Ripon Cathederal Accommodation
The Hamlet of Well is ideally situated in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moor. There are a wealth of attractions within a short drive including the city of York with its great historical value, York Minster – Europes biggest cathederal and the Yorvic Viking centre where you can take a journey through medievil England!
The town of Harrogate offers you the Victorian eara with its recently refurbished Turkish baths, world famous Betty's tea Rooms, fabulous parks and shopping.
Masham is home to the Black Sheep Brewery - one of Yorkshire most famous brewers of real ales. Take the tour and try the ale. Just make sure you have a ride home!
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Ripon Cathederal
Facts:
| Distance: | 10 miles |
| Activity: | History, Photography |
| Why Go? | Ripon Cathedral is unusual in that it also has a function as a Parish Church |
| Website: | www.riponcathedral.org.uk |
| Price: | Free |
Ripon Cathedral is unusual in that, in common with only one other Cathedral in the country, it also has a function as a Parish Church. We believe this gives us added focus on the pastoral aspect of our work and bonds us closely to the local community.
For over 1300 years people have been coming to worship and pray at Ripon. The Cathedral building itself is part of this continuing act of worship, begun in the 7th century when Saint Wilfrid built one of England's first stone churches on this site, and still renewed every day. Within the nave and choir, you can see the evidence of 800 years in which master craftsmen have expressed their faith in wood and stone.
Today's church is in fact the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.