Membership is open to both men and women. Membership categories include, full membership, country membership and young members' membership. In return for an annual fee members are entitled to a number of benefits including the ability to entertain friends and guests, attendance at a programme of social events and admission to selected reciprocal clubs. Notable former members of The Harrogate Club include,
Titus Salt, English industrialist and philanthropist;
Samson Fox, Engineer, Industrialist and philanthropist;
Cuthbert Broderick, British architect, as well as
Ferdinand de Rothschild. The late Harrogate historian and writer
Malcolm Neesam (d.2022) was an honorary member from the 1990s, and the club's dining room has been named after him: The Malcolm Neesam Dining Room.
Reciprocal arrangements with other clubs The Harrogate Club has reciprocal arrangements with a number of clubs worldwide including the Sloane Club and the
National Liberal Club in London, the
Bath and County Club, the
Liverpool Athenaeum, The New Club and The
Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh, The Sociedad Bilbaina in Spain, the Union International Club in Frankfurt, The Brisbane Club in Australia, The
National Club in Toronto, Canada, The Cape Town Club and
Rand Club in South Africa, The
University Club of Chicago and The
University Club of San Francisco.
Visitors Notable visitors to The Club include Scottish physician and author,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The magazine
Great British Life has suggested that
J. R. R. Tolkien may have been a visitor to the club. ==The Harrogate Club in popular culture==