Harrogate Line

Have a day out by train along the Harrogate line and experience a wide range of tourist attractions!

Introduction
Information
Locations
Places to Visit
Connections

Introduction

Leeds - Harrogate - Knaresborough - York

Discover Harrogate and Knaresborough; both are stylish and enchanting and offer a great deal to enjoy.

Elsewhere along the line there are interesting and quaint villages to discover, and don't forget to look out for the Red Kites flying overhead. Previously an endangered species, these beautiful birds have been successfully reintroduced into this part of Yorkshire and are now a regular sight around the line.

Montpellier, Harrogate photo courtesy of Welcome to Yorkshire.

Information

Useful Information

Tickets
We offer a wide range of tickets, including Anytime/Off-Peak Day Single or Return and Duo tickets (for two adults) on the Harrogate line.

Where to purchase
Tickets can be purchased at any staffed station or from conductors on trains when starting your journey from unstaffed stations or when the ticket office is closed. Ticket offices are provided at Harrogate, Horsforth, Leeds and York stations, where a full range of tickets can be purchased.

Bicycles on the train
Our trains are able to carry a maximum of two bicycles - these are carried free of charge on a first-come-first-served basis.

Tourist Information

Harrogate and Knaresborough: www.enjoyharrogate.com
Leeds: www.visitleeds.co.uk
York: www.visityork.org
Yorkshire:www.yorkshire.com

Timetable Information
For full details of train times, please pick up timetable guide 29.
Alternatively, call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 48 49 50.

Locations

York with York Minster illuminated in the background

Leeds

The Royal Armouries always goes down great guns with visitors, while for the arts rather than arms, you have the pick of the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Art Gallery, Opera North, the Northern Ballet, West Yorkshire Playhouse and much more. Leeds City Museum is a must-see. Or if your favourite must-do happens to involve shopping, once again, you're spoilt for choice.

Headingley

Headingley is famous as the home of Yorkshire cricket and Leeds Rhinos rugby league team. This bustling student area also has plenty of lively pubs, trendy bars, restaurants and eateries, including two famous fish and chip fryers, Brett's and Bryan's.

Horsforth

Horsforth is recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086AD and, until recently, was said to be England's largest village by population.

Weeton

The famous Almscliffe Crag is a great walk and easy climb of a millstone grit outcrop (seen on the opening sequence to Emmerdale!), a great one for hikers, as it's only a couple of miles.

Pannal

Keen golfers may be familiar with the name. Pannal Golf Course is one of just a few Yorkshire courses in recent years to have hosted The Open Regional Qualifier and other major events.

Hornbeam Park

Developed as a business centre, Hornbeam Park is also a campus for Harrogate College and now has pubs, restaurants and more besides. For exciting, exhilarating and healthy fun, the region's finest climbing resource, the Harrogate Climbing Centre, is right up there.

Harrogate

Known as England's Floral Town, Harrogate's centrepiece is the Stray, a 200-acre area of beautiful, peaceful parkland. Nearby in the popular Montpellier Quarter shopping area you'll find the splendid Montpellier Gardens, and just a mile and a half out of town is RHS Harlow Carr, with fifty acres of stunning gardens and events throughout the year. Elegant Harrogate is also a famous spa town and you can take the waters and vapours at the Royal Pump Room Museum, which has Europe's strongest sulphur well. Or, to just relax, try the luxurious Turkish Baths and Health Spa, or take your seat in a genteel tea room. Mercer Gallery houses over 2,000 works of art, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries, and the splendidly ornate Harrogate Theatre, known as the Grand Opera House, always offers a great line-up of events and shows.

Knaresborough

Knaresborough Castle towers over the River Nidd, and you can explore the dungeon and underground sallyport as well as the Court House Museum which has an original Tudor courtroom. You can take a rowing boat on the river or walk its banks where you'll find Mother Shipton's Cave and Petrifying Well. The 15th-century prophetess was born here, and you can make a wish and see everyday objects that the petrifying well has turned to stone. Wednesday's the day if you like a good old-fashioned market, and the Town Crier is another fine tradition that Knaresborough has to shout about.

Hammerton

Hammerton station serves Kirk Hammerton village, named in the Doomsday Book as Altera Hanbretone, meaning village on a hill. Now, the only building on the hill is the beautiful St John the Baptist's church.

Poppleton

The station serves the villages of Upper Poppleton and Nether Poppleton. The restored historic Tithe Barn at Manor Farm, Nether Poppleton, is over 450 years old.

York

To begin with, the award-winning attractions include the National Railway Museum, Jorvik Viking Centre, Castle Museum, York Dungeon - the list goes on and on. To explore the history, just look around you.