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The Meridian's stone façade and floodlit lawns on Crescent Gardens at dusk
The marble-floored lobby lounge at The Meridian with mirrored columns and low emerald armchairs
A top-floor bedroom at The Meridian with a king bed and doors opening onto a private balcony

Harrogate · North Yorkshire

Timeless
quiet luxury.

An art-deco house of sixty-two rooms, four acres of garden and a thermal spa fed by the town's own mineral spring. Two hours from King's Cross, a world away from it.

Check availability Rooms & rates

Rooms from £245 per night, breakfast included

The house

Built in 1904 for people who came to Harrogate to be well.

Harrogate grew up around its sulphur wells, and The Meridian grew up with them. The house was rebuilt in 1904 in the art-deco manner — symmetrical, unhurried, built around a courtyard that still catches the afternoon sun.

Four generations of the same family have kept it since 1948. We have modernised carefully: the spring still feeds the spa at a constant 36°C, the stairwell still has its original bronze balustrade, and the kitchen still bakes its own bread twice a day. Nothing here is louder than it needs to be.

62
bedrooms and suites
1904
the year of this house
4
acres of walled garden
36°
spring water, all year
The Meridian's lobby, taken from the foot of the marble staircase looking towards the lounge
The lobby, 7am — before the house wakes
The reception desk at The Meridian, brass fittings and a wall of pigeonholes behind
Arrival, at any hour — the desk never closes
The Meridian's stone facade, bay windows and gilded lettering above the entrance
The Crescent façade, rebuilt in 1904

Rooms & suites

Sixty-two rooms, no two mirrors alike.

Every rate includes breakfast in the Palm Court, use of the thermal spa, and the fastest Wi-Fi in North Yorkshire.
Two-night minimum on Saturdays and race weekends.

A classic king room at The Meridian with walnut furniture and a sash window over the gardens

28 m² · sleeps 2

Classic King

Garden-facing, high ceilings, a bed you will not want to leave.

From £245 a night

A superior room at The Meridian with a velvet sofa, writing desk and garden doors

46 m² · sleeps 3

Deluxe Balcony Suite

A sitting room, a private balcony and doors that open onto the Stray.

From £420 a night

The marble bathroom of a Meridian suite with a freestanding bath and twin basins

78 m² · sleeps 4

The Meridian Suite

The whole west corner. Two bedrooms, a dining table for six, a bath with a view.

From £680 a night

Rates, midweek to Saturday

Room Sleeps Floor area Outlook Midweek Weekend
Classic King 228 m²Gardens£245£290
Classic Twin 228 m²Courtyard£235£280
Superior Garden Room 234 m²Walled garden£310£360
Deluxe Balcony Suite 346 m²The Stray£420£480
The Meridian Suite 478 m²West corner, moor beyond£680£760

Rates are per room, per night, including breakfast and VAT. Dogs welcome in eleven rooms for £20 a night. Enquire about an accessible room.

The Meridian's thermal pool lit from below at night, steam rising off the water
The thermal pool, open until 21:00
A spa changing room at The Meridian with twin basins, marble tops and a tall mirror
The orangery washrooms, all mineral water

The thermal spa

Thirty-six degrees, every day of the year.

Our water comes up from the same magnesium-rich aquifer that made Harrogate a spa town. It is drawn at source, filtered, and held at a constant 36°C — warm enough to stay in for an hour, which most guests do.

The spa sits in the old orangery: a vaulted glass roof, six treatment rooms, a hammam, an ice fountain and a rasul chamber. Day passes are open to guests and residents of the town alike.

  • Thermal journey (2 hours, pool, hammam, steam)£55
  • Meridian Signature Ritual (90 minutes)£145
  • Deep tissue massage (60 minutes)£95
  • Bespoke facial with mineral clay (55 minutes)£88
  • Rasul mud ceremony for two (60 minutes)£130

Spa open daily 07:00 – 20:00. Treatments from 09:00. Please book 48 hours ahead.

The Palm Court

Dinner under glass, at seven.

Our restaurant occupies the 1904 palm court — a conservatory of arched glazing looking out over the walled garden. The kitchen is Yorkshire to its bones: Swaledale lamb, Whitby crab, rhubarb from the kitchen garden, and a wine list that leans Burgundy and the Rhine.

Afternoon tea
Daily, 14:00 – 16:30 · £34
Dinner
Tuesday – Saturday, 18:00 – 21:30
Tasting menu
Five courses · £78
Dress
Smart casual, no jacket required
A laid table for two in the Palm Court restaurant, with candlelight and a view through the arched glazing The Palm Court, laid for dinner

In every stay

The house, in eight lines.

  • Thermal spa & pool

    Open to guests from 07:00 until 20:00, every day of the year.

  • Fast free Wi-Fi

    Fibre throughout, 900 Mbps symmetrical, no login wall.

  • Valet parking

    Forecourt valet, £18 a night. Eight EV chargers.

  • 24-hour reception

    Someone at the desk at three in the morning. Always.

  • Palm Court dining

    Breakfast, afternoon tea and dinner, seven days a week.

  • Four acres of garden

    Walled, walled again, and closed to the world after dark.

  • Dogs stay free

    Eleven ground-floor rooms set aside for well-behaved dogs.

  • Two minutes to the Stray

    Step out of the gate and you are on 200 acres of common land.

In their words

What guests and guides say

“We came for two nights on the way to the Dales and stayed four. The spa is the reason, though the breakfast nearly is.”

Helen Ward · stayed in the Deluxe Balcony Suite, September

“An old hotel doing old things properly: pressed linen, real keys, a bar that knows when to stop asking questions.”

The Northern Review · Hotel of the Year, 2025

“Thirty years of staying in Harrogate for the conference, and this is the first time I have wanted to bring my wife back.”

Dr Martin Okafor · stayed in the Classic King, March
  • AA Five Star
  • VisitEngland Gold Award
  • The Northern Review — Hotel of the Year 2025
  • Good Hotel Guide, 2026 edition

Reservations

Book directly, and we will look after the rest.

Booking with us rather than a third party gets you the best available rate, a room upgrade when we have one, and 15:00 check-in instead of 16:00. We answer the phone until 23:00.

Address
4 Crescent Gardens
Harrogate
North Yorkshire HG1 2RS
Telephone
01423 567 890
Reception
Open 24 hours
Check-in
From 15:00 · out by 11:00
Trains
Harrogate station, 9 minutes on foot

Enquire about a stay

We reply to every enquiry within one working hour. No deposit is taken until you confirm.