Best Western Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate

Last week I was an observer at my trade union Women's Conference, and stayed as part of a group booking at the Cedar Court Hotel in Harrogate. I thought the hotel was a perfectly pleasant place to stay though I would not go out of my way to stay there again on future visits to Harrogate (I plan to go back in July for completely different reasons). The Hotel The Cedar Court Hotel was apparently Harrogate's first hotel, way back in 1671. This sounds really impressive but I can't pretend that I would have guessed it was so old, and this piece of information is gleaned from the booklet I picked up ... more

On our arrival to the hotel because of the bad weather the car park was thick with ice which wasn't that great but considering our shortage of grit what can you do LOL!!! Check-in was quick and easy then up to our rooms - really nice, clean and spacious. The fitness room was small but did have roughly 9 different machines. My brothers, sisters and I decided to head into town to do some shopping to waste time before dinner. The hotel is only 5-10 mins away from the main shopping centre. Honestly, I'm not sure if it was value for money as it was paid for by my dad but my step-mum insisted they ... more