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Valley Gardens Play Area

 

English Heritage Grade II Listed gardens situated in regal Low Harrogate, which along with woodland known as The Pinewoods, covers 17 acres. The Gardens contain a greater number of mineral springs than any other known place. For music lovers, band concerts take place on Sunday afternoons throughout the summer. Beautiful historical buildings such as the Sun Pavilion and Colonnades sit alongside a wide variety of outdoor games, children's play area and the Magnesia Well Café.

Valley Gardens news
 The success of temporary skate parks during the school holidays has led Harrogate Borough Council to a rethink about providing a permanent facility in the town's Valley Gardens read more
 
Play area for children
 
   
Valley Gardens Allotment
until November,
between the cafe and playground
 
As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Allotment Show, the Harrogate and District Allotment Federation and Harrogate Borough Council have created an allotment as an educational area to build on the increasing interest in growing your own vegetables.
  
The allotment will show the differences over the last 50 years in techniques, growing styles and crops grown with one side planted 1960s style and the other as a 2010 allotment. The project will run until November so the vegetables will crop during the summer season and will be ornamental too. All the produce will be used at the Women's Refuge.
 
Each allotment site in the Harrogate district has played their part in planting, watering and weeding the area and the project has been coordinated by the Federation's secretary, Clive Pickles, with support from the Valley Gardens' team. It's proving very popular so come and take a look.
   

Friends of the Valley Gardens
 
For further information on this Group, please call Helen McCallum or visit www.friendsofvalleygardens.co.uk
  
Facilities
  • Magnesia Well Café selling light refreshments
  • Toilets
  • Children's playground
  • Band Concerts on Sunday afternoons from May to August.
  • Paddling Pool (seasonal)
  • Children's boating lake
  • Outdoor games available April - September -
    Games Hut sells light refreshments
  • Games in Parks leaflet (214KB, pdf)

     
Parking
Street disc zone car parking is available around Valley Gardens but read the signs carefully before you leave!
 
On the right hand side of the street adajcent to Valley Gardens the maximum stay is up to three hours. On the left hand side of the street adjacent to the houses, the maximum stay is up to one hour.
 
Please check signage. Discs are available from local shops.
Opening times

The Gardens are open all year round, 24 hours a day.

      Spring      Summer       Autumn       winter

Disabled access

Most footpaths in the Gardens are suitable for the majority of manual and electric wheelchair users and there are disabled toilets.



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