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Yorkshire is one of the UK’s most brilliant offerings. It has inspired great works of literature, is home to cracking cities like Leeds and York, but has also got plenty to offer if you’re after a tranquil place to spend a day.   Enter Harrogate. This charming, walkable little place is often overlooked by its much larger, louder metropolitan neighbours, but pay it a visit and you won’t be disappointed. It’s best known for cream tea and cobbled streets, but Harrogate has also got traditional baths and seriously good beer dotted throughout. So, why not have a look at our list of the best things to do in the North Yorkshire gem? RECOMMENDED:🛍️The best things to do in Leeds⛺The essential guide to Yorkshire🌤️The best places to visit in the UK in 2024🎭The best things to do in the UK in 2024 At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Daydreaming about getting out of the city? Check out our pick of places that are worth leaving the confines of the M25 for...  Yorkshire Sculpture Park is one of the best open-air galleries you’ll ever set eyes on. Fact. Wander across the 500 acres of rolling countryside just outside Wakefield and you’ll stumble upon over 80 sculptures of all shapes, sizes and materials, from Antony Gormley’s ‘One & Other’ – an imposing figure standing on top of a tree – and Barbara Hepworth’s ‘The Family of Man’ to Ai Weiwei’s ‘Iron Tree’.    Sophie Ryder - Sitting (2007)   Sheep graze serenely under Henry Moore’s work and you can get right up to – and touch much of – the art. The meeting of nature and sculpture makes for a soul-stirring day and time hurtles by. You could easily end up roaming for six hours and not feel bored.    Jaume Plensa - Wilsis (2016)   Take a bracing walk through the woods where the trees whisper poetry and have a rest by a peaceful lake where the only sound is the ducks darting in and out of the water. Best of all, it's totally free. Find out more and plan your visit here. Want to recharge your batteries? Here are the best day trips from London. After more art? Discover London's best museum exhibitions and art galleries