devil's Arrows, 3 massive stone monoliths dating from 2000-1500BC. The largest is 30ft high.
- Yore Vision - community organisation for Boroughbridge and the Lower Ure Valley
- Boroughbridge Walks - walks in the Lower Ure Valley
Ferrensby
Flaxby
Goldsborough [no active website - see Wikipedia entry]
- Bay Horse Inn
- Goldsborough and Flaxby Joined Parish Council
- Goldsborough Cricket Club
- Goldsborough Hall
One of the most attractive towns and winner of 'Britain in Bloom' competition. It has acres of immaculate gardens with an array of colour throughout the year, open spaces, elegant architecture and broad tree-lined boulevards. Following the discovery of the first medicinal spring in 1571, the town evolved as one of the most fashionable spas in Europe. Dignified Victorian buildings with cast-iron canopies and cascading floral baskets, house shops, the welcoming Victoria Shopping Centre with independent and major retailers over 4 floors, hotels, restaurants and tea rooms. The Harrogate International Conference Centre is one of the finest in Europe with a 2,000-seat main auditorium and 8 exhibition halls.
Kirk Hammerton
Knaresborough
Knaresborough has a truly fascinating olde worlde charm. This delightful picturesque market town perched almost precariously high over the River Nidd is full of Georgian houses, narrow streets, alleys and ginnels; and its riverside location offers opportunities for boating and pleasant riverside walks. There are curiosities and attractions such as the restored St. Robert's Cave, the Chapel of our Lady in the Crag, the ruins of a 14th-century castle, the Courthouse Museum, the oldest chemists' shop in England (1720) and the legendary Old Mother Shipton's Cave with its Petrifying Well whose limestone gradually turns absorbent articles into stone.
Lower & Upper Dunsforth Marton cum Grafton Minskip Ripon
Ripon is one of the smallest cities in England and is often termed "The Cathedral City of the Dales". At the very heart of this historic cathedral city is the large market place with its 90ft-high obelisk from which the city's official hornblower sounds the 'Setting of the Watch' every evening at 9pm to assure everyone that they are in safekeeping for the night - a ritual maintained without fail for over 1,100 years. The recently restored Canal Basin now makes Ripon the most northerly point on the England and Wales waterways system.
Roecliffe Scotton [no active website - see Wikipedia entry] Staveley [no active website - see Wikipedia entry]
- Royal Oak
- Staveley & Copgrove Parish Council
- Staveley & Copgrove Village Hall
- Staveley Community Orchards
- Staveley Community Primary School
- Staveley Nature Reserve
- Spellow Hill
Village maps - street plans of villages in Harrogate district The Knaresborough Round - a well established circular route passing through the Nidd Gorge and a succession of villages which surround the town. Sadly it just bypasses Arkendale village itself!