| Established | 1893 |
|---|---|
| Type | independent boarding and day school |
| Head | Mrs Rhiannon Wilkinson |
| Location | Harrogate Yorkshire HG1 2QG England |
| Students | 350 (11-18) 620 in whole school |
| Gender | Girls |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Austen, Franklin, Nightingale, Pankhurst |
| Website | www.hlc.org.uk |
Harrogate Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 years located in North Yorkshire, England. Harrogate Ladies' College is a Church of England foundation. All the facilities are campus-based. They include an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts, and others.
Accommodation is based in several of the boarding houses. They include Tower House, the 6th form boarding accommodation which is similar to a university hall of residence.
In the 1880s the original Harrogate College was a boys' school. The need for a girls' school in the area soon became obvious, and this school was opened in 1893. Over the next years the newly opened girls' school flourished while the boys school died. In 1904 the girls' school moved into the present accommodation.
In 1939-45, the school was evacuated to Swinton Park, and after World War II moved back. Additional extensions that housed a library, a science block and a gymnasium were built later in the 1950s. Later more building were constructed (Sports Hall in the 1980s, an Art Room, and Highfield Prep School). Gradually houses on each side of Clarence Drive were acquired, to be used as boarding houses. Currently the grounds, playing field, tennis courts, houses and gardens occupy about 28 acres (110,000 m2) of the Duchy Estate.
Harrogate Ladies College appeared on Look North on Thursday 17th March 2011, the cause in this was the sport of Lacrosse.