Head spas in North Yorkshire.

Thirsk, a market town best known locally for its James Herriot connections, is the only North Yorkshire entry on this site. Harrogate and Leeds, both further south and administratively part of West Yorkshire here, offer considerably more choice between them.

For anyone based in the northern reaches of the county, the distance down to Leeds makes booking locally in Thirsk the more sensible option most of the time. The county covers a huge area for a single listing, stretching from the Dales to the coast, which makes Thirsk's position fairly central for most residents.

York, the county's best-known city, doesn't have a listing of its own here, which leaves Thirsk as the sole entry for North Yorkshire. Sheep farming and passing tourist traffic define much of this stretch of countryside more than anything else, and what that one venue currently offers, prices and opening hours both fully included, follows below.