Places to Stay With a Bar in Harrogate

What you can choose from

There are 32 places to stay with a bar published on BritStays across the Harrogate region of Yorkshire. Most are hotels (27), with three camping sites and two caravanning options. Every one has a bar, but the other facilities help you narrow things down: 26 also have a restaurant, 23 offer parking, 23 have WiFi and 19 are listed as near a train station. Seventeen are pet friendly and seventeen have disabled access. Only six list toilets as a facility, a detail that mostly matters if you're weighing up the camping and caravanning options.

Which area suits your trip

Harrogate has the most stays with a bar (11), with Leeds close behind (10). Skipton has four and Ossett two, while Ilkley, Bingley, Keighley and Wakefield have one each. To be clear from the start, none of the stays in this set are coastal. This is an inland mix of town, city and countryside, so you're choosing between urban convenience and a quieter rural base.

• City breaks and couples: Leeds is the obvious pick if you want a lively base. Briggate Hotel lists a hot tub alongside its bar and WiFi, while Novotel and Ibis Leeds Centre both pair a bar with disabled access.
• A town stay with dinner sorted: In Harrogate, The Crescent Inn and The Yorkshire both list a bar, restaurant and WiFi. In Ossett, Mews Hotel and Dimple Well Lodge Hotel both have a bar and restaurant.
• Countryside and outdoor stays: Constable Burton Hall Caravan Park lists a bar, restaurant and toilets. Esholt Caravan Park has a clubhouse and bar, and Chequers Lodge Caravan Park lists a bar, disabled access and WiFi. Herriots Hotel in Skipton and Bay Horse in Ripon are smaller-town options. Bay Horse also lists takeaway food.
• A treat: Grantley Hall lists a gym, spa and bar. Swinton Bivouac combines a hot tub, spa and bar, which is unusual for a stay that sits outside the standard hotel mould.

Dogs, accessibility and getting there

More than half the stays in this set (17) are marked pet friendly, but the example stays above don't say which ones. Check each listing before you get attached to a particular place. Hotels that accept dogs often have only a few suitable rooms, and some restrict dogs in the bar or restaurant.

If you need step-free access, Herriots Hotel, Ibis Leeds Centre, Novotel, Dimple Well Lodge Hotel and Chequers Lodge Caravan Park all list disabled access. It's still worth phoning ahead to ask about the specific room and the route to the bar.

With 19 stays near a train station, you can easily leave the car at home. That's handy if part of the appeal is a drink in the bar without anyone needing to drive.

What to do once you're there

If you're staying in Leeds, you have several museums to choose from: the Royal Armouries, Leeds Industrial Museum, Leeds City Museum and Horsforth Museum, plus the Wagon Hoist Mini Musem. Harrogate has its own Folk Museum, and Mother Shipton's Museum and Gift Shop is another option in Yorkshire.

For days out further afield, the region's landmarks include Ripley Castle and Snape Castle, the stately homes Farnley Hall and Calverley Old Hall, and the National Trust's East Riddlesden Hall and Buckden Pike. Families will probably want to look at the two theme parks, The Forbidden Corner and Lightwater Valley. A stay with a restaurant on site means you don't have to hunt for dinner after a long day out.

When to book

BritStays doesn't hold availability data, so there are no promises here about quiet weeks. The numbers do point to a few practical rules, though:

• Book camping and caravanning early. There are only five such options in this set, so choice disappears quickly, especially in school holidays.
• Book early for dogs and accessible rooms. Pet-friendly and accessible rooms are usually limited within each property, so allow extra time.
• Check what the bar offers. Before you book, ask whether the bar is open to non-residents, and whether the restaurant is serving on the nights you're staying.
• Confirm parking if you're driving. Nine of the 32 stays don't list parking, so check before you arrive, particularly at city-centre hotels in Leeds.