Montpellier sits within Low Harrogate and developed directly around the town’s earliest and most active springs. This area was historically associated with lodging, drinking the waters, and social life rather than formal ceremony. Inns, lodging houses, and later hotels clustered here to serve visitors arriving to take the cure, including the Old Crown Hotel, one of Harrogate’s earliest and most important buildings.

The street pattern is relatively tight and informal, with cobbled surfaces, small plots, and a human scale that reflects its organic growth rather than planned expansion. Today, Montpellier retains this intimacy through antiques shops, independent businesses, cafés, and wine bars. It feels quaint without being precious, and social without being performative. This is where Harrogate’s spa culture is most easily felt as part of ordinary life rather than heritage display.

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Harrogate

Montpellier

Victoria

West Park

The Stray

Valley Gardens

Cold Bath

Kings

Regents

Spa Ensemble

Royal Hall

Mercer Gallery

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