Using the current Harrogate map
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/images.transdevplc.co.uk/2019-10/harrogate network map 291x210 mar19 web.pdf
their use to be a service ENE from the town centre past the old WYRCC depot (marked the map as a Health Centre) to the housing area next to Harrogate High School - that was a Mon-Sat daytime only service funded by NYCC (last numbered 111) and which passed to Connexions at the final round of tendering - the service ceased when NYCC pulled the plug.
The housing area to the north of Knaresborough Road (to the east of the High Harrogate marking on the map) for many years had a service which got pulled because those roads are so parked up it difficult to get a bus through. That area is subject of a number of major housing developments but NYCC are not asking for a bus service to be put on in contrast to new developments at Knaresborough where they have tenders for new services (the new Transdev 1D and to come what I presume will be a new service to the east as extending the 1B will make its loop unattractive to existing customers, again that has been won by Transdev). NYCC consider the frequency of services along Knaresborough Road mitigates the distance of them from the housing.
The Wedderburn area to the south of Knaresborough Road was again served by a former NYCC tendered service (latterly 104) which Connexions did run for a period after NYCC pulled the plug.
The Crossways area is served by the limited NYCC funded service to Knaresborough via Calcutt, currently service 8. Before Labours Rural Bus Grant that area had its own half hourly local service 9 in addition to a hourly Calcutt-Knaresborough-Boroughbridge or Ripon service. Under the RBG the Calcutt etc service was increased to half hourly and the 9 withdrawn. With the loss of RBG the Calcutt service has been reduced and reduced due to NYCC funding cuts.
North of Crossways the area to the east of the Starbeck Pool marking on the map use to have a service (last numbered 5).
The housing area north of St John Fisher School and east of St Aidens School was also served by the old service 9.
Hornbeam Park (around the Harrrogate College markings on the map) for a while had a highly frequent service (numbered 105) which was cut back and taken off once train services were increased.
The Oatlands area to the east of Leeds Road had a service while Rossett Green and then south to Pannal had a service - these were merged into one service and latterly were diverted to serve Hornbeam Park. The Rossett Green-Pannal section continued
with Connexions being the last tendered operator after which NYCC operated the service themselves for a while. Now there are demand responsive services provided by NYCC. Meanwhile NYCC diverted the Calcutt etc service to include an westerly dead end leg serving Hornbeam Park so decreasing its attractiveness for existing customers and which was eventually dropped.
Rossett Green was also served by a southerly loop extension of service 6 funded initially by the now closed Police Training College and dropped due to time keeping issues IIRC.
Service 6 in the past has had variations that ran along the southern side of Valley Gardens.
The Duchy and Oakdale were for a long period served by a NYCC tendered service to the Army College. That got incorporated into a diversion of the X59 to Skipton much to annoyance of local passengers as the Dart on the X59 was typically full. When NYCC ceased funding the X59 Transdev tried and failed to run it commercially but in doing so diverted it away from the Duchy and Oakdale. Connexions provided a commercial service to the Duchy only which still runs albeit only Mon-Fri daytime. It was noticeable that Connexions made no attempt to run the X59. There is now a peak service to the Army College via the A59 through a diverted 24 to and from Pateley Bridge.
Oakdale is to gain a service through the Jennyfield estate as a result of a new housing development incorporating a bus gate. Indications from Transdev previously is that this will be additional to the 3 with the two services running every 20 minutes to give a 10 minute frequency to parts of Jennyfield , although other parts presumably will see a frequency drop from every 15 minutes.
The one service that seems to me to vastly needed is a diversion of some Route 1s (or Connexions X1s) south from the Golf Club to Crossways and then the 8 or even parts of the old 9 route into Harrogate; so improving services to part of the town that feels cut off despite the 8.