The gothic Ripon Cathedral dates from the 7th century founded by Scottish monks in 662 but refounded as a Benedictine monastery in 672. Previously Ripon Minster, it became a cathedral in 1836.

You can visit the cathedral and wonder at the spectacular architecture of this grade I listed building for free. For more details visit the website riponcathedral.org.uk

Matt Charnley

August 14, 2022

Road cycling

There has been a stone church on the site since 672 when Saint Wilfrid replaced the previous timber church of the monastery at Ripon with one in the Roman style. This is one of the earliest stone buildings erected in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria.

Stuart Wilcock

February 2, 2025

Hiking

The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672.

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Location: Ripon, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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