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Harrogate
Shopping
Harrogate town centre is home to a wealth of shops and retailers, trading in everything from household appliances and antiques to clothes and food. There are also numerous neighbouring market towns and suburbs with traditional markets and small, independent shops.
The Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre in Harrogate is home to more than thirty stores over four levels. Retailers currently occupying the units include Bay Trading, La Senza and WHSmith, alongside a number of cafés and coffee bars, such as Caffe Latino and The Cornish Pasty Bakery. The shopping centre is based on Station Parade in the town centre; and is open seven days a week, from 8:30am until 6pm from Monday to Saturday, and 10:30am to 4:30pm on Sundays.
Bhs, Marks and Spencer and Dorothy Perkins can be found on Cambridge Street, along the side of the Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, and Debenhams only a short walk away on Parliament Street. Parallel to Cambridge Street, on the opposite side of the shopping centre, is James Street and the place to find Evans, Gap, Laura Ashley, Monsoon and Next.
Harrogate town centre is the home of more than twenty antiques dealers, with many based around Montpellier Gardens, Montpellier Parade and Royal Parade. The dealers trade in a variety of antiques, including furniture, porcelain, clocks and paintings. The town is also the site of a number of antiques and collectables fairs; these occur sporadically and adverts are normally posted online at http://www.harrogateantiques.com/.
Knaresborough is a small market village, just a few miles outside the town centre. The village offers an array of retailers, markets and traditional cafés, including an eighteenth-century chemist, two antiques dealers and a special market that has been held on Wednesdays since 1310.
Ripon is home to a number of Georgian and medieval buildings, also a market and the town’s cathedral. Kirkgate is the main shopping street, and is lined with a variety of shops and shopping arcades.
Lightwater Valley Theme Park and Shopping Village are based in Ripon, and the latter is home to a restaurant and eight shops trading in clothes, gardening equipment and more. The Shopping Village is open six days a week.
The Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre in Harrogate is home to more than thirty stores over four levels. Retailers currently occupying the units include Bay Trading, La Senza and WHSmith, alongside a number of cafés and coffee bars, such as Caffe Latino and The Cornish Pasty Bakery. The shopping centre is based on Station Parade in the town centre; and is open seven days a week, from 8:30am until 6pm from Monday to Saturday, and 10:30am to 4:30pm on Sundays.
Bhs, Marks and Spencer and Dorothy Perkins can be found on Cambridge Street, along the side of the Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, and Debenhams only a short walk away on Parliament Street. Parallel to Cambridge Street, on the opposite side of the shopping centre, is James Street and the place to find Evans, Gap, Laura Ashley, Monsoon and Next.
Harrogate town centre is the home of more than twenty antiques dealers, with many based around Montpellier Gardens, Montpellier Parade and Royal Parade. The dealers trade in a variety of antiques, including furniture, porcelain, clocks and paintings. The town is also the site of a number of antiques and collectables fairs; these occur sporadically and adverts are normally posted online at http://www.harrogateantiques.com/.
Knaresborough is a small market village, just a few miles outside the town centre. The village offers an array of retailers, markets and traditional cafés, including an eighteenth-century chemist, two antiques dealers and a special market that has been held on Wednesdays since 1310.
Ripon is home to a number of Georgian and medieval buildings, also a market and the town’s cathedral. Kirkgate is the main shopping street, and is lined with a variety of shops and shopping arcades.
Lightwater Valley Theme Park and Shopping Village are based in Ripon, and the latter is home to a restaurant and eight shops trading in clothes, gardening equipment and more. The Shopping Village is open six days a week.
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