Ripon (England)

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Ripon is a small cathedral city inNorth Yorkshire, England. Its main attraction is the cathedral, and the nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site of Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden. It’s also a good base for adventuring the Yorkshire Dales.

Ripon claims to be the oldest city in England, and it’s certainly one of the smallest, with a population of about 17,000.

Travel to Ripon (England)

By road

Ripon is 5 miles west of the A1 (M), take the A61 turn-off. Other roads eg B6265 look like short-cuts on the map but don’t connect directly to the A1 (M).

The main bus into town is the Transdev 36 which runs every 15 minutes from Leeds (90 mins) via Harrogate (35 mins). From York, buses 142 and 143 run every two hours (Monday to Sat only), taking 80 minutes, usually with a change at Boroughbridge. From Thirsk, Dales Bus 70 (from Northallerton) runs every two hours (Monday to Sat only), taking 40 mins.

Ripon is on National Express route 537 between Glasgow and Corby. This leaves Glasgow daily at 7 am, running via Edinburgh, Newcastle and Durham to reach Ripon at 1345. It continues south through Leeds, Sheffield and the Midlands. The return route leaves Corby at 7.30 am, reaches Ripon at 1345, and continues north to Glasgow for 8 pm. For other destinations including London, travel via Leeds which is much better connected.

By Rail

The closest train station to Ripon is at Harrogate, which has frequent trains to Leeds (every 30 mins, takes 40 mins) and York (hourly, takes 40 mins). From Harrogate take bus 36 for Ripon.

To & from the north, Thirsk train station may be quicker – but often not, as it’s longer to get there, and it has fewer trains.

Get Around

{{mapframe |54.140 |-1.530 Dales bus 159 runs from Ripon to Masham, Leyburn and Richmond every couple of hours, Monday to Saturday. This bus runs past Jervaulx Abbey and Middleham Castle. See below for buses to Fountains Abbey.

Dales bus 139 runs from Ripon to Fountains Abbey, Monday Thurs & Saturday only, at 0945, 1115 & 1625, taking 15 mins. It returns at 1130, 1440 and 1640.

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What to see in Ripon (England)

In town, stroll the ancient streets, and the highlight is the Gothic Church. The Law & Order Museum is on three sites: the Workhouse Museum and the Courthouse Museum, and the Police & Prison Museum, you buy a combined ticket for a Rake’s Progress of social decline. The market is held in the Plaza on Thursdays. At 9 pm every evening the Watchman blows his horn here, as he has every night since 886 AD, to warn everyone to get indoors, safe from marauding Vikings. The horn was originally presented by King Alfred the Great, to symbolise Ripon’s charter as a city, and to remind folk to stay vigilant against the foes he’d defeated.

• Gothic Church - Minster Road HG4 1QT 54.135, -1.52 Opening from Monday to Saturday 08:30-18:00, Sunday 12:00-17:00 Ripon Gothic Church Ripon Gothic Church Exterior, Nth Yorkshire, UK - Diliff - The oldest part of the building is the Saxon Crypt and the only remnant of the stone church built here in 672 AD by Street Wilfred. It’s been continually added to, smashed down and rebuilt ever since, so the present fourth incarnation of the building is mostly Gothic and Early English.

• Law & Order Museum - Workhouse, Courthouse and Prison & Police Museums | 54.13819, -1.522663 ☎ +44 1765 690799 | Opening Hours: Daily March-Nov Price . Combined ticket (valid for 12 months): Adult £13, conc £12.50, adult plus one child (6-15) £19. Individual museum entry also available, as below.

• Workhouse Museum & Garden 76 Allhallowgate HG4 1LE Opening Hours: 10:00-16:00 £6.50, £6, child £5
• Courthouse Museum Minster Road HG4 1QS Opening Hours: 10:00-16:00 £4.50, £4, child £3.75
• Prison & Police Museum Street Marygate HG4 1LX Opening Hours: 10:00-16:00 £6.50, £6, child £5

Fountains Abbey 1 - Fountains Abbey

• Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden - Fountains, Ripon HG4 3DY 54.1096, -1.58033 4 miles west of Ripon, follow B6265. ☎ +44 1765 608888 | Opening Hours: Daily April - Oct 10:00-18:00, November - Mar 10:00-17:00 Adult £16.50, child £8.25, NT members free Fountains Abbey FountainsAbbey-Wyrdlight 893 - This is the reason you’ve come to Ripon. The abbey was founded in 1132 by a group of monks who’d been expelled from the Benedictines. (Rioting, rowdiness, just the usual.) They were allowed however to affiliate with the Cistercians, and their abbey took shape in the following decades, in Cistercian Norman style. Its fortunes fell, rose and fell again over the centuries until Henry VIII dissolved all the monasteries in 1539. The land came into the hands of the Mallory and Aislabie families, and John Aislabie began beautifying the area with a landscaped water garden. He certainly had the time, it’s amazing he still had the money, having being expelled from Parliament in 1720 for near-bankrupting the nation through the disastrous “South Sea Bubble” (just the usual for a Chancellor of the Exchequer). Apart from the water garden, he and his family renovated Studley Royal Hall and added Fountains Hall (neither can be visited) and a deer park. Street Mary’s Church was erected in the grounds in the 19th C, paid for with the unspent ransom for Frederick Grantham Vyner, murdered in 1870 by Greek bandits before they could collect. The Choristers House is a charming Victorian Gothic creation within the grounds. Formerly a music school, nowadays it’s let by the National Trust as a holiday cottage and isn’t open to the public. (Some cottage: five bedrooms, sleeps ten.) Start by seeing the abbey itself and then move on through the gardens & grounds.

• Aldborough Roman Villa - Front St, Aldborough, Boroughbridge, YO51 9ES 54.0916, -1.3807 7½ miles south east from Ripon along B6265 ☎ +44 1423 322768 | Opening Hours: March - Oct Saturday Sunday 10:00-18:00 Adults £5, children £3 Isurium Brigantum - The Brigantes were a Celtic tribe occupying much of the north of England at the time the Romans arrived. They were usually at peace with the Romans and themselves became Romanised, with the large fort and settlement of Isurium Brigantum growing up here in the 1st & 2nd C AD. The site, run by English Heritage, has a stretch of the defensive walls and two fine mosaics from a Villa. The village church stands on the site of the forum. A mile north, near the river bridge, are "The Devil's Arrows", three standing stones.

Studley Royal, Ripon - Studley Royal Park

Best things to do in Ripon (England)

• Go to the races at Ripon Racecourse HG4 1UG, with regular flat-racing events April-October. It's a mile southeast of town on Boroughbridge Road B6265.

• Lightwater Valley - Water Lane, North Stainley HG4 3HT 54.176, -1.57044 4 miles north of Ripon ☎ +44 1765 635321 | Opening Hours: Daily in Aug & autumn midterm, Saturday Sunday Sept & Oct, 2019 re-opening not announced Adult £24 Lightwater Valley EaglesClaw Lightwater - Theme park with about 40 rides including Europe’s longest roller-coaster, The Ultimate, a six-minutes ride.

Halal Restaurants in Ripon (England)

• The Jolly Fryer - 62-63 Allhallowgate HG4 1LE ☎ +44 1765 604 357 | Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:15-21:30 - Well-regarded fish and chip shop.

• Oliver's Pantry - 86 North Street HG4 1DP ☎ +44 1765 600548 | Opening Hours: Monday - Saturday 08:30-17:00, Sunday 10:00-16:00 - Breakfast & lunch plus Coffee, tea, Snacks & pastries.

• Lockwoods - 83 North Street HG4 1DP ☎ +44 1765 607555 | Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10:30-15:00 & 17:00-21:30, Sunday 10:00-15:00 - This is Ripon's top choice for dinner.

North Yorkshire really does dinner, so if you’re prepared to drive and there are several top-rate restaurants within ten miles or so. Harrogate also has many choices.

• The Dining Room 20 Street James Meadow, Boroughbridge YO51 9AR Opening Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 18:00-22:00, Sunday 12:00-14:30 - High quality British fare.

• Vennell’s 7 Silver St, Masham HG4 4DX Opening Hours: W-Sa 19:30-23:45, from Sept Sunday 12:00-14:30 - Classic British cuisine.

• One Eyed Rat | 51 Allhallowgate HG4 1LQ - GPS: NE of Market Plaza Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday 17:00-23:00, Friday Saturday 12:00-23:00, Sunday 12:00-22:30 . Traditional pub with log fire, excellent range of well-kept real ales.

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Muslim Friendly Hotels

• Unicorn Hotel - 10 Market Place HG4 1BP ☎ +44 1765 643410 - B&B doubles from £50 - Run by Wetherspoons. In 17th C inn, many parts of the hotel are not wheelchair-accessible.

• Swinton Park - Masham HG4 4JH 10 miles north of Ripon ☎ +44 1765 680900 - B&B doubles from £400 - Mock Gothic castle in grand but relaxing style. Samuel's Restaurant is excellent.

Travel Next

The closest next destination of interest is Harrogate along with Knaresborough and Ripley Castle.

York and Durham are both unmissable. Ripon is a good base for adventuring the Yorkshire Dales – take a look at Masham, Jervaulx Abbey and Middleham Castle on the way – and theNorth Yorks Moors east of Thirsk.

For big city attractions, Leeds and Newcastle are the obvious choices.

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