Harrogate, Yorkshire
Het Echte Engeland
Lamont House is a Victorian guest house in the heart of Harrogate — one of England's most beautiful spa towns. One hour from Amsterdam Schiphol, thirty-five minutes from York by train. Beautiful gardens, full Yorkshire breakfast included. Free parking.
Minimum 2 nights · Free street parking · En-suite rooms
~1 hr from Amsterdam Schiphol
Leeds Bradford Airport — LBA
RHS Harlow Carr 10 min drive
Harrogate Spring Flower Show each April
Full Yorkshire breakfast included
Coeliac-safe option available
Free street parking
En-suite rooms from £110/night
All of Yorkshire, one base
Harrogate sits at the heart of Yorkshire's greatest attractions. These are the distances and travel times from Lamont House — all comfortable day trips.
York
Roman walls, the medieval Shambles, York Minster — a full day easily
Fountains Abbey
UNESCO World Heritage Site — one of England's most beautiful ruins and water gardens
RHS Harlow Carr
Royal Horticultural Society flagship garden — exceptional in spring and summer
Yorkshire Dales
Grassington — the filming village for All Creatures Great and Small
Castle Howard
Baroque stately home with outstanding grounds and walled garden
Whitby
Clifftop abbey, fishing harbour, dramatic North Sea coastline
England's most elegant spa town
Harrogate is one of England's best-preserved Victorian spa towns — wide tree-lined streets, formal gardens, and a sense of unhurried elegance that has survived intact. For visitors from the Netherlands, the garden culture here will feel immediately familiar: Harrogate takes its parks and public gardens seriously.
RHS Garden Harlow Carr is a 10-minute drive from Lamont House — one of the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship gardens. The Valley Gardens, twenty-seven acres of formal parkland, are a five-minute walk. The Harrogate Spring Flower Show, each April, is one of the largest flower shows in the north of England.
Betty's Café Tea Rooms — the most celebrated tearoom in the north of England — is five minutes away. The Victorian Turkish Baths, still operating in their original 1897 Moorish interior, are six minutes away.
Lamont House
Victorian townhouse on a quiet residential street — the real Harrogate, not the tourist strip
Mike and Helen live here and cook your breakfast — personal hosts, not managed staff
Full Yorkshire breakfast every morning: local eggs, bacon, homemade preserves
Coeliac-safe breakfast option — one of very few B&Bs in Harrogate to offer this properly
Free on-street parking directly outside — no parking fees, no permits needed
En-suite rooms with everything you need, nothing you don't
Honest local advice: where to eat, what to skip, how to avoid the queues at Betty's
"Helen and Mike are the perfect hosts. This is the 4th time I have stayed with them and I wouldn't go anywhere else! The guest house is beautiful, so clean and spacious. The breakfast is delicious and there is a great choice."
Planning your visit
How do I get from the Netherlands to Harrogate?+
The easiest route is to fly from Amsterdam Schiphol to Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA). The flight takes approximately 1 hour, and from LBA a taxi to Harrogate takes around 20 minutes. Several airlines including KLM and easyJet serve this route. Alternatively, you can fly into Manchester Airport and take a direct train to Harrogate (about 1 hour 15 minutes). Harrogate station is a 10-minute walk from Lamont House.
What is a B&B and how does it differ from a hotel?+
A bed and breakfast is a small, owner-run guest house — typically a private home with a handful of guest rooms. At Lamont House, Mike and Helen live on the premises and personally prepare your breakfast each morning. You get a full Yorkshire breakfast included in the room rate, a key to come and go as you please, and the kind of local knowledge and personal welcome that no hotel can replicate. It is a genuinely different experience from a chain hotel.
Is Harrogate a good base for exploring Yorkshire?+
Harrogate is an excellent base. York — with its Roman walls, medieval Shambles, and magnificent Minster — is 35 minutes by train. Fountains Abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is 30 minutes by car. The Yorkshire Dales are 40 minutes by car. Whitby, with its clifftop abbey and fishing harbour, is 95 minutes. Castle Howard is 40 minutes by car. And Harrogate itself has beautiful gardens, Betty's Tea Room, and the Victorian Turkish Baths.
Are there good gardens to visit near Harrogate?+
Yes — Harrogate is particularly well-suited to visitors who appreciate gardens. RHS Garden Harlow Carr is a 10-minute drive from Lamont House and is one of the Royal Horticultural Society's flagship gardens. The Valley Gardens in the town centre are a 5-minute walk. The Harrogate Spring Flower Show, held each April, is one of the largest flower shows in the north of England. Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden (UNESCO) is 30 minutes by car.
When is the best time to visit Harrogate?+
Late spring and summer (May to September) offer the best weather and the most events. The Harrogate Spring Flower Show is in April, the Great Yorkshire Show in July. The Valley Gardens and Harlow Carr are at their most beautiful in May and June. That said, Harrogate is a year-round destination — Betty's and the Victorian Turkish Baths are just as appealing on a crisp autumn afternoon.
Can you accommodate dietary requirements at breakfast?+
Yes. We offer a full coeliac-safe breakfast option — one of the few B&Bs in Harrogate to do so properly. We can also accommodate vegetarian requirements and most other dietary needs with advance notice. Please mention any requirements when you make your enquiry.
Ready to experience
the real England?
Mike and Helen welcome guests from across the world. Get in touch to check availability — we respond personally to every enquiry.
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