Royal Hall
Harrogate’s Royal Hall, a stunning Edwardian Theatre built in 1903, is a venue for events, arts and entertainment Restored to its original magnificence and the glittering jewel in Harrogate International Centre’s crown, this has to be the ultimate backdrop and is the spiritual home of the Harrogate International Festivals having long been our central venue since the Festival was established in 1966.
Ripon Road
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG1 2 RD
Festival Spiegeltent
Situated on Crescent Gardens, directly between the Royal Hall and the Valley Gardens. This picturesque location is the perfect spot for the for our Mirrored Tent. Look out for the arrival and build on the 5th July!
Crescent Gardens
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
Wesley Chapel
A new entry to the Festival portfolio, Wesley Chapel was build in 1862 and is a Grade II listed building in the traditional “meeting house” style. It was extensively refurbished for its centenary in 1962 and again in 1994 when the foyer at the entrance to the church was created and major alterations made to the facilities in the Lower Hall beneath the church, including a lift. This wonderful venue situated in the heart of Harrogate has wonderful acoustics and is a must for chamber music.
Wesley Chapel
Oxford St
Harrogate
HG1 1PP
St. Wilfrid’s Church
The Parish Church of St Wilfrid, Harrogate is one of the finest modern churches in the North of England. In 1903 the eminent ecclesiastical architect, Temple Moore, was invited to design “a fine Early English church of great dignity and beauty, to be built of stone and to accommodate 900 worshippers”. This “exceeding magnifical” building was consecrated in June 1914, and completed by the addition of the Holy Spirit Chapel (1928) and the Lady Chapel (1935) – these two were the work of Leslie Moore, son-in-law of the original architect.
St Wilfrid’s Church
Duchy Road
Harrogate
HG1 2EY
Old Swan Hotel
The Old Swan has a history that extends back nearly 200 years – famous for its glass-ceilinged Wedgewood Restaurant, secluded gardens and elegant meetings and events spaces. In the late nineteenth century it was extensively redeveloped as a fashionable spa hotel known as the ’Swan Hydro’, but after the Second World War, the reopening saw the name change to the ‘Old Swan Hotel’.
It was to this tranquil haven that the mistress of crime-writing, Agatha Christie, famously disappeared in 1926, resulting in a public furore when she could not be found & is now the home of our Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival.
The Old Swan
Swan Road,
Harrogate
North Yorkshire,
HG1 2SR
RHS Harlow Carr Gardens
The RHS merged with the Northern Horticultural Society in 2001 and, with the merger, came the acquisition of Harlow Carr. The gardens stand on what was once part of the Forest of Knaresborough, an ancient royal hunting ground. Springs of sulphur water were discovered here in 1734 but development of the site as a spa did not take place for over a hundred years. In 1840, Henry Wright, the owner of the estate, cleaned out and protected one of the wells and four years later built a hotel and a bath house.
Crag Lane
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG3 1QB
Harrogate Theatre
Harrogate Theatre has a 500 seat Victorian Main Auditorium with seating split over three levels. This includes the Stalls, Circle and Balcony. In addition to this there are also 4 boxes. There is also a 60 seat Studio Theatre at the top of the building.
Harrogate Theatre is a Victorian Theatre built in 1900 by Frank Tugwell. One of the first Theatre’s in the country to have electricity throughout the whole building. Over the last few years a major refurbishment project has been implemented to restore the building back to its former glory.
Harrogate Theatre
Oxford Street
Harrogate
HG1 1QF