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Harrogate · North Yorkshire
Parquet is a floor built from short blocks laid to a pattern: herringbone, chevron or a Versailles panel, in engineered oak with a 3 to 4 mm wear layer in this range. In Harrogate 83% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (32%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Parquet in Harrogate
A pattern floor is glued down rather than floated, needs a flat base and a larger waste allowance, and turns the floor into the feature of the room.
The Harrogate district counts 71,169 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a parquet floor is specified here.
Detached houses are 32% of the Harrogate stock, and their larger rooms are where the bigger formats belong: the 125 x 600 mm Oxford blocks, the Knightsbridge chevron, or a Versailles panel in a dining room. A large pattern floor is also a large glue-down job with a border to plan, so the setting-out drawing is worth doing before the order, not on the day.
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All 15 parquet floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, North Yorkshire (E06000065); accommodation type: Harrogate · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Harrogate and the wider North Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Knaresborough, Ripon, Boroughbridge, Wetherby, Otley, Ilkley, Skipton and surrounding North Yorkshire and Wharfedale.
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The Oxford Herringbone blocks come in two sizes, 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed oak; Oxford Herringbone Light Oak is the one most often chosen for a hallway. The Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak cuts the block at an angle for the arrow pattern, and the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel is the 800 x 800 mm panel for a dining room. All are engineered, tongue and groove, and listed for underfloor heating.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone White Oiled Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 800 | 20mm x 800mm x 800mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 510 | 14mm x 90mm x 510mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our North Yorkshire delivery covers: Harrogate town centre, Duchy Estate, High Harrogate, Low Harrogate, Pannal, Killinghall, Knaresborough, Bilton, Starbeck, Jennyfield, Hookstone, Oatlands, Stray, the Montpellier Quarter, Beckwithshaw, Pannal Ash, Burn Bridge, Birstwith, Ripon, Boroughbridge, Wetherby, Otley, Ilkley, Skipton and surrounding North Yorkshire
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Harrogate in the 2021 census: 71,169 households, 82% houses, 17% flats.
Fairfax & Starbeck, Oatlands & Pannal, Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate and Bilton & Nidd Gorge all fall inside HG1 and HG2, the two districts covered. Detached houses are the largest group in Harrogate at 32.1%, with a further 4.3% of homes being flats carved out of former houses. Only the dwelling-type figures are quoted here: the tenure statistics published alongside them describe North Yorkshire as a whole, a different area, so putting the two side by side would mislead. Detached houses give the widest freedom over build-up height, though extensions and rear additions mean levels rarely match room to room. Flats inside converted houses raise the opposite question, since the joists carrying them also carry the ceiling of the dwelling underneath.
Harrogate is one of Yorkshire’s most premium towns, combining elegant Victorian spa-era townhouses around the Duchy Estate and the Stray with substantial Edwardian villas in High and Low Harrogate, plus characterful properties in Pannal, Killinghall and the neighbouring market town of Knaresborough. The town’s spa heritage, premium services economy and conference centre drive consistent demand for traditional craftsmanship.
In a room with a high ceiling and a long wall, a narrow board reads as busy and a small repeating pattern reads as mechanical. Wider boards and a slower repeat suit spa-era proportions; in the smaller stock at Starbeck and New Park the opposite holds.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Shop the rangeParquetRead guide 
Fitting guideHerringbone Installation GuideRead guide 
Cost guideHerringbone and Parquet Flooring CostRead guide 
Pattern guideHerringbone vs Chevron: Patterns, Costs and Which Suits Your RoomRead guide 
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Herringbone in the 90 x 450 mm block suits the hallways and front rooms of terraces and semis; the larger 125 x 600 mm block and the chevron suit longer rooms; a Versailles panel wants a square room with the space to show it. The guide on herringbone against chevron sets out the difference in fitting as well as in look.
The engineered blocks in this range are glued down. A pattern floor holds its geometry through the adhesive; floated, the blocks drift. The rigid-vinyl herringbone is the click-together alternative where a glued floor is not wanted.
Manufacturers' guidance puts the waste allowance for herringbone or chevron at 15 to 20 percent, against 8 to 12 for a straight plank, because every cut at the perimeter produces an unusable offcut. The calculator on the site works with the real pack sizes.
In rooms of that size it earns its place, because the pattern has the length of wall to develop. Ask for a larger block rather than the standard one, and allow extra for the set-out around a bay, where the diagonal meets a curved wall and the cuts multiply.
Yes. We deliver across Harrogate and North Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the HG1 and HG2 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Harrogate address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
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