Knaresborough is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England. It is three miles east of Harrogate and was in the Borough of Harrogate until April 2023.
Knaresborough House
Image: Knaresborough Railway Viaduct
Image: Market Place, Knaresborough geograph.org.uk 3787362
Knaresborough Market Place
The River Nidd is a tributary of the River Ouse in the English county of North Yorkshire. In its first few miles it is dammed three times to create Angram Reservoir, Scar House Reservoir and Gouthwaite Reservoir, which attract a total of around 150,000 visitors a year. The Nidd can overflow the reservoirs, flooding the caves in the valley. In such cases the river overflows into the normally dry river bed past Lofthouse through to Gouthwaite Reservoir. The Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust YDRT has a remit to conserve the ecological condition of the River Nidd from its headwaters to the Humber estuary.
Railway Viaduct over the River Nidd in Knaresborough 54°10′23″N 1°59′53″W / 54.17306°N 1.99806°W / 54.17306; -1.99806
River Nidd less than 1 km from the source
River Nidd at Lofthouse
River Nidd near West House Farm