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Harrogate is a North Yorkshire town,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with a population of 85,000people. The town became a fashionable spa town in the sixteenthcentury, attracting masses of tourism and industry, and many stillvisit today for the spa baths and historical sights. Other thanmonuments and museums set up to explore and educate about the town'sindustrial history, there are numerous castles and historicalbattlegrounds that make interesting historical visits.Harrogate is home to 33 restaurants recommended by The Good RestaurantGuide, and an array of bistros, wine bars and upmarket pubs. There arealso a variety of nightclubs and club nights, making for a busynightlife in the town centre. Shopping facilities are plentiful, withmuch of them inside the town and not located in out-of-the-way shoppingmalls. Much of the town centre is old and elegant, with much to see anddo.HistoryThe history of Harrogate dates back to the Roman period, when farminghamlets were located on the site. A farming and textile industry wasflourishing by the twelfth century, but the spring that was discoveredin the sixteenth century triggered the area's development into afashionable, thriving spa town. More wells were discovered later, andthe original still stands in the town centre.The Royal Pump Room Museum contains exhibits exploring the area'shistory as a spa town,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and comprises a reproduced sixteenth centurytown for visitors to wander around. Knaresborough is home to a medievalcastle museum, and the cave once lived in by a twelfth century hermitand 'holy man'.Art GalleriesMercer Art Gallery is home to more than 2000 nineteenth and twentiethcentury pieces of fine art, photography, sculpture and craft works, andcomprises two separate galleries. The gallery regularly hosts temporaryexhibitions and art events.The Gasgoine Gallery is an impressive private collection, includingworks by Picasso and Salvador Dali, and a large selection of glassworks. New exhibitions are displayed every three works and all itemsare for sale.The SMART Gallery exhibits and sells original art, sculptures andceramics; and McTague Gallery trades in watercolours, oil paintings,twentieth-century prints, and genre and decorative prints.TheatresHarrogate is home to a civic theatre, numerous performance spaces and themost successful youth theatre in the country.The Harrogate Theatre is a Grade II listed building,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], opened in 1900,and comprising two auditoria. Performances include large-scale touringproductions, one-night entertainments and 5 of its own in-houseproductions; and there are films shown on Monday evenings.Harrogate International Centre is an office complex, conferencingfacility, hotel, exhibition hall and theatre, hosting a range of eventsand entertainment, including concerts,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], drama and festivals, withseating for more than 2000 people.RestaurantsThe Courtyard Restaurant serves contemporary British cuisine, and holdsan AA rosette. The restaurant is located in former livery stables, andoffers a choice of indoor and outdoor seating. Sasso is a fine diningItalian restaurant, and another of the 33 restaurants currentlyrecommended by Good Restaurant Guide.Loch Fyne Oyster Bar and Restaurant serves classic and unique seafooddishes in lavish surroundings, with a wine list comprising wines andchampagnes hand picked from French vineyards.Harrogate��s branch of Wing Wah, serving traditional Far Easterncuisine, has two themed levels; the bright and contemporary 'ModernTranquil Room' on the ground, and the oriental-influenced 'TraditionalBlossom Room' upstairs.Pubs/BarsThe Lounge is the bar in the Carringtons bar, restaurant and nightclubcomplex,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and is stylish and upmarket, but relaxed and comfortable.There is a wide drinks selection and live evening entertainment.The William and Victoria Restaurant and Wine Bar has a bar downstairs,serving drinks from an extensive wine list, in traditional, woodfixtured surroundings.Montpellier Parade is home to Blues Bar, a pub and live blues musicvenue, Hedley's Wine and Food Bar,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Montpellier and The Slug andLettuce.Harrogate and Ripon CAMRA recommend numerous pubs in the area, andvoted The Spite Inn 'Pub of the Season' in Winter 2006.NightclubsThe nightclub in Carringtons bar, restaurant and nightclub complexpresents 70s and 80s chart music four nights a week, and attracts ayoung professional clientele. The club hosts the popular 'Heaven andHell' on Wednesdays, and has a capacity of 600 people.Club XS is an indie/alternative club, open three nights a week andoffering indie rock,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 'cheese', metal, punk and emo. The club has acapacity of 300 people.Ministry of Sound Minibar is separated into four themed zones, withunusual and stylish d��cor and state of the art sound andlighting equipment. The club is open from Thursday to Saturday, andlicensed until 4am.ShoppingHarrogate town centre is home to more than 20 antiques retailers, and all themajor high street and department stores located within a short walk ofeach other on Cambridge Street and Parliament Street.Close by is The Victoria Gardens Shopping Centre, comprising 4 levelsand more than 30 stores. Retailers currently based in the units includeBay Trading, La Senza and WHSmith; there are also a number of cafes andcoffee bars.Lightwater Valley Theme Park and Shopping Village is located in Ripon,and is home to eight stores and a restaurant.SportsThe Hydro is one of four leisure centres, and comprises 3 pools, afitness centre, a cr��che and a caf��. There is also a gymwith state of the art fitness equipment. Knaresborough Pool is apopular choice for families, with its hot water bubble pool, waterflume and large shallow section.The National Centre for Combat Martial Arts is a training gym andteaching centre, offering a choice of group and individual tuition.Martial arts range from Kung Fu, Kickboxing, Tai Chi, Chi Kung andYoga.Ripon Sailing Club offers racing, tuition and relaxing breaks on its20-acre lake, and boats are available for private hire on weekends.The Harrogate Golf Club was established in the nineteenth century andoffers a challenging game of golf on its 6250-yard course. Oakdale isslightly larger, at 6456-yards.
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