Harrogate The flaxby is situated approximately 8 miles from Harrogate, which is a pleasant spa town to the south-east of the Yorkshire Dales, famous for its tea shops, flower shows, turkish baths, antique shops, and the Harrogate International Conference Centre. The town is also famous for its associations with the great English crime novelist Agatha Christie, who "disappeared" here for a few days in the 1930s.   
Nearby attractions include Harewood House, Almscliffe Crag, Ripley Castle, and Knaresborough, as well as Nidderdale, the Washburn Valley and of course, the Yorkshire Dales national park itself. York  York traces a fascinating history back to Roman and Viking times. Today it is a bustling city growing as a commercial, tourist and regional centre. A fine range of restaurants, shopping opportunities and attractions including the Jorvik Viking Centre and National Railway Museum as well as the history of the Minster, Castle and City Walls.  
York is one of the Premier tracks in Europe having recently won the Northern Racecourse of the Year Award (18 years running!) and also came out top in The Times Newspaper survey of all Britain's racecourses. |
